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The problem is that a "dummy" load is usually mainly resistive and a speaker is both resistive and inductive/reactive. Not really worth the effort and probably inferior to micing up the cabinet.

I think rooms are a big issue, however I have seen many shows at the Pavilion Bournemouth and the room is really not the problem. It may be that the desk was under the rather low circle, that may have altered the sound at the desk and many shows have the desk at the front of the Circle. However surely the mixist should have wandered the room while the Lighting Control Person protected the desk from the audience of mainly 70-80 year olds? Maybe the majority of these sound guys learnt their "craft" with Drum and Bass?

So it is not me, thank goodness. Two other stories: 1. Glenn Hughes at Southampton in 2016. Same story except the kick obliterated everything, including bass and vocals every time until the compressor released. 2. Glenn Hughes with Black Country Communion 2017 or 2018, at the Hammersmith Odeon/Apollo or whatever. Big rigs on stage for both Glenn and Joe Bonnamassa and the sound was superb. I could hear all the vocals, all the instruments and it was loud. There was no lighting effects just 4 musicians at the top of their game. I will leave feedback for the show.

Maybe or maybe not. I went to see Jane McDonald, there all my credibility gone in one sentence. It was a treat for the Mrs. I have to say that she really can sing, Jane not the Mrs. She is obviously a Gay Icon too (again Jane not the Mrs) as I have rarely seen so many same sex couples in one place.

I went to see a famous singer last night, not normally my cup of rock 'n' roll but the better half loves her. The show was uber professional, the singer in question was in superb voice. just a hint of reverb but no vocal processing, superb musicianship except from the bass. It was very loud and so mushy that I could not even tell if he was playing the right notes. I could not see any amps on stage so presumably it was a silent stage. Oh and when the kick drum was used, it and the bass/mush obliterated the vocals. Now I have seen a number of gigs where this happens, but I was beginning to think it was my ears/brain but in the interval several; people were commenting that it was too loud.Yes the overall volume was high but as we all know, clear sound does not seem as loud at distorted sound. When I asked them to describe what they heard it was too boomy or bassy. On some songs there was just piano and acoustic guitar and the sound was superb. So do the Sound guys, mixists etc. all get taught how to over-amplify the kick drum and make a bass sound awful or have the just gone deaf over some years of touring? They had the latest digital desks etc but could not achieve the sound quality of Genesis (Gabriel included) when I saw them in Bracknell Leisure Centre way back in the Early 70s with a PA that was two WEM 5 input powered mixers and a number of 4x12 columns. Of course the ears and brain are very poor at comparing sounds, especially 50 years apart. Of course the artistes gave their all and I am sure the IEM mixes were fine. I am remeinded when I saw a band in a pub about 5 years ago. they had huge (in relation to the pub size) JBL cabs and everything went through the PA. They spent half an hour getting the stage mix right ans about 1 mins checking the FoH sound. That was not too good either. Rant or Ramble over, for now.

As usual some very good tips on here and here is my two pennyworth. Most sound guys prefer a flat sound, then proceed to screw it up. As a clean DI I use the Orchid Classic, Can be used in front of you amp or from the send of the effects loop. I honest;y feel that a mic for bass is almost a waste of time, if you have more than one speaker driver, a compete waste of time. I went to see a very well known singer last night (name omitted due to the risk of ridicule). It was a very professional show that was almost spoiled by two things. The overly loud kick drum and a bass that was so processed and loud that I could not tell whether he was playing the right notes. The result was the vocals were wiped out at various crescendos and the bass (or more correctly rumble) just overpowered everything. The moral of this is, get a radio system and listen to the sound check and tell the sound guy if it sounds crap (I did and it split my last band). I know have a new band and am happy with the sound.

I sold my pedal board some time ago and rationalised on the Zoom, TC Helicon Mic Mechaic and Smoothound Radio system. The power supply I used to use was not isolated and when all three were powered, there was a noise. So I decided to build a new wooden pedal board with bespoke power supply. It is till in the planning stage.. hence the batteries

Took my Zoom B1 Four to rehearsal last night and .... nothing. I had a fresh set of batteries but had to use my BD!21 as backup. At the end I plugged the guitarist's power supply in and it sporang to life. Duff batteries I thought.However just to check one last time, I plugged a jack plug into the input and it booted properly. Has anyone else had this? If I were superstitious I would say it got the hump as I was drooling over a B6 earlier

I have to be honest when my Sound City 120 was stolen, only my back was pleased. However since I swapped to bass I never really felt the need for a thermionic valve loaded amplifier. Good luck with your quandry.

Hi, I spent many days looking for a way to delete attachments as I had reached my quota. I only found the check boxes when told by a fellow basschatter. The checkboxes are barely visible in the dark theme.

very good point, Thank you.

Wow 80 pounds sounded expensive until i spoke to my fiend Boris, Apparently we used pounds for weight too, up until 50 years ago. However and now being serious (something my fiend Boris struggles with) 36.4Kg is 10 Kg over the guidelines for safe manual lifting. In my old industry that was called transportable rather than portable. On a serious note, would you not get the same or similar tone with a decent pre-amp, Say a Sansamp?

On the dark theme, the box is all but invisible, however I found them and have cleared out enough to make things workable. Thank you.

I can get to My Attachments but there does not seem to be a provision for deleting. I tried to post it here but........ I can't as \I have run out of space.

That is what some people think is the cause of Les Pauls going out of tune

I could understand it if the extra bit was on the top.

My Thunder 1A is probably the only bass I really regret selling.

Toe much information.

Hi, I seem to have hit my attachment limit. How do I delete them?

I bet he does not know who I am either 🤣

I wonder why they have chosen the AG prefix, surely it creates confusion with Aguilar's model numbering?

I seem to remember a thread where this was discussed but searching for it is a nightmare so.. I seem to remember a Dragons Den device being recommended, any info? Are there others I should consider?