bassbonehead

Concert over. I ended up plugging in the lead, then turning the amp on when I needed it. I think the sound tech pulled the sliders down on the main desk so as boom didn't go over the house PA. Splendid, although would like to get something to eliminate my worries in the future. The silent Jack sounds good. Many thanks for all who contributed help. Very much appreciated.

Cheers Simbass, That sounds like a plan.

Cheers, Gareth. Will maybe have to invest in the Boss Tuner.

Hi Folks, I am playing quite a large venue on Saturday night. I have an active Warwick which I will need to leave plugged in throughout the concert(will be playing another instrument). I am worried about the battery becoming flat (as it sometimes does when the lead is attached) the concert will last 2.5 - 4 hours and I don't want to risk the massive boom/feedback when plugging it in. Is there anything I can do? Will pulling the pot (passive) disconnect the battery and stop the power drain? Help mucho appreciato! Bassbonehead

I'm pretty new to bass playing, but usually play a 5er. I sometimes play with a dance band (glenn millar style etc) and find the key to be gflat, dflat or aflat. Trying to play these on a 4 string would be too much for my limited ability. At least on the 5 I can anchor myself somewhere and have the guts of two octaves to work with. Sometimes the music throws up high f,g etc. and this is where I would actually like a 6 string (currently I just panic and leave it out) or maybe I'm lazy

Price is not too bad if you can find one second hand

I bought the Katana off onehappybunny last August. A bloomin' brilliant bass. Very happy with it, and had a few people try to buy it off me.

Sorry, should have said...not sure what make the crossover is. Will find out on Tuesday

Thanks Ironside, will print this out and take it with me to next rehearsal. (Tuesday) Not sure what the crossover is. Not using any filters. What lead should we use to connect the amp to the bass bin. XLR or Audio jack. There seems to be a choice of male XLR, Female XLR and Audio jack in the back of the bass bin? For the top bose speakers we are using Audio jacks (only choice)

No the bass bin is not active. We are connecting the desk to the amps with the two cables supplied ( 3pin ????) There is a crossover. There are high and low output connectors on the peavey. When I say DI I mean the 3 pin male/female jobby.....is that DI? turning up the output on the bass bin amp (even a little bit) causes feedback from hell Thanks for all help so far.

Hello, Looking for some help with PA setup. I'm new to this so haven't a clue. We have 2 peavey 800x power amps. One powers some bose speakers, the other powers a bose bass bin. We also have a 16ch mixing desk. Problem is speakers work fine, but we are getting next to no sound through through the bass bin. (signal is there) The bass bin is plugged directly into the peavey with a DI and an audio jack. Both amps have been checked and work fine. Any help greatly appreciated