TimR

Does anyone use one of these on Bass?Modded or otherwise. Any thoughts? I'm considering something to add a little bit of overdrive to tracks where rather than digging in and killing my fingers, I can let the overdrive do the work. So something with a natural responsive OD. Lots of the videos on YouTube seem to be of some nutters smashing their basses with picks so not a lot of warmth going on.

There's always the 2x12". A 3x10" would only have 4% more cone area and possibly that would be lost due to less excursion on the 10s so don't really see the advantage.

Speak for yourself.

I have a pair of BOSE Soundlink headphones that aren't made anymore. They've been replaced with the Quietlink. They're Bluetooth but also come with a short lead that plugs in and makes them wired. I had to buy an extension lead. I also have Beats flex for listening on the train etc. And some no name (possibly Sony) wired earbuds from Currys that I wouldn't have paid more than £10 for. Anything bluetooth only is no good for Bass Guitar monitoring due to latency.

I have a box of about 80 cassettes in my loft that must date between 1984 and 1985. I have to go up in the morning. Will take a photo. Definitely Pink Floyd - The Wall, Meddle, Animals and Wish You Were Here. Van Halen 1984 Ultravox- The Ultimate Collection. Depeche Mode - Construction time. Heaven 17 - Temptation (Saw them at the Jazz Cafe a few years back) David Bowie - a compilation tape I made myself. Iron Maiden - Live After Death. (1985) Thomas Dolby - Golden Age of Wireless Fleetwood Mac - Rumours U2 - Unforgettable Fire Queen - The Game and Greatest Hits. Rush - Tom Sawyer. Some weird stuff. Sky III Lloyd Weber - Variations ABBA- greatest Hits I and II. Alan Parsons Project.

It does seem a bit backward. Imagine just plugging your bass into the house patch bay. Get a level. Job done. Although tuning might be an issue. I have a DI box that cost less than £20.

I assume so otherwise he could just split the single bass DI and eq and mix his in-ears himself with whatever eq and level he wants.

Sorry. I wasn't aware you were having an argument. I was just pointing out the difference between drive and gain and the way the two units apply drive. They're overdrive pedals that emulate overdrive.

Really? It's not labelled as gain, it isn't gain. The two units operate differently. Industry standard when using gain is it increases gain. Hence the word gain. Drive is not gain.

IEMs are just monitor speakers for your ears. Unless it's a digital desk and you have access to it via your tablet/phone you get what you're given from the desk.

Two DIs to desk. One for in-ears mix and one for the desk. He wants the first mixed with the band and sent to his in-ears as it has local eq applied. The second is DI from bass so engineer can do whatever he wants with it.

Sounds to me like you're giving the engineer a headache as he will have to give you a separate mix with nothing from chanel 9 mixed with everyone else. Depends how he has his desk set up and how many free channels he has for monitoring. He may just have one monitor mix for stage.

He doesn't.

That's not gain though. That's drive, which gives the impression of being louder due to the effect of distortion. Looks like the Ampeg blends the overdrive rather than increasing the 'gain' to produce the overdrive effect.

You'll always get phase difference between monitor speakers and main speakers and your in-ears just due to the physical positioning of the speakers and the in-ears. Although the monitors should be louder to you than the mains and if your in-ears make a good seal then that should be blocking out the monitors and mains. You'll even get phase issues if the bass amp is too far from the back wall and reflections off the back wall can cancel some of the frequencies that are direct from the speaker. Whether or not you notice them will depend on lots of factors. Is that what you're asking?

Thoman also sell a plate.

Unscrew the plate and turn it upside down.

How have I missed that story? That's an even more amazing story.

I suspect many people who buy them will loan them to collections. Maybe actually play the piano. There's an interesting story about 'Greeney' told by Kirk Hammett. Originally broken by Peter Green, then smashed up in a car accident with Gary Moore and more recently dropped by Kirk, and repaired again. Estimated to be worth £2m but Kirk doesn't say how much he paid for it. He actually plays it on the Metallica tours.

And dying of AIDS? https://www.mercuryphoenixtrust.org/site/post_Freddie Mercury - A World Of His Own - Sotheby’s Exhibition and Auction_12004

Plus 13% buyers premium and 20% Vat. £1.7m.

More tommorow evening by the looks of it.

Yes. Piano went for £1.4m. Record for a piano at Sotheby's. Possibly world.

Jukebox. Estimate £15-25k. Gone at £320k.

Currently on lot 35, 44 is the piano. Likely to make £1-2m.