bobbytodd

promises or zombie by the cranberries
miss nothing by the pretty reckless
kiss me deadly by lita ford

breakthrough took our guitarist to one side last night and showed him a select few of the above posts(the more technical posts)and it seems to have done the trick the back line was nice and quiet and the pa did all the work.for the first time in ages my ears wernt ringing like hell afterwards.so cheers lads

gigs that are on the second or third floor and no lifts i dont look forward to thoes especialy when we have to use our own pa.oh and rough as f*^k pubs not a fan of them

ive never managed to find a tab for that song.looks like your going to have to do it the hard way

i can only sing if the words are the same speed as my right hand(sounds daft)

the whole point of our drummer getting an electronic kit was so the bands onstage volume could be really quiet.well that was the idea anyway but (guitarist)"i need to drive my amp to get the tone i want".if he used a smaller cab he wouldnt have do drive his amp that hard to get his tone.i'll let you know how it goes on friday

the back line we use is drummer-roland v electronic kit with 300w drum monitor,im using a peavey max 450 and peavey 4x10 rythm uses a marshall mg50 watt combo and lead retardist marshall jcm 900 and 4x12 and a 2x12 one each side of the stage.says it all really and our pa consists of 4xrcf art subs and 2xrcf 12"tops and 3xmackie srm 450v2 as monitors when they work.mind we dont use all the pa in small venues

when we saw the band in the other pub i tried to explain that the sound they had was way better because you could make out each individual instrument and they were all equal more or less.his reply the guitarist isnt as good as me so you can see what we are up against.the trouble is he's good and knows it he is the look at me type.back of the head solo's and eight finger tapping show off.so come this weeks gig im taking a lad from another band with us he's gonna set the levels

i said we should get some one to set the sound but unless we get a guy in every week we are just going to go round and round cause he has an ego to keep happy.it must be a guitarist thing because last year we realised that our singer/ryhtm guitarist used to sound check with his guitar turned down he dosnt do that now.its like banging my head off a wall at times

right im in a rock covers band with 2 guitarists and a drummer.latley things have been getting heated between myself and our lead retardist over our live sound.he thinks that the live sound should be vocals loudest then him then the rythm retardist(who agrees with the lead retardist) then drums and finaly me.at our sound check last friday night i stopped playing after the first verse and only the drummer noticed after the song had finished the guitarist turned to me and said thats a good sound.if i can hear myself out front im to loud and its really starting to piss me off so much so that i thought about packing in then i realised ive two grand tied up in this band.and to piss me off even more there was a band in the pub over the road with a pa worth about 53pence and they sounded miles better because you could hear the bass.rant over any ideas on how i can get through to him

rotting in the free world by carcass

yeah and she sings live unlike most of todays poptarts

bomb proof head mine fell out of the back of the car onto the drive.only a scuff on the corner to show for it and its still going strong

with us myself and the retardist use radio packs so we go out front and the drummer uses a roland v electronic kit that has some drum tracks recorded onto it so he stands at the desk while we play and tell him if anything needs alterd

i had an explorer but had to sell it because when i was playing at the first few frets i was getting pains down the back of my hand.had the same problem with a warlock but thats now hanging on my wall

i like my basses painted.im not to struck on the natural finish but thats just me it would be a boring world if we all liked the same thing

to be honest im glad its gone.ive had quite a few problems with the head and also the 15" cab.problems like the thermal protection cutting in poorly constructed pcb's bad solder joints.

thanks for the advice.i sold the head last night so im back to my indistructable peavey tmax

yeah its in the line in.ive just picked up a presonus tubepre so i will try it through that

hi all right my problem is this when i plug my 450h into the mixing desk it causes the signal to peak even when the gain on the bass channel is right down.so apart from using a mic is there anything i could do to solve this problem

cheers

rob

well it looks like im keeping my old set up for a while.they took me into the office this morning and told me they were cutting my hours to 20 a week

ive cracked alright now so the next song im going to try is smoke on the water.slightly more to that one

right took all you advice moved my hand position and started from scratch with a simple tune free's alright now but i still find im digging my fingers in while playing any advice on how to get the gentle touch cause im a heavy handed sod

when the amplifier section is built into the same cabinet as the speaker its refered to as a combo

[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=95042&hl=peavey"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...2&hl=peavey[/url] this is in the for sale section and would be plenty loud enough for small gigs

i'll give that a try i had been playing to the trooper and the stuff i normaly play.i do play close to the neck so i'll bring my hand towards the bridge

cheers