Steve_nottm

Just bought an Ibanez bass from Sean (to be loaned to my daughter but I think it might be one of those permanent loans…) great guy to deal with, we arranged a pick up, really nice chap to chat to (felt bad I had to rush off) and the bass is perfect.

I guess I’m lucky this hasn’t happened sooner but after 20 years of gigging I’ve had the first instance of stuff being nicked. carting things into a venue you tend to leave cars/vans open until you’re all in, then lock them up. We did that and I dropped a half empty gig bag in the back of the van. come to get it after finishing and no sign (along with an empty guitar case and a monitor speaker). luckily only spare cables, mics, stands, that kind of thing but still annoying! And a lesson to be extra careful.

Just bought a Gretsch bass from Lee. It arrived promptly, really well packaged and is is perfect condition. Really happy with it

Bought a jaguar bass and it arrived quickly, really well packaged and the bass is in perfect condition. Really happy

First proper use and it was great. Gig was at a festival so bigger stage and proper sound set up. If I’m honest with all the noise, using the provided amp, not the best monitoring, and me wearing earplugs it was a bit hard to tell how everything sounded but it was solid, sounded fine, and I enjoyed the freedom to not trip over cables.

Shure arrived today so had a brief play. looks and feels sturdy. Receiver pedal dead easy to add to my pedalboard. The sync with the transmitter pack was instand and really simple. playing at home it sounds great. No latency, sounds the same as a cable. I have a gig on sat so will try it out in anger then

Thanks guys! I didn’t need any more kit but my guitarist mentioned he was thinking of getting one of these, I liked the idea and I’ve just ordered the shure one! Your fault!

Soot. “Oomph” wasn’t specific but I mean that feel through the floor, the size of the sound. I don’t struggle for volume or mids or cutting through, but I can sometimes feel like I’m loud enough but I don’t feel the bass, just hear it very good points about location in the room though

Thanks. Yep understand the ohms point which I hadn’t considered. I don’t usually go through the pa so I’m reliant on my gear to provide enough bass in total. Pa only does vocals unless it’s a bigger venue when we hire in pa and sound guy help.

Tbf that’s a good point. I go out front for the siundcheck but only for the length of a cable. Might have to get a guitarist to slum it for a bit on bass and have a listen.

Hi, I currently play through an orange terror 500 into a couple of Phil Jones c4’s and recently I’ve found I might need a bit more, fullness? I think volume wise it’s fine, but I miss a bit of the big sound I hear from other bands (usually when they go through the pa, or have a bigger cab I think). would it be ok to look at adding another c4 or 2? Portability is important, hence not using a big 4x10. Any other ideas?