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[quote name='obbm' timestamp='1436365164' post='2817543'] Sorry to disagree with you but the signal level from either an active or passive bass is very low and therefore susceptible to electrical interference from mains, lighting, RF, etc. or it will simply be microphonic. For this reason you should always use a screened cable between an instrument or mic and an amplifier or mixer. In this case we are talking millivolts and milliamps. As rule of thumb anything before a power amp should be screened, anything after should have symmetrical conductors. Signals between power amplifiers and loudspeaker cabinets are in a different league being measured in volts and amps. A 500-watt amp into a nominally 4-ohm cab can potentially send in excess of 10-amps. An instrument cable with a centre conductor cross section of 0.22-sq.mm. can safely carry a couple of amps at best. As rule of thumb anything before a power amp should be screened, anything after can be unscreened and should have symmetrical conductors. [/quote]you'r right, ]I'm not saying you shouldn't use a screened cable, to be on the safe side one should always be used at low volts and amps, but you're more likely to get away with a normal one after a preamp, I know I've done it on occasions, between my FX pedal and the amp, a short run but no hum was noticeable

it all depends on the strength of the signal, from say a passive bass where the signal is very weak, a shielded instrument cable is a must same from a mic, but, say from an active bass (or any preamp) upwards you'd probable get away with a normal cable, but there's no need really it's not going to melt carrying that amount of current Not all instrument cables are the same, rule of thumb the thicker it is the more current it will probably carry before it turns iinto a smoke machine, if you want to use an instrument cable just keep feeling it to see how hot it's getting, and keep it as short as possible

done it once when I forgot my normal link cable, no problems at all with a 300 watt extension cab, I suspect the worse that can happen is the cable won't take the current melt and short out blowing a fuse in your amp, not something I'd recommend except in an emergency

I'm not sure about bass players totally embracing new technology when a lot, if not most, (but not all) of us still prefer a Fender P bass, but yeah I've just dumped my heavy weight Marshall combo for a Fender Rumble

don't buy the tickets, simple, I wouldn't go and see any band in a massive venue or festival for that matter, seen AC/DC a couple of times in the past once with Bon and once with Brian, have to say Brian's screeching vocals put me off going again, I did see a superb tribute a few years ago, enjoyed it immensely small venue and they had a Bon and a Brian and cannons, brilliant

I would suggest that bands who dismiss out of hand well meaning advice deserve to have a crap sound, personally if someone I don't know comments on the sound I'd thank them for their comment and then ask someone who I do know whether the advice is good or not

really enjoyed the Who, but then again I'm old enough to remember them in the mid sixties, the majority of people want to hear the hits belted out IMO, and Daltrey looked like he was enjoying himself, pulling down the perspex screen round the drumkit, I didn't think they were 'going through the motions' Pino could do with more treble on the bass. Nobody's mentioned Zac Starkey on Drums, you can't get much nearer to Keith moon than that, he doesn't even use a hihat, just like Keith

played this gig where the pub pays a low fee but has whip round towards the end of the evening, our soon to be departed guitarist got pissed and there were loads of mistakes, we thought we were an absolute shambles, we got the biggest collection the pub's ever had, go figure.

Used my Rumble 500 twice last week, once with an angled cab stand the venue had (I've got one on the way) and once with a beer crate loaned from the pub, sounded better on both occasions (from my perspective) than just having it sitting on the floor. I've used it about 6 times now and am well pleased with it, I was thinking of getting an extension cab for it but I don't think I'll bother TBH. On another point the line out hasn't proved a problem to sound engineers once I've explained it's a high output signal

HI BigRed, yeah it is a pain, I wonder whether it's to make the cab as small (and as light) as possible, instead of having the amp mounted on the top of the speaker, they mount it where there's already enough space

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1435311007' post='2807459'] Is your Rumble the kickback-style, so that you can angle it upwards? If so, then it's not going to be particularly stable balanced on top of that Thomann stand. Al least the angled stand makes it virtually impossible for it to fall (or vibrate) right off the stand and onto the floor. An angled stand will also be saleable to one your guitarist friends when you realise that putting a bass combo on a stand rarely improves the situation. [/quote]no it's a square box, I used an angled stand at a gig the other night and was impressed at the clarity of my sound compared to having it sitting on the floor, but it made getting at the controls award

decided to get an amp stand for my Fender Rumble, do I go for angled, [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guitar-Amplifier-Stand-All-Metal-Boston/dp/B008VEAZ2K"]http://www.amazon.co...n/dp/B008VEAZ2K[/url] or straight [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/rockstand_rs_23010b_combo_stand.htm"]http://www.thomann.d...combo_stand.htm[/url] I'm tempted to go straight as the input and controls are on top at the back

Babylons Burning, properly anyway, it's all downstrokes with a pick, I started getting carpal tunnel trying to get speed up on that one. Monkey Man, I'm not the only one, I've seen 3 bands covering it and the bass players have cheated every time

[quote name='Monckyman' timestamp='1435131638' post='2805674'] Fixed that for ya. [/quote]yeah that as well

I strongly suspect that some sound men suffer from one or more of the following, they're hearing is shot they're wearing cheap ear plugs they're either pissed or high they think a loud bass drum is all anyone wants to hear they don't know what they're doing someone in the band has pissed them off

[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?