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Had mine a year or so but it isn't my only bass (not by a long chalk). However, I'll still pick it up or play it in preference to a few significantly more expensive basses. Is it a 1 trick pony... hmmm just about but what it does it does well. I have my favourite button settings to get a core tone and then I simply use my amp to tweak the sound. This is no worse than a P bass or many other instruments with limited onboard options. Saying all of that, if I pick up a Jazz bass or a 2 pup instrument with 3 band EQ etc, I find my favourite sound and then use that. I'm not sure I know many bassists who tweak their onboard tone settings through a gig, set it at sound check and then play. The neck is slim but not silly, if you want a big baseball bat or chunky P style neck then look elsewhere. Again, maybe I'm weird but I can happily swap between basses and I wouldn't say that I find one 'the best', I'm happy so long as the action isn't stupid (which no bass should have). The weight is an absolute pleasure btw!
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I've been playing live in bands for 42 years and not once have I needed to engage/use a ground lift... maybe I've been lucky. re. DI - most decent gigs where you are using a PA supplied in situ they will have a DI box which negates the need to even worry about that. Wattage - It's been said before, watts are cheap these days so you may as well have 200 - 500 watts as opposed to 100 - 200w. A few years ago you'd be in a position where wattage could be achieved at a ratio of about £1 per watt (even used), these days you can buy brand new 500w amps for £200, less used. Saying that I own a valve 120w amp that I can gig with a loud drummer and guitarist, I'd really struggle to do that with a solid state amp but I have managed with 250+ watts and efficient cabs. One consideration might be to ensure you get a speaker with decent efficiency and if possible multiples of it aligned vertically, ideally with drivers near level with your ears (which will obviously have ear plugs in). Caveat... 42 years of gigging and loads of cabs/amps etc and I'm going down the route of a preamp pedal (Sansamp) into the desk and an aux send to IEM (via wireless).
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Fake news!
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Citroen Berlingo / Peugeot Partner - As big as any estate car BUT you can stack gear higher or stand cabs upright where less tall estate cars you'd need to lay them down. You can get models (I have the XTR) which allow you to completely remove 1, 2 or 3 rear seats independently (and they are reasonably light).
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The IEM (in ear monitors) Bible thread
warwickhunt replied to EBS_freak's topic in Accessories and Misc
Cheers for that, informative and glad that it confirms what I thought. TBH we play small > medium size venues and my main gripe has been that we are just too loud on stage (even with me wearing custom molded attenuated plugs) and before you ask; no turning down is not really an option! Drummer is old school loud (kick and snare through FOH), guitarist/vocalist was running IEM (found them uncomfortable but does wear ear protection) AND an RCF PA cab/monitor (guitar through FOH), now just the monitor. I was running my backline as only sound source (rarely PA support) but competing with drums and guitar back through monitor on stage. Going forward unless we do all go IEM and upgraded desk, I'm going to have to take my vocal monitor (Mackie SRM350) for the drummer to get bass unless he hears it from FOH. We use RCF 715s for PA but wondering if it would be wasted getting a (small) active sub to assist bass... though I have a niggly feeling it would add very little that the RCFs already manage. Yes, time to talk desk (with guitarist/vocalist) and IEM (with drummer). -
The IEM (in ear monitors) Bible thread
warwickhunt replied to EBS_freak's topic in Accessories and Misc
Bog standard 12 ch 2 aux type analogue desk (vocalist owns it so no idea of make). What were you thinking? -
Dear me, this bloke isn't some poor deranged soul who got swept up in the odd dodgy deal. He's patently an organised, systematic criminal... IMHO.
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Help! Lightweight, loud, efficient cab (Eich/Mark Bass/PJB!?)
