mike257

I've just picked up a D5 after hearing a lot of positive talk about their performance. Haven't used it on any gigs yet but if it does well i'll be grabbing a few more. Available pretty cheaply used so worth a punt. Sounds like you got a good deal on all that kit. When my old band bought the EV rig we paid £1200 for a pair of 2x15 tops, four 1x18 subs, two Cerwin Vega CV-2800 amps (900w per channel), crossover, patch panel, rack case, tons of speakon and covers for all the speakers too. I thought that was alright but yours seems a steal in comparison!

Worked with Victor Wooten on his recent UK tour and his pedal setup was his custom Rodenburg dual boost pedal and a Zoom B3 with the three positions set for an auto wah, octaver and reverb. Sounded mighty. I've always liked single pedals but I haven't spent a long time with any of the recent crop of multis which I hear are generally of a much higher standard than they were a few generations of products ago.

I replaced an Ampeg 410/15 setup with the 610 and much preferred it. Also found it much easier to move, on level ground at least, thanks to the tilt-back wheels and big handle. Definite two man job if any lifting is involved, although the height makes tipping it into a van or car single handedly possible. Most of the bass gigs I'm doing now are function gigs with good PA reinforcement so probably going to move it on for something smaller but love the sound and the look of it. Used it with an SVT-3 and a Genz Shuttle 6 for anything from balls-out rock to americana/alt-country and always did the job. Haven't used the Ashdown 610 but did borrow the ABM810 and ABM900 EVO3 for a couple of gigs and it was one of the best sounds I've ever had so if it's in the same ballpark I'm sure you'll love it!

[quote name='barkin' timestamp='1405822542' post='2505584'] Oh dear - I showed these to MrsB, they dingo down very well [/quote] There's a MrsB? I didn't know you Adelaide-y!

A bassist I tech for had no end of reliability issues with his SVT2s, old and new ones. After some coaxing from me and borrowing my lightweight head for a few shows he decided a change was in order. He's ended up going Aguilar and doesn't miss the SVT one bit. If your SVT4 is solid and reliable I don't think i'd risk a trade for an amp of unknown history that could be really expensive to maintain if you have problems with it.

I used a Force i series rig for a couple of years on regular function gigs. Pair of 2x15 tops, pair of 1x18 subs (we actually had four, but [i]really[/i] couldn't be bothered carting the extra two around with us. Powered it all with two Cerwin Vega CV-2800 amps throwing a total of 3.6k into the cabs. Rarely tickled