Beedster

We've all had that moment on stage when we, and the band and sometimes the whole audience, gets the growing fear that something is happening in the tectonic space, only to find that minds are put at rest when you step on the mute switch

And another reason for a simgle mag PUP is that the soundguy (and musician) has a relatively simple proposition by comparison with multiple PUPs with different audio characteristics. Good soundguy* no problem, soundguy with low experience of double bass a different story * I use 'guy' as a gender neutral term BTW but should probably edit every post I've made over the last 15 years to 'soundperson' 👍

That's not entirely true Lawrie (your own Mumfords example suggests this). Yep some players will want the air of their £100k bass and custom guts to sing out through a vintage mic (nice), but the vast majority will simply want to send a reliable and strong signal to the desk from where it will be made to sit nicely with the mix. IIRC the guy from OCMS was using a Krivo when I saw them (and he was VERY loud). For sure, Chris Wood uses an Ear Trumpet and a piezo under each foot blended, but I suspect he's the exception not the rule.

I’m sure @Bill Fitzmaurice can explain the effect 👍

I used to worry about that a lot but found that while sounding crap close up it sound quite different - and a lot better - a few metres away where the people that matter are standing! In fact I've found that if it sounds nice and full-bodied to me on stage it probably sounds muffled and/or boomy out front, although as we al know every DB's different so this may not apply to yours at all. But try checking out recordings taken from the room itself to see how it's sounding out there

But if I did..... Little has changed, love Precisions, but started with Stingrays and have just bought one after a 15 year lay off. Suspicious of Jazzes, like a Ric but not enough to ever keep one long, hate anything that looks like a dinner table, even Wals. Who needs a list

I don't have the time

I've been using a piezo blended with the Ear Trumpet into a Grace Felix, sounds sublime soloed, gives lots of options, and i imagine will be amazing recorded or in a 'intimate' Jazz Club. But down the Dog & Stoat on a Saturday night it ain't a winning combination, almost considered using electric bass, it's got that bad......

I'm doing an upcoming gig with a Krivo mag PUP for the first time in several years because while I much prefer playing guts into an Ear Trumpet mic, I'm just fed up with not being able to either hear myself and/or not being heard by the audience. We're an occasional 3-piece bluegrass combo and tend to play small venues (no joke, the next venue is about the same size as my kitchen), so it's not really worth getting a soundguy in, but I am just fed up with being essentially a visual component of the band

Must admit I was expecting far worse given the title and build up. Did none of these people live through the 80’s for God sake 😆

There’s nothing gonna turn me into Jaco, but there’s plenty that’ll improve my ability to play what bits if Jaco I can already manage

Guess the title of this thread should be 'Do recreational drugs make you a better player' in which case the answer is mostly no, or at least not in the doses people tend to take them to constitute recreation (whilst very low doses might). Performance enhancing drugs on the other hand..........

Looks nice and not nice in equal measure 🙂

Caffeine can be very helpful especially if you don’t use it otherwise 👍

When you start getting irritable at gigs

Good post 👍

But bloody hell, in those early days Di'Anno was a force of nature on stage 👍

I remember how angry the fans were when Bruce Dickinson took over from Paul Di'Anno

I agree, part of the magic of LP - certainly early LP - was the way the two voices sat together, and the single suggest that rule hasn't been broken, almost feels/sounds like she was always the singer

Which is one reason why I think hiring a female singer is a good thing in principle 👍

I love the Jay-Z album 👍

I didn’t hear that 👍

Love the bass tone 👍