Storky

Thanks everyone for the comments. The guitarist and the singer can’t hear the bass, or at least their ears are not developed enough to know that what they’re hearing is bass. The drummer and fiddle player hear it fine. It wouldn’t occur to them that bass players had their own forum, so not much chance of them seeing this.

I play upright bass in an acoustic band. It was formed by the guitarist and I was 2nd one in. Guitarist is very limited so I recruited fiddle player to add some lead. We also have drums/percussion. Female vocals have recently changed; guitarist chose her without consultation with rest of band and in my opinion she is also limited. Fiddle player loves it and is getting loads of gigs, guitarist loves that fiddle has improved the sound and is getting gigs. They are now getting gigs when I’m not available (I’ve missed last three) and it seems they are quite happy to go ahead without me. Guitarist has admitted she can’t hear the bass anyway, so I don’t think I’m much valued. So question is should I stay, or should I go? Waste of time, or worth sticking with it?

That’s a very interesting thread; I’d love to have a silent stage but don’t know what exactly is need and in any case doubt I’d ever get it past our dinosaur guitarist/singer and drummer.

Thanks for the input. I also have the PJB double 4 which I use at home and am very happy with it for practice. It does look like I should seriously consider the FRFR route.

Thanks very much for the size info, really useful 👍

Thanks for that, the FRFR solution seems a popular and successful solution. My slight reservation is that I didn’t want a large speaker cab and some of the little acoustic combos seem very neat. I’m not really sure how large these QSC cabs are in comparison 🤔

Thanks for the comment; very interesting. I do have the Fishman platinum pro, but that’s really good advice based on personal experience; I’ll investigate further 🤔 thanks again

I play acoustic bass in a band and am considering a new combo, maybe around 200 watts, so I can play small bars etc. I’m thinking of an acoustically focused amp. I’m looking at AER, PJB, or Acoustic Image. Does anyone have opinions on any of these, or other suggestions I should be considering?

I’m on my second Squier. I do like it and I love the tone, it works well with my 60s trio. I could develop it more with chords and more guitar like riffs etc, but I’m not playing it quite as much recently - scared of the string spacing, which does trip me up a bit, although it’s only practice and getting used to it. Mine it comfortable and not heavy. Great to palm mute and play with a pick

Is that the Stagepass 600 you use or with the two conventional speakers and a mixer or the line array system?

And what about PJB?

This has been very interesting as I have been looking for a more compact set up for small pub gigs etc. I have two bands; a 60’s trio (vox x 2, bass, drums, guitar) with just the vox going through the PA and an acoustic band with vox x 3, acoustic guitar, double bass, and violin or mandolin, all of which would need to go through the PA. I brought a RCF Evox 12 yesterday, got it home and it’s massive - too big with its large sub for the small gigs I’m planning to use it at. I spoke to the store about an exchange and they suggested the Bose Pro 8, but I’m worried because of the negative comments about Bose on this thread. I’m confused as they really rate it. I spoke to two other stores and they also came in with the Bose Pro 8 as first choice (along with the Yamaha StagePAS 600, but I like the idea of the linear column systems. Advice appreciated….

I must admit the same thought had gone through my mind, but I was also allowing Ashdown, which I’m not sure are built in UK? Put it together with a Barefaced cab and a nice bass from one of the several UK builders and I think you’d have a great rig.

Sale pending….. Sorry wrong thread

My first one (also returned with cracked headstock) had stiff knobs (!) also due to non vertical shafts (!) but the replacement was fine, although the East knobs I brought did not fit as well as the original plastic ones and rubbed a bit, so I have kept the plastic ones at the moment

Are the pickups and electrics, preamp etc not based on the Sadowsky designs of Roger Sadowsky even though they are not manufactured by his company?

No, not a baritone as that would be A-a or B-b, this is like a Bass VI and would go as low as a standard 4 string bass guitar or (double bass for that matter). This instrument would just have an additional two higher strings (a B and an E).