warwickhunt replied to Wilvies8184's topic in Amps and Cabs
TKS do a 112 that should be on your list. You can't get them new any more but they pop up used regularly. They clock in at 10kg and have plenty of output; no tweeter but you really don't need it. -
The IEM (in ear monitors) Bible thread
warwickhunt replied to EBS_freak's topic in Accessories and Misc
I've hummed and hawed about the IEM thing for years and as with everyone else I had the nagging feeling I was going to 'lose something'. Well I bit the bullet and bought the KZ ZS10 pro IEMs this week (following @EBS_freak 's recommendation for introduction to IEM) and last night was my in at the deep end moment! I bought the IEM with the view to trialing the guitarists spare (as he has moved away from IEM) XVive transmitter/receiver. Turned up to a lively small pub gig I was familiar with (always good for trialing something) to find that the band area was reduced by 1/2 and we could barely fit the THREE of us in without cabs. Time to ditch my idea of running my amp/cab + my IEM + my vocal monitor, I also ditched my bass wireless gear as it was one less thing to potentially go wrong/worry over. Long story short: bass > Sansamp > PA // PA send > splitter A+B > A = XVive to IEM. B = vocal monitor (essentially for drummer). I also had my vocal mic going to the desk to be sent to the Aux send for IEM+Monitor. Well it worked... I think! It was a bit fraught as I needed to get the FOH sound sorted (we mix ourselves and leave it set as is) + my balance in my IEM + the drummer hearing me. I wasn't convinced that I got a great mix but I was pleasantly surprised that my vocal mic gave me an ambient sound when I wasn't singing (backing vocals), so I could hear the guitarist/vocalist and the drummer... and some of the audience! I'm really not convinced that I need the vocal monitor as the drummer seemed to think he got enough bass from the FOH, so I may ditch that, especially as my IEM give me exactly the same mix from the splitter. This post is more a 'Here's how it went for me' post but have I missed anything that I could improve on or what could my next steps be? Obviously I may upgrade the KZ ZS10 pro and I will need to buy a transmitter/receiver (anything in the XVive price range to consider?) but as a novice have I omitted anything. I should add that the guitarist doesn't use backline but instead goes AXEFX > PA > floor wedge monitor. He used to use IEM AND wedge but ditched the IEM (he does wear plugs to prevent damage). -
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I've had Yamaha PA gear in the past and while it was rarely 'the best' it certainly lived up to price point... Yamahe / Alto / Headrush. I may need to visit PMT or similar.
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The downside of soliciting answers is that those who own your type of bass will give you an unrealistically high figure, those wanting a steal will give you are knock down price. You'd think the average of the 2 sets of prices would be about right... rarely happens, those with money in their pockets are the only 'true' indicators of value and that is likely to be ebay prices!
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Interested in this as I'm playing in a loud rock covers band and wanting to go IEM with an interim period of using a good floor monitor for my vocal and bass. I presently use a Mackie srm350 for just vocals but would a QSC K series active cab or possibly even a ALTO 312 or Headrush FRFR do a better job?
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You are correct, I did start this thread. I started the thread as I saw your design on social media and it was being 'advertised' as having significant improvements over existing designs. However, IMHO it creates more problems over existing designs than it solves... hence the title of the thread. As I've already said I'm degree educated and it took me about 5 minutes to read your tech spec and then do a quick Google research and I established that your choice of material for the bridge will likely look very nice (especially if anodized) and will resist sweat corrosion but otherwise, it really has little benefit over many alternatives. No, my comment about you not being a diplomat/salesman is related to the fact that you called someone a 'd i c k h e a d' for no reason other than they are querying your product. Sadly not the best business attitude to have.
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Are you being derisory about products made in Asia? I'm guessing you think that Hipshot are superior because they are made where... would it surprise you to learn it is Asia! Incidentally, I've owned basses with Hipshot bridges and I've noted no discernible improvement 'as a result of the bridge design' over the other basses that I own(ed), which leads us full circle to the point that your bridge design offers no discernible improvement over other manufacturers. As for other manufacturers not providing 'evidence', which seems to be your fall-back comment; other manufacturers aren't making unsubstantiated claims, they simply fit or supply bridges and leave it for us to decide if there is any improvement.
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Hmmm I think you are being overly sensitive or misreading the thrust of this thread. Not one comment (that I am aware of) has been directed at you; all comments are centred on the claims that you have made as a designer and your product. However, not being aware of 'Peaches' or JJ... that's another matter! LOL
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OK I'll confess I'm not an engineer (I do however have a good educational background inc a 1st class honours degree in education and at 16 years old I disassembled a car engine + gearbox and rebuilt them so VERY basic bridge mechanics I can handle) BUT I do know that when you 'design' a product it should be addressing any short comings in previous designs; your bridge design offers no discernible advantage (in fact at least 2 disadvantages) over other bridge designs. You also can't use the argument that you don't do something very often so you don't need to address the matter. 'IF' your design offered an advantage over say the Sandberg design (my present favourite), I could accept that strings uncoupling in seconds might be with foregoing.
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What... because I question your design's misgivings (IMHO pulling strings through a bridge is an awful design principle and tweaking string spacing is an advantage), then you profess that I know better than you! Rather than give a reasoned response to my comments on your design you expect people to just agree with you out of sympathy and not speak out? As far as business acumen goes you may need to step up to the mark as I'm hardly the worst obstacle to any success!
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Sorry I'm puzzled. What do you mean 'it isn't just the design'? You think that all current bridge designs (other than your own I assume) are based on Leo Fender's 'first P bass bridge'? A bridge has a few functions and the ability to intonate and adjust height are paramount, your bridge does it no better than some! The design of your bridge proliferates one of my pet hates; you need to drag the whole string back through the bridge to take it out/off. Several bridge designs manage this far better inc Sandberg and Warwick (in different ways).
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I'll reiterate. I don't believe this is a better design than other manufacturers have produced. It is 'different' but I see no improvement over the bridges on any of my basses... OK other than the Danelectro which is a 60 year old design. Some of my basses have far greater adjustability including the ability to alter the string spacing.