shybaldbuddhist

This is the latest version of my board. I've had the Spectradrive between the tuner and OC-2 for a while but that meant I couldn't access the aux, headphones or DI out on the Spectradrive. I'd prefer the compressor to be at the start of the chain but it sounds fine in this order. I'm quite surprised I've managed to get seven effects on a mini board!

There's some fantastic stuff in this thread. Thanks everyone for sharing. I've been into afrobeat for about 10 years and have come across some great stuff in that time. I formed an afrobeat band a few years ago when I lived in London. There's a strong afrobeat and African music scene in London which was great to be a part of. In terms of afrobeat bass playing, my approach was always very minimal and to provide a strong foundation that sits within the other parts of the song. The band I played in had 10 members so sparse playing meant I could give more room for the other layers to lock in and not get too muddy. Here's a video of my band playing an original tune. https://youtu.be/bwTxpshM39k?si=cvLrlv58bHqpsUus I played a few gigs with Edd Bateman who is a fantastic bass player who plays African music. He's got a YouTube channel with loads of videos on different styles of African music. https://youtu.be/ghAcuTLM5DI?si=CNG61gZkJn6YYuFj

Thanks for all the detail information everyone. Excellent responses from the Bass Chat community as always. I'll try the 2x12 cab and see how I get on.

These are the settings I ended up with on the night. Gain just a bit back from peaking. I'm running a compressor on my board so there's an even signal going into the amp. I'll try a few different settings at the next gig and see if there's any improvement. I'm wondering if the room had anything to do with the poor sound at the weekend.

I've recently purchased a TC Electronic BH550 and I'm running it through a BC210 cab. I've gigged the set up a few times now and it's lacking bottom end and presence even with the volume up pretty far and the bass turned up. Could I be overloading the cab? The TC website says the max rating of the cab is 250w @ 8ohms. I know the BH550's power rating is a bit of a mystery but maybe it's putting out over 250w @ 8ohms. There's a K212 can available locally so I was thinking that swapping to that would give me more headroom and the 12" speakers would give a bit more bottom end. I'm playing with a rock covers band so there's quite a bit of volume on stage. Has anyone got experience of 2x10 and 2x12s and can advise on the differences?

I used to work for a research company who collected the data for PRS. I was paid to go to pubs and clubs and write down every song that was played in a set period of time, PRS would then use that data to estimate how frequently songs were played and how much to pay out in royalties. It was a mind numbing job made worse by drunk people coming up to me every five minutes asking what I was doing. I now know the names of a LOT of terrible dance songs though. Swings and roundabouts! I only did one pub where they had a live band playing, I just asked to have a look at their set list and left early! It's not the responsibility of the performers, the venues need the licence.