GremlinAndy

[quote name='jensenmann' post='893006' date='Jul 12 2010, 05:51 PM']Yuk, stay away from this one. I´d better use no compression than an Alesis. Get a dbx160 A (or X or XT) and you´re done. You can´t dial in any bad sounding settings (in opposite to a Distressor or 1176) because it´s an automatic comp. Best bang for the buck on pro level. If you want to sink serious money into a compressor get any LA2A, LA3A, LA4, 1176 or Distressor. But mind that more knobs mean more control mean more can be dialed in wrong.[/quote] I think I'd agree with that post wholeheartedly. As I mentioned earlier, I have a Distressor and it did take me a while to find out how it worked to best effect. It took enough rehearsals before I got it right that I nearly decided to get shut... I'm glad I didn't, and in fairness, now I know how it all works, it's fairly easy to use. However an automatic compression would be a more immediate solution. But steer away from the cheapest of cheaps. I reckon they probably rob you of more than they give you. *that was my experience anyway*

I too have the Distressor. It's the only compressor I've ever got on with. I was trying over and again to find why people swear by compressors... as all they apperaed to do was as stated above, take away dynamics. But now I find that the settings I'm using on the Distressor give me no loss of dynamics, and it's barely even there, but it does just tidy up my playing a little. (it's no substitute for perfect fingering tho, ...but then I'm far from perfect.) The key for me is to have so little noticable compression that I can forget it's there. Mind you £1000 plus, is a lot of money to have something in the chain which I can't detect 99.999% of the time, I guess. All other compressors I tried were basically, pants tho.

Ah but you're a bassist.... Gods own instrument of choice!

Bump cos I added the link to the vids, in the first post...

[quote name='cetera' post='846330' date='May 24 2010, 10:50 AM']Sorry to hear your keyboard player is leaving mate! All the best for finding a suitable replacement asap! [/quote] Yep it's a shame, but he's a busy guy, with a young family and now we're starting to actually take gigs he's finding it too hard to commit. These things happen. Gigging sorts out the men from the boys as it were. lol.

Yorkshire/Derbyshire Keyboards player wanted for top journey tribute act, "DEPARTURE" [color="#0000FF"]Edit: Here's a couple of vids of our 2nd gig... [url="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ContributorID=40787695"]http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...utorID=40787695[/url][/color] We currently have the best singer you can imagine, ...singing some of the best songs for a vocalist. It doesn't get any better than this. We're looking to replace our keyboard player who has announced he's leaving for personal reasons. Gigs will be approximately 2 per month (Saturday nights where possible) and so far have been able to pay the band between £50 - £100 each, per gig. (We hope to get more theatre gigs once we are established, and hope to be able to pay better once we have established our name) We are still upcoming and have only got 3 gigs under our belt so far, but this is a great outfit, and we're already creating a fantastic buzz. We also have the full support of the official UK Journey Fan club, who have nothing but favourable comments for our band! The succesful applicant will only need his/her own keyboards and transport as we have an "Aviom" monitoring system and can provide a backline as required. We are a professional outlooking band (while still being semi-pro) and to that end we have a full lightshow (hired) and I own a 20k Turbosound PA system with full individually/personally mixable, digital monitoring stations. No compromise... Contact me on O7947 8O574 Thanks for your interest... Andy. PS, Fellow Bassists... do you know anyone you think might be suitable? We need someone quickly if possible, as we have gigs pending which we don't want to pull out of.

[quote name='cetera' post='834719' date='May 11 2010, 09:25 PM']Well the Manchester Ritz show was a BLAST!! 1500 people and loads of new friends as a result Time for a summer break now then back in August with a trip to Russia(!!) before resuming UK gigging (see above ^ post) [/quote] Russia? Holy cow! Great googly moogly! Good luck with that buddy. I think you'll f'ing storm 'em!!!!

[quote name='walbassist' post='829015' date='May 5 2010, 09:40 PM']I'm thinking of getting one of these, but I have seen some concerns on the PV forums about reliability. Are yours running okay Andy?[/quote] I can't really help on the question of reliability, and won't be able to for a long time. I only just got mine, and they are only being used for monitor amplification. We only gig about 1 a month at the moment, so it would be another year before I could safely say that they're looking reliable. All I [i]can[/i] say is that mine are still ok after 1 gig... Not much help at all, I'm afraid.

[quote name='cetera' post='822995' date='Apr 29 2010, 01:31 PM']Our headline show (Rock Radio B'day Bash) at Manchester Ritz next Friday (7th) is now SOLD OUT!! All 1500 tickets sold! Woohoo!! [/quote] That's gonna be a helluva night! Nice one buddy!!!

[quote name='paul h' post='820724' date='Apr 27 2010, 03:18 PM']Ahhh, but you do have something in Stourbridge in September. I'm from West Bromwich originally and even lived on the Stourbridge Road for a while. So possible multiple birds with single stone scenario![/quote] [u]Well[/u] worth the travel in my humble opinion! I haven't seen any other band around these parts put on anything like as professional and entertaining a show as these guys. ..oh, and authentic, did I mention authentic? I shall be going to see them as often as I can get!

[quote name='cetera' post='819020' date='Apr 26 2010, 10:43 AM']Nice one Andy! Hope to catch you guys sometime.... [/quote] Well in fairness this *is* a local for us, and over half the audience were friends and family/workmates... but I'll take it where I can get it buddy! lol

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&v=BfL5btOEykU"]Dead or Alive [/url]

We had a stonking gig last night! Venue completely packed! Result! There were about 10 vid cameras around the place. (yep 10 no kidding) I'll try to get some vids up in the other forum.

Well I gave it a go on the bass and to be honest there was no discernable difference between the peavey (£339) and my powersoft (£1200) The main difference is that the Peavey weighs a third or less... but is 2 units high (rather than the Powersoft's 1U.) however the price difference means I could buy extra racks with the savings, I guess. The only really irritating thing about the Peavey is that they put some really [b]insanely[/b] bright LEDs on the front. These things were so bright as to be distracting from offstage. They seem ok when you're stood by the amp but from down in the audience these things look brighter than the lightshow! So I put gaffer tape over them. I'm sure those LEDs would be appreciated more by our DJ bretheren than us musos... aw bless! So in summary, I think that you can't get much more bang for bucks than this! (I gather that Peavey have been having trouble getting these to the UK and there have only been about 100 distributed here. ...and that the next earliest delivery will be August. So if you are considering getting one it may be an idea to get one while it's possible. On the other hand it could be a load of bollock spoken by a salesman. I dunno.) Good luck if you decide to get one. Andy

Just got my 2x IPR-1600 today. These things are silly light. The boxes feel like they could be empty. They seem to have lots of power too. But that was just playing regular music through. Mine aren't really intended for bass use, but for monitor amplification. I'll give it a whirl on the bass rig though and let you know how they compare to my current Powersoft Digam 3002 power amp for bass. BTW... paid £339 for each and that's a LOT of watts per pound. (I think Dolphin have them at £299.) And at such a light weight its even more watts per lb.

Well, I *would* have been interested, if I wasn't halfway up the country... and already in a Journey tribute band. Good luck with it though mate! I hope you find your Vallory!

I own both... Hmmm The answer to your question is Tone Hammer. But only just. Everyone raves about Sansamp, but they don't sound too natural to me. I prefer the Aggie.

[quote name='tombboy' post='810427' date='Apr 18 2010, 04:37 PM']Nice stuff Andy, enjoyed that a lot! Rare as hen's teeth though, singers with that sort of range. Personally I'd love to do a Journey tribute.[/quote] [color="#0000FF"]Yeah, thanks for that! ...If you can get past the Italian accent (which seems to be a bonus with the ladies) he's got a great range. We were very lucky to find him. He manages all the Perry songs in the original keys, which is quite unusual. And he's a smashing guy to boot![/color]

[color="#4169E1"]We'll be playing at The Venue, Birdwell, Barnsley, next Saturday Tickets are available on the door at £6. It'd be nice to see some faces to put to the text, so get your asses over there! Andy Soundbyte: [/color] [url="http://www.myspace.com/departurejourneytribute"]http://www.myspace.com/departurejourneytribute[/url]

Good gig at Birdwell last night buddy! The audience were loving it! Great bass sound and playing too. Puts me to shame... I was a bit intimidated by a seven foot 'Gene Simmons' in full make up, (me being only 5'6)... So I hope you'll forgive me saying hi, and getting outta there. Andy