Downunderwonder

Growing up we had a monthly performance evening for all ages of music students. Most months had an adult band or soloist give a mini concert demo. That pretty well normalized performance as the purpose of practice.

It's well documented on TalkBass. A lot it is pinched straight from the GenzBenz Streamliner.

I don't believe there is any such thing as export duty. There is every possibility that the reciever will be paying import duty in Croatia. Or it's an 'insurance' scam.

What's wrong with carrying a double plug and a 9v wart? 9/10 there's a spare outlet so the double plug is only for the 1/10 time. Blimin' sight easier than carrying a battery power pack. You would do well to learn where flat enough EQ is on the controls of a few of the likely suspect amps in your area. Then you can plug in the front and no worries about pedal output level like you get plugging in the back.

What's a good price?

I so miss gigging on the regular! To answer the OP question: There was some conference on and they dined out in a restaurant nearby. Someone influential must have been a jazz fan and we packed out a cocktail bar with the corporate credit cards buying 500 buck rounds left and right. They had to borrow staff from their other bar to come and help. We're playing improv jazzish originals, leaning on funk and blues traditions, now that's entertainment! Trickle Down Theory in action. We probably paid for ourselves for the whole gig season with the one night. I had zero qualms about taking our top dollar fee after that one.

That'd be because they copied it all from Genz Benz and to crow about the selection of EQ points would be kicking sand in their face.

I think Christmas songs are a way of giving audiences what they always want. They want stuff that is familiar to their tribe and they want stuff that is not the same as they had every week for the last year. The golden rule is to have fun with it. If you're banging out a lousy cover just because you think you have to then it's probably going to come over poorly.

Exception to prove the rule of no rule: the ABBA hologram show = "not the band".

The Glenn Miller Orchestra is a good case for no rule can apply.

Walshy's BF 610 is a mere 1150 delivered.

"Multiposting by submit button not working the first time".... is back.

I think the King's GF might be calling for heads.

I sometimes get handed charts written for "Double Bass" that are peppered with Eb's and C's. Keep fighting the good fight.

AER are the kingpins. My cheap 'battery amp' was a collection of stuff to run a regular cabinet. BDDI into cheap and featherweight class D 12V amp. Unfortunately I made the mistake of letting the deep cycle deer spotlighting battery self discharge and sit for over a year, which killed it dead. I should have got a trickle charger for it.

Put the amp on the floor with a couple of battens placed on top to hold the cab clear of the vents. No more overhang.

What comes after and is it ALL the same stuff before adding in the DI?

Describe the full signal chain before and after the DI is inserted. The reason for the distortion will very likely become clear. With the limited info given so far it could be any number of hookups gone wrong .

When I use a BDDI it's got an EQ pedal as well.

The Jackson Pollock in me agrees wholeheartedly.

I gather the paint doesn't have texture bits in it then. It simply must be left over dust causing the raised parts that have no adhesion or the filled spots would be obvious. I would give it a very light scrape on the white bits and recoat the whole thing. Maybe test a couple of spots first.

Run the paint through a sieve first?

One time I mixed cabs and it was fine. Another time I literally thought the 2nd cab wasn't plugged in because it was much less loud than the first with the same amount of power applied. So you never know what you are going to get with mixing cabs until you try them together. Even then the one on top will be the one you hear tone from when you are on stage. 500w amp will do fine but don't make the mistake of thinking you can't blow up 800w worth of cabinets. At that sort of volume it's getting hard to hear complaining sounds from them. You're going to need earplugs or you will be damaging your hearing.

But the only thing uglier than an ugly headstock is no headstock.