chris_b

I still carry spare batteries even though I'm mainly gigging with a passive bass, and a screwdriver to get the back plate off. Then I can put any bass into my gig bag and not have to remember any different stuff to bring for each one. I've had the tuner battery drain on me several times, so the replacements are mainly carried for that these days.

I know. Some technology shouldn't be sold to just anyone.

I'd do away with my rig if I was guaranteed a decent PA system and a sound engineer with good ears on every gig. The singer in the cover band has been using in-ears for his vocal which was an improvement for him, but as he is also the guitarist and the guitar wasn't in his in-ears he was "disconnected" from the guitar and the balance was "problematic" between the instruments. The other problem was, they ate batteries.

Me too. I've also stopped using my guitar stand for this reason. I'm putting the bass into the gig bag between sets.

I unplug my active bass when it isn't being used. That is any time I'm not playing it, including between sets. I used to run the amp volume high and the volume on the bass low and I changed the battery every year. Edit: This was when I was doing about 150 gigs a year.

Hi Dean. . . .guess I've been steering you the wrong way. I'd have put money on my 210 being sealed. Sorry. I would checkout the Barefaced 410 though. Not sure it would need any help form a 210.

Can you lift an 85lb amp and then a 165lb cab? Do you have roadies? If you do you'll have to add road cases or your gear will end up smashed to bits. Reality check.... Where do you see SVT 810 rigs being used? That's where they belong. Not down the Dog and Duck. 'Fraid so! Seems to me Lozz196 has planned the most sensible and doable option.

The Ampeg 210 weighs about 60lbs. It was a sealed cab, as is the 810, and the only Ampeg cab I liked the sound of, and I had them all.

The Ampeg 810 is 4 x 210 enclosures in the same box. If you can find several of the older Classic range SVT 210HE cabs they will work the same.

You're playing a bass. What your legs are doing should be the least of your problems.

Most people stand on a gig, sit when practising at home and do either when rehearsing. It's your first gig and way too early to start analysing anything.

If the space is there why don't you have the Eb and D frets going right across?

[quote name='bassbiscuits' timestamp='1469435402' post='3098171'] I have to admit....i bottled it and put nickel round wounds back on my bass for this weekend's festival gig, and it sounded lovely thru the supplied Orange/Ampeg set up. [/quote] Good move. Try your current strings with some foam under them when you're next recording. That might deaden them to the right point that you don't need flats at all.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1469276128' post='3097116'] IME non-bass players do not have such a discriminate ear and tend only to listen to themselves. Often I've asked a band about a new bass, amp, cab, effect and so on, only to be greeted with, 'hunh?' They're not interested. [/quote] I talk to the guys in all my bands about the sound, feel and balance of the band, and everything else. I'd be very disappointed if I was in a band that didn't have a considered opinion about all of that or didn't know or care what I sounded like.

I put Barts in my P bass in 92 and my 97 Lakland came with Barts and an NTMB-L 3 band EQ. Fantastic sounding pickups IMO. At one point Bartolini seemed to have cornered the boutique bass market. You don't do that unless you make great products.

What is going on here. Is the heat getting to you lot?

Joe Dart has a sound? On the gigs I've seen him playing Fender basses and Markbass amps and in the studio a variety of basses and Ampeg amps. It seems he doesn't stick to any gear. edit: found it. . . . [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI6Tmt-m0Rc[/media]

I'd keep the AE112's. Those are some of the best sounding cabs I've used. I used a Thunderfunk 550 and 750 with mine and another favourite was the now discontinued Markbass LM2. IMO an Aguilar TH500 works very well with Berg cabs. I've also heard that the Genzler Megallen 800 sounds pretty good as well.

I get a nose bleed at anywhere above 12th fret. Does 24 frets cost the same as 21 frets? Get the largest number that comes at cost. Might give you more options when you come to sell. If I was big on soloing I'd get a 6 string bass.

If the band loved the sound of both your basses then you need to sort out why you are hearing something different. Maybe your expectations are unrealistic or you just don't like that bass with flats. Maybe you've put the flats on the wrong bass. They don't work on every bass. Flats sound great on my P bass but I've never tried them on the Lakland, and probably never will. The rounds sound just right on that bass.

Ah. OK. From my experience that's valve amps for you. I had an MB 400+ that has some "issues" in the valve area. If it sounds that good always get it fixed. I moved to an SVT3 PRO and finally to valveless SS and D Class amps. I don't miss valves but if that's your sound then it's annoying when you can't use the amp.

[quote name='joeystrange' timestamp='1469231042' post='3096911'] I think they do change the sound very slightly (it's not just like turning the volume down) but it's very easy to get used to. [/quote] +1 Any ear plugs will change the sound you hear. Some make a significant and uncontrolled difference, like foam, but ACS plugs will do a great job of giving you the best balance at reduced volume. Alternatively you don't have to wear plugs at all. If hearing your glorious bass sound at more than 130 dB all night is what you want then you can deal with your hearing changing dramatically, permanently and with very bad results. Hearing aids are more expensive than plugs and significantly damaged hearing is socially isolating.

Take the flats to a rehearsal and ask the band what they think of the difference. Maybe your band just need the dynamics of rounds.

Sounds like you're not gigging much or you'd already have a backup. I'd get a D class backup, my backup is an Aguilar TH500 (from the classifieds), and get the SVT fixed.

My ACS ER15's have been with me on every gig (playing and watching) since 2006.