TimR

Sounds like you might not have the right spec cable.

If it is poly, then the recommended removal method is a heat gun and scraper.

There are ways. But ultimately as long as you don't use caustic soda, dipping will be no different to any other method.

It applies to all instruments. Keyboard players who insist on being in stereo and drummers who expect their kick drum to knock down tall buildings.

Unfortunately this is often the root cause of 'not cutting through'. Educating guitarists that 'their tone' which sounds great at home is banjaxing the whole mix. Getting them to roll off slightly on the mids might help.

I played at our local jam on Boxing Night. As the 'only bass player in the village' I get the dubious honor of playing for 4 hours without a 'break'. Anyway - the pub now has a DJ with a 16 Track PA, subs and tops. So I left my amp and cab at home and dug out my StudioSpares DI (last used before Y2K). 5 minutes fiddling with the PA (bass, parametric mid, and treble) and bingo. I sounded just like me. I still don't know how to describe what that sound is though.

Susie Dent was on Russell Howard podcast earlier this year. She was Suzie Dent and didn't come across as particularly engaging. But I enjoyed it, it was calm.

Sounds familiar. It takes a lot of persuasion to get in, and then quite a bit more to get it out.

I've only ever used GEQ to notch out problem frequencies. Using the PEQ on each mic to tailor the sound of each chanel to sit in the mix. If the mics are pre-set to sit in the mix in a neutral (rehearsal) room then there still might be a small amount of tweaking on some mic chanels to reduce problem frequencies due to stage acoustics, especially if backline is being used and set too loudly.

My Trace Elliot Elf cab is a nightmare. I've not really investigated why, just struggle with it. Maybe changing the socket is in order.

They'd glue back together pretty easily. They'd at least be able to tell you whether it's likely to work. I'd rather spend £50 on someone with some expertise than two weeks in my back garden and end up with a lung disease and RSI.

Entwistle spent years and a fortune on hundreds of bases and never sounded any different.

It's almost as if the MDs know what they're doing. 🤣

After 1 or 2 shows the 'vamp' bits become pretty obvious.

Find a local door stripping company. They might dip it in with a batch of doors. They'd also give you a professional opinion on whether it would be easier and quicker to throw it in the skip and buy a donor bass off ebay. Edit: my local guys charge £35 a door.

Depends how many weddings, parties and functions you're playing down the Dog and Duck I suppose.

There is/was a 410Pro and a 411Pro. The 411 has a tweeter and 200W speakers. The 410 has no tweeter and 100W speakers.

Yes. The speakons will be wired in parallel for connecting to second cab.

Well I play other gigs as well, just not that many at the moment. The only comment I ever had about my bass was when I turned up to a Working Man's Club cover band dep with my Jackson Charvel complete with pointy headstock and the band leader took one look at it and said "Just stick to the roots - nothing flash." Not long after that I bought my current bass which looks a bit less flash and looks far more expensive than it was. Sounds like January might be an expensive month for me, currently eyeing up some £1700 basses to get rid of some cash I have lying around.

I think judging by the poll results so far it's fairly Conclusive that anything over the £1-2k mark is considered expensive. I really don't think anyone buying a £3k bass, regardless of how much money they have in the bank is thinking it's not an expensive instrument. Probably the opposite, they may be thinking I'm glad I can afford an expensive bass. I think a lot of people project what they think 'rich' people think based on some strange societal stereotyping. We know actual rich people tend to be rich because they don't waste money on expensive items if they don't need to. Probably the closest comment so far is the most expensive bass is the one that never gets played.

They would still consider it expensive.

I'd certainly not want to be spending a months wages on a bass now!

I'm going out on a limb here and guessing these are not professional level lighting fixtures.

Makes note to buy £5k bass so that I get offered more pub gigs.

That's an awful lot of variables none of which are "If I'm just doing pub gigs."