warwickhunt

Sadly not 'rookies'! This a pro instillation in a venue done by 'engineers'!

For some reason I was thinking it was the same as my Musicvox which was inverted but as you say this is the correct way and the inverted way makes it harder to play as you need to flatten your finger to press the octaves.

Small matter and some manufacturers offer it as an option but the 'bass' string being the bottom of the 3 in a set is not the easiest way to finger/fret, as you have to rotate your finger over the thick string to fret the octave strings.

2-3 MONTH delivery but if you are unhappy return it... within 3 days! Love that all the sets of strings anchor through 1 hole/retainer.

No I get this, we mix our own sound via our digital 'desk' and gig in venues with in-house engineers but we either accept that we turn FOH over to an engineer or we mix ourselves; different if you are taking your own engineer who will handle the PA. On multi line up gigs such as festivals you are unlikely to have that option to just turn up and say 'We'll give you a stereo feed of our mix' as the engineers will have no control over balance or issues arising!

Hmmmm. A - I can't see an in house engineer being to happy that he is redundant. B - Can the band envisage that they can mix the sound for every venue effectively and deal with any issues arising in real time etc because the FOH SE will only be able to turn you up/down or effect the whole band mix with EQing. If you are talking about the band having a splitter so that they have an in/out/thru for each channel; they control IE sound/mix and send an identical signal of each input to the FOH that might make sense.

Are you talking about your band controls / sets the mix and then you give the FOH/SE a L&R send?

I was with you right up until you said "load a blank IR into your NUX and just use the HPF/LPF on the editor"!

I like the sound of my amp/cab set up (Thunderfunk>TCRS210) but there's no such emulation (referring back to Alex's video). However I'm trying to emulate as good an IEM sound as I can; DI/FOH literally is down to whoever is handling FOH but that is ever the case because even if I were to take stick a mic in front of my amp/cab, it would sound different out front any way. A cab sim to me is just a badly EQ'd amp tone.

BBE Acoustimax / NuX MLD / Tech Para / Tech (original DI) / Fishman Platinum Pro BBE - 'technically' for acoustic instruments and has a Sonic Maximizer built in but works great for electric bass but no drive NuX - drive/OD and IR but I found it overkill for me, even when dialled back Tech Para - upgrade to the Tech DI that I had but tbh I found that without some of the options engaged it was a bit weak but with them on it was too full and I needed to EQ it a lot Tech DI - my original back up incase my amp was to die but in fact my choice for pre amp to desk and IEM Fishman pro - The least coloured pre and very useable EQ that isn't excessive, no drive option; I'll keep this as the EQ can be switched for my acoustic guitar

You are touching on something that I've been experiencing this past year as I've investigated the move to silent stages and IEM. At times, some of the DI / pre pedals that I've used have had IRs / cab sims in them but I've ended up disappointed that all they seem to offer is a bit of a wooly blanket EQ to the tone of the bass/pedal. Our guitar player is a fan-boy of all things IR etc and he is forever trying to convince me that cab sims etc are what I 'need'... when I've personally felt that maybe the units that have these cab sims/IRs to add to the tone are maybe just not a very good EQ BEFORE the sims are EQd over them (if that makes sense). I've ended up just using a DI/pre with zero cab sim/IR and EQing my IEM to suit the lack of cab.

Don't be put off by the low price of the 5.8 Lekato units. I have a sub £50 unit and I've had zero issues with drop out and the signal sounds no different / better / worse than a cable or my more expensive 2.4 Line 6 unit. <edit> I'm not saying for 1 minute the Lekato is better than Shure or other top brands, it isn't. More expensive units have tougher construction, higher quality switches, jacks, sockets and likely chips in them but if you aren't throwing them around and abusing them I can't see that they are x10 worse a product than a £500+ unit. IMHO

Speaking of sub placement... We did a gig last night where the venue has permanent installation of an in-house PA, set up with a full Yamaha digital desk or to hook up to our mixer. A lovely set of QSC passive speakers (4 bins + 4 mid tops + 4 wedges) and a superb rack of 5 power amps to drive it all. In theory a great set up but... bin placement was purely for show rather than quality of sound. The frustrating thing is that this is all hardwired and fixed in place and can't be moved; installed by a professional installation company/engineer.

Ditto. I put it down to my ear canal shape but I guess it is the overall design/shape.

Sub()s centre is good in an overly boomy room, we have started taking a sub as we are now all IE with no backline and being a 3 piece we set it in front of the drums, with guitarist one side and me the other.

Tech gets smaller/cheaper over time (generalisation, caveat being next level is inherently dearer initially) and it could be an internal chip slot to fit the next upgrade. Replace jack sockets with push/push switches to turn off and then no mods needed to bodies or scratch-plates... I must stop giving away my ideas till the patents opens!

DOH! Does anyone know what time the patent office opens?

Agree (even though I use one)... now if only you could ditch the useless plastic and just put the chip internal on the bass! No dongle, no cable; it would drive tech savvy watchers mad at a gig. LOL

Agreed. I've had radio gear since the 80's 90's starting with Nady stuff, mainly because I disliked the restriction of a lead. Every gig our guitarist sets sound levels etc out front and then I go out front to check his vocal level in the mix... not so easy with a lead to get the best distance. As for battery cost etc. I've always used good quality rechargeable or the unit has a recharge built in. If I thought a £500 unit would give me even a fraction better sound I'd go for it but I've yet to hear any discernible difference between the cheapie Lekato 5.8ghz and a friend's £800 unit... or a lead for that matter.

Heretic! Burn him.

Yes at £47 it was at least going to see use as a spare/back up or for use in the house!

I wonder if the different models vary? Was yours 2.4 or 5.8?

Bought the Legato WS50 (£47 Amazon) which operates at 5.8 and I've not had a bit of bother. I was genuinely concerned it was going to be garbage at that price (I'd have sent it back via Amazon returns policy) but I hear no difference between it, a cable or my Line 6 unit.

Warwick got it right but the Fender J Thinline just looks like a (money making) after thought!