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Everywhere else in the world fuses the house wiring so plug fuses are not required. Your amp will fine with anything that can plug into it that is rated to supply its needs. 60w is not a lot. Current blows fuses not voltage. Since the amp is destined for 220 to 240 v supply it should have the correct fuse already in it.
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What do your guitarists use onstage?
Downunderwonder replied to Dankology's topic in General Discussion
My guitar players have all used little combos turned right down with pedals and mic'd. Easy to do if the stage volume is under control. If your band has the whole band monitor thing going on all you need it a mic and a stool to put the litte box combo on so you get a good earful. -
Just trying and failing to be funny I assume. The combo would naturally be under the extension speaker. So Always lower than when set on top. Substitute 'setting' for 'position' and carry on.
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Have you never hefted an SVT? Must be some sense to it for him or he would have to be an absolute head case to keep hefting it.
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Sounds about right. The gig that tanked an experimental jazz combo of mine was playing to a blues cafe. The BL went psycho at me and the drummer on the way home because it wasn't his fault we went down like a lead balloon. I quit the next day and they did 3 more gigs with a rope in who couldn't do what I did. The end. Some years on I was invited to effectively a reformation where I was the only surviving member. I brought in half the bass grooves that got it started. Did a bunch of spectacular gigs and it all fell over for no good reason. Next chapter yet to be written.
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Try it. I bet you wind up with a slightly lower output knob position. More clarity with less volume is a very good thing.
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Best of both worlds
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Barefaced Big Baby II Gen 2 - *SOLD*
Downunderwonder replied to JamesBass's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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The PA. You do realise it needs an amplifier to get a sound out of a cab? Best is too subjective considering it can go into any bass rig and do what you need it to do. The best could be said to be a FRFR rig so you are hearing something close to what the PA is getting.
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Ear Protection for 11 year old at first gig
Downunderwonder replied to mr4stringz's topic in General Discussion
FLARE make a range of plugs these days. I use the early version which would be suitable but they probably have kid specific ones as well. They consist of a machined metal plug that accepts a range of tips. Mine came with a wide range of tips to try before ordering more of the correct size. I got their proprietary alloy carry case at no little expense, to go on my key ring. Worth it that I am never without them. -
BF had one and dropped it when it didn't sell enough to warrant the inventory costs.
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If only the sound guys would accept bass tone similarly instead of insisting on taking a DI off the instrument.
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Congratulations. Now don't stand in front of it so the venue gets your sound. I was doing a gig with a pickup sax player. I notice my sound has gone to hell in a handbasket. I turn around and sax boy is standing 3ft in front of my rig not dissimilar to yours.
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Hard to keep it on course when you tolex your map.
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Fun fact. The Elf 2x8 drivers are long excursion and supposed to put out like regular 10 inchers. Other fun fact. At a less than proper rowdy gig a 210 is enough ime.
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Beware bedroom tone. All too easy to have rubbish band tone. What sounds best with band can sound brash and in your face at home. I sometimes go from jazz rehearsal to rock band and then back next week. The jazz rehearsal space is heavenly bass resonant so I have to gut the bass to not be overbearing. Then of course it is very thin and I find a bit more mids required for a bit of bite to rock out. Back to jazz and it's wtf is that racket? retune time. Crazy thing is my rock tone isn't actually all that different to my jazz tone as it sits within the band continuum.
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I was a barely competent cricketer growing up in NZ. When I started playing in the after work league in Nth London I was surprised. All I had to do to bowl out the opposition was keep it straight. Runs were easy to pick off. I was the top bowler and batsman. Beats me how the UK puts up a competitive international team. In the same kind of after work league in a provincial NZ city I was nothing special at all. Loose balls got smacked and good ones defended. Bowlers had to use some craft to get guys out.
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If I was doing it I would probably be wanting a less heavy lift. Being that the combo is hardly worth anything in the UK it would be tempting to do surgery. Also a good excuse to buy one of those oscillating waggle saw gizmos. Circular saw would do as good of job. Whip the top case off. Slap a new bottom on the three sides for the amp. Paint the exposed top of the cab. Job done. It would match nicer than anything you could make to go on top of speaker with window feature.
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The one I don't have to carry.
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Barefaced one 10 - any recommendations on bags/cases?
Downunderwonder replied to Len_derby's topic in Amps and Cabs
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Barefaced one 10 - any recommendations on bags/cases?
Downunderwonder replied to Len_derby's topic in Amps and Cabs
DIY a cardboard fantastic covered in black duct tape. It doubles as a cab stand so you can hear the wee fella. -
Don't talk us semi pro <cough> smarter than the average village dweller amp toters down! We're all carrying thankfully lighter amps until we pack it in. On that note I packed out my Trace 1518 for a lark recently. Burger me, I hope it was the lingering after effect of a run in with the lurg but damn I don't remember it being that heavy to pick up. My newer wagon has quite a higher boot lid than the one I had when I last used it.
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Yeah, maybe a little harsh. OP. Someone always is telling you where 1 is in your band however you are doing the tune and how ever badly the band or even that individual who was on point might mess it up a little or a lot. At that instant your 1 becomes THE one that everyone else either goes "praise that bass player" or "wtaf is going on here". Big shoes. Different tunes different scenarios it's the same rule for everyone. Don't play anything if you aren't sure it's going to mesh. An old pro told me he was once left playing solo in front of his 5 piece band because nobody knew what had just happened and where to kick back in at that moment in time. In the case of your Eagles tune it's going to be the drummer leading the intro and the presumed singer rhythm guitar doing the pickup into 1 that hopefully confirms the flow of the drums...and "Running" is on the 1 as someone already said. 1 failing on 8 as you describe is very odd. I am not sure if that's your band or some odd recording. Someone could be doing something hinky, which is impossible to predict from the other end of the internet, so I have to guess that the singer isn't picking up what the drummer is laying down as well as you are and so it becomes a three way conflict over where 1 falls, aka trainwreck intro, and the drummer catches up to the singer before you do. Or drummer is sloppy so guitar man wings it in to rescue the drummer, which is where you join on his 1. Or maybe it's all you. They key point is you need to know if it's someone else "improvising" and what to do about it in the moment.