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  1. warwickhunt
    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.
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    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
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    Used to be my cab (I bought it new), it is a superb cab which simply gobbled up any amount of power you threw at it. I'm actually surprised it is as heavy as that (not that it is heavy for a 6x10), I seem to recall lifting it from the car 1 handed!
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    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.
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    Ditto. I put it down to my ear canal shape but I guess it is the overall design/shape.
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    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.
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    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!
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    DOH! Does anyone know what time the patent office opens?
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    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
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    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.
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    Heretic! Burn him.
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    Yes at £47 it was at least going to see use as a spare/back up or for use in the house!
  13. warwickhunt
    I wonder if the different models vary? Was yours 2.4 or 5.8?
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    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.
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    Warwick got it right but the Fender J Thinline just looks like a (money making) after thought!
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    Our guitarist uses the desk with 2 bands + several Buskers, so I did a chart to make it easy to plug in/out. Got him to write in each circle who went where.
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    Looks like something Howard 'The Bass Doc' might have put together!
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    Linsoul is the brand.
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    Experienced loads of examples of dirty leccy over the years. Many pubs have ancient electrics which tbh were never fitted with todays present drain in mind; added to which many pubs add bits on etc. I've known extensions glued to walls and plugged into the Landlord's residence above, whole bands expected to run off one wall socket etc. The intermittent hum/buzz is the worst, I've enough first hand experience now to just watch what the bar staff are doing when it starts, it'll invariably be a beer pump or piece of equipment that they use, a fridge being opened and triggering a cooler to kick in was another. Purpose built venues should never have these issues inc any lighting RFI... you'd hope any way!
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    Ah but it isn't £85 BIN. It is £85 starting bid OR make an offer.
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    Where to start... Almost every gig someone will ask for a song in a genre we patently do not do. The usual, 'Sorry we don't do that one.' is invariably followed with the punters response 'But everyone knows that one!' One drunk lady recently came up to the band (obviously mid song when we were playing and singing) and started shouting 'Play that one by what they called again, you know... the one that goes Da da da da, de de dooh!'. There's a venue I used to play regularly and EVERY band was aware of the punter who was there every week and without fail he would stand dead centre in front of whoever the singer was and shout at them to do some Zappa! The first time it happens, it is disconcerting but you get used to it. I did once suggest we learn a Zappa tune for him... where the hell do you start with that one?
  22. warwickhunt
    No. I'll not be ordering from Sandberg's online shop. I'll order a full set of 3 matching aged nickel ones from Stewmac; x3 for £12 is cheaper than x1 from Sandberg.
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    I generally play in a 3 piece (other band is essentially a 3 piece with the 4th member being the vocalist), I'm pretty sure if they couldn't hear me they'd be stuffed! We do however regularly use dep drummers and I have to say that if they aren't listening to me and the guitarist and reacting to how we play a particular song (is that valuing us?), they generally don't get asked back. The drummers who know what they are doing and listening for nuances are the ones I want to have in a band with me.
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    Actually Stewmac do relic chrome regular domes for less than £4... makes sense to get 3 of them! Cheers Luke.
  25. warwickhunt
    If I bought a set of 3 Gotoh they'd look OK but not the same as Sandberg. Also need to be conscious of the fact they are CTS split shafts which are the same diameter as Sandberg but Gotoh and others might not fit.
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