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[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1434969096' post='2804186'] Hate it! I always carry earplugs just in case, but it's ridiculous when you have to wear them just for a pub band (for example). I blame guitarists. You only really need enough power to compete with an acoustic drum kit - why do guitarists use 100W for pub gigs? It's arse-shatteringly loud, especially if there are two of 'em. You only ever need 30W maximum for guitar, imho. *Scampers off* [/quote]depends whether its a valve amp or not and whether the guitarist is miced up, we've just got a new drummer and he's loud, our guitarist had a 125watt Fender soild state amp and it was struggling to be loud enough. I suppose every situation is different

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1434879296' post='2803453'] To be honest, I get cheesed off with so called experts coming up and telling us how to do it. I would never dream of going up to a band and telling them to change settings unless I knew them or they asked me. I remember hearing a local band sound checking and giving them the thumbs up and saying sounds perfect guys The guitarist says oh, I can't hear the keys. So they turned up the keyboard and after that all we could hear was keyboard drowning out everything else I just thought, right, I'm not helping anymore. I thought an opinion from a known musician sitting in the audience would have counted for something [/quote]fine if you've got your own sound guy, but if you haven't you hope your regulars in the crowd say something

it is up to someone to tell them, I've lost count of the number of gigs I've played when I thought the sound was sh*t, and it sounded fine in the crowd, the reverse is also true, what is really frustrating is when they tell you when the gigs finished that something wasn't right

had the filters changed in my ACS's to pro 10's and they still cut our to much treble, (I do have bad hearing loss around the 4K - 6K Hz range), on the last gig I had an ACS in my left ear, next to the drummer and the ear with tinitus, and generic ACS in my other ear, seemed to work quite well, but knowing what I know now I'm not sure I'd have spent £125 on them TBH

anybody who suggests we drop Holiday in Cambodia by the Dead Kennedys from the set this weekend will be given short shrift

[quote name='charic' timestamp='1433251835' post='2789397'] Maybe you would be better off with in ears if you still want a bit of presence? [/quote]I have thought about it but it's way too much trouble setting it all up, we only use a PA for vocals

did my first gig with the ACS pro17's at the weekend, horrible, it was so quiet, kept thinking my amp had packed up and couldn't hear the guitarist at all, I've just sent them back to have PRO10 filters put in them, I don't want my hearing wrecking any more than it is at the moment but I also want to enjoy playing in a band, it's got to be reasonable loud, hasn't it?

just got back from Strummercamp, the usual indistinct bass sound, till the Ruts DC's slot, all of a sudden I could hear every note Segs Jennings played, (and what a player, thumb, fingers but mostly a pick with all down strokes, how he plays that fast I really don't know). I was so intrigued by the sudden vast improvement in the bass sound I messaged him on Facebook, back came the reply, "We've got our own sound engineer", says it all don't it?

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1432830800' post='2785433'] I didn't find that with mine although I don't wind it up much over mid way as it's just too much [/quote]it only happens if I have the bass turned right up, which I would never do under normal use, I have mine turned right down as I prefer a bit of definition to loads of low end, I hate it when boom occurs.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1432511565' post='2782254'] Well I'm sad to say that mine seems to have developed a fault. It sounds like the speakers are farting but I think it's actually a dry solder joint in the amp. The fart comes out of both speakers when I hit a bottom G or A with the master volume at half way or above. Unfortunately with the bank holiday I'm going to have to wait until Tuesday to phone them. Hopefully they will replace it quickly - no gigs next weekend but 3 the weekend after. At least I've still got my Peavey as a backup [/quote]mine makes a horrible noise too, if I have the bass control turned up too high

cheers guys, I'll stick with them and see how I go

used my new ACS pro17's at practice last night, bloody hell, what a difference from my Alpine musicsafe pro's, really quiet, I felt a bit detached to be honest, does this get better or should I be going for the pro15 filters? trouble is I already suffer from hearing loss at 4K Hz and the 17's are seem to be the only 'flat' ones they do

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1432730213' post='2784332'] If it's a simple vocal PA arrangement just be aware that you might not have anything like a personal monitor for your bass so you'll have to make do with hearing yourself in whatever mix comes from the desk (with PA speakers facing away from you, pointing towards the audience). [/quote]at open mics the volume is usually fairly low so feedback is not any issue, I do one regularly where the speakers are behind the performer so you can hear yourself as the crowd does, I've often wondered why others insist on having the only speakers in front of the performer

if you use the line out, the one that normally goes to your amp, you can adjust the output volume, I've used my Zoom 506II straight into a power amp before, it worked fine

I've found a 6.3mm to mini jack will do the trick, obviously it depends on your sound card my onboard realtek one does the trick, it has a microphone boost setting,(which I didn't use on this recording) I use a Shure SM 58, here's something I've quickly knocked up using two mono 6.3mm jacks into a stereo mini jack plugged into the mic socket of my computer with no effects added at all, just a bass and mic plugged straight in. I should add, bass was recorded on the left channel and vocal on the right at the same time, then saved as a mono channel

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1432563122' post='2782674'] I don't know why the sound man had a problem with your DI signal unless he was trying to put it into a mic-level input. [/quote]that thought occured to me as well

back to the line out being only post everything, I've used it twice with a full PA first time, at a local venue with an in house PA, it was unusable, signal too high (according to the sound man) second time at Strummercamp this weekend no problems at all sound guy said everything was good, that was with gain at 12 o clock and master at 3 o clock, so go figure

[quote name='No lust in Jazz' timestamp='1432225994' post='2779455'] Its a broad church this bass playing, so long as you're making music and enjoying it all is good. [/quote]couldn't agree more, that was my point really, it's hard forcing yourself to play something you're not enjoying just so you can say you can do it, and if you don't enjoy that style of music you're probably not going to need it (unless you're a professional musician). I have the same problem with learning finger style, the majority of the music I enjoy is played with a pick, so I find it hard to motivate myself, I think "what's the point I'm hardly ever going to need it"

[quote name='No lust in Jazz' timestamp='1432221894' post='2779376'] [media]http://youtu.be/QyBYPb-UEGs[/media] Hope she enjoys this. [/quote]smug bastard, I'll never learn double thumbing, why? because I don't want to

just watched it after reading this thread, we're all different aren't we? was completely underwhelmed by Lianne La Havas, Hot Sardines just a novelty act, would have been ok on Britain's Got Talent, thought Paul Weller was the best thing on there, (couldn't stand his Style Council era) so I guess they're catering for all tastes then

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1432034928' post='2777393'] It's great to get confirmation from the guys that you're doing something right. Some bands do that, but some like several of mine never say a word. [/quote]when was the last time that any of us told a guitarist that they sounded amazing

[quote name='thegom' timestamp='1431958820' post='2776589'] ...you obviously didn't vote for greenburst then. [/quote]is that really greenburst? it's more like just green with black bits in it, looks really nice though

[quote name='gapiro' timestamp='1431951305' post='2776475'] Can I add a point of - Even worse than sunburst.... is sunburst with tortoiseshell pickguard? absolutely HATE tortoiseshell pickguards..... [/quote]yep, horrible, tortoiseshell on white looks really nice but that's about it

in the band I play in if somebody really hates a song they'll say "I'm not playing that" and it doesn't get played, simple