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[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1366186869' post='2049251'] we're going on tour for a week in Brazil [/quote] Yay! [quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1366186869' post='2049251'] one of our songs being on an advert for handbags. [/quote] Link?

Got up early and as my partner is away at the moment had a before work practice which was very enjoyable, worked on some overdrive sounds (will get to try them out with the band tomorrow night).

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1368022847' post='2072153'] I remembered I had a small amp stand, one of these foldable contraptions that allow you to take a small guitar combo and put it on the floor angled towards your head... so I found it and it's perfect for the MarkBass as a monitor. [/quote] I would highly recommend this set up for small gigs or gigs when you've got PA support. That's what I do and it works a treat. Congrats on the new amp.

Thanks for your hard work shep. Always a good read

It is indeed hard. I have heaps of respect for anyone working to be better at something that's difficult.

Honestly? Not our best. Thursday night was beset with technical difficulties starting with a very slippy floor under the drums so the kit moved forward as it was being played. Our guitarist helpfully turned round whilst playing to put a foot on the bass drum to stop it sliding which helped but somehow enraged a drunk female member of the audience who took it upon herself to sneak into the stage area (i.e. bit of floor) to ask the guitarist to turn round. We were all pretty stunned and didn't really have time to react before she left again! This distraction coupled with the strange sounding PA put us off our game a bit and we didn't perform to our best. Having said that, the audience seemed to like it with some nice comments and we've been booked back at the same venue for their summer garden party/band day and offered two more dates by the promoter. So maybe it wasn't full on terrible but we can do better.

Brilliant. Best of luck with it

Just to add tonight's experience to the mix. Arrived at the rehearsal studio with my head, into the room and the rig was terrible so played through the PA instead. Worked a treat.

[quote name='Ziphoblat' timestamp='1366667389' post='2055854'] Well for one thing the cab could have a lower impedance than your amp can handle. For instance, most amps are designed to run down to 4-ohms, if you were to plug it into a 2-ohm cabinet the result would be unhealthy. [/quote] Ah I see, thanks very much. But if you were to check the can's impedance and make sure your amp could handle it you'd be ok? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

Contacts for stage. Anything that helps my confidence is good Plus better peripheral vision.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1366532530' post='2053484'] I would never plug my very nice amp into an unknown cab. Especially one in a rehearsal room. Can someone please explain to me wht this practice is considered acceptable. [/quote] Excuse my ignorance but please could you explain why that's a bad/dangerous thing to do?

I can't say whether the mb500 will have exactly the sound you want but imo it does the quick attack thing you mentioned. Possibly to do with the upper mids? And I really like its drive sound too.

May I recommend/request one and then the other? The order seems irrelevant.

I tend to take my head for the pre amp growl and eq. Then line out into the effects return of the rehearsal room rig or into the cabinet. I like to walk to rehearsal (and gigs sometimes) but have a bit of assurance that I'll have something that sounds good.

I'm another that runs the eq on the bass flat (admittedly its only 2 band anyway) and use the pickup blend and amp eq for sound shaping.

[quote name='joeystrange' timestamp='1365337621' post='2038147'] Engineer's choice [/quote] This. I always try to make friends and be as easy to work with as possible.

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1365268365' post='2037477'] Well I`ve always carried a DI/Pre-amp type pedal for those kind of moments.[/quote] This. Being able to get a signal into the pa without your amp can be invaluable.

[quote name='Myke' timestamp='1365202975' post='2036842'] My only thought is that with a DI the sound is clean, no matter the amp setting (I may well be wrong) so to hear the distortion you'd have to be mic'd? [/quote] [quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1365203802' post='2036852'] You can shove an SM57 in front of a guitar amp,but with lower bass frequency you're getting into more specialist - and therefore more expensive - microphones.[/quote] [quote name='iD Entity' timestamp='1365211741' post='2036896'] My guess with DI vs Mic vs DI/Mic might be as simple as what people agree sound best in the mix. Probably what makes finding an answer to this one pretty difficult... everyone's got their own experiences, and depends entirely from one rig to the next. I just watched a Meshuggah gear vid actually, and the guitars and bass are all di'd! No cabs. Actually their live set up is nuts with geekdome, worth checking out. [/quote] Thanks everyone, that probably covers it.

[quote name='Myke' timestamp='1365202302' post='2036831'] In which situation? Live or Studio? [/quote] Sorry - live. Any ideas? Is it just that its generally considered "a good thing" to hear the speaker distortion as well as the amp distortion in a guitar amp?

great thread idea. Why is it that guitar amps are usually mic'd whilst bass amps are usually DI'd?

Might well be around! Will drop in if I can. O'Neills can be a busy place on a Saturday night as I'm sure you know so should be a good one.

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1365184192' post='2036571'] Just back from B&Q and did some pressure tests with various woods (pressing down on it really hard) and it would appear that 15mmx12mm pine stripwood will be strong enough. Going to do a build diary once I've worked out the details [/quote] Will be watching with interest. Will you be putting wheels on the box?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1365186699' post='2036616'] OK... how? [/quote] OK.... why?

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1365098114' post='2035377'] I agree - corduroy is [i]so [/i]last year. [/quote] Ha! I don't think my tracksuit top is helping either.

Mmm, not sure. I'm relatively new to being the focal point of a band so still working on it. Do my best to pull some shapes but think we need to work on the band's appearance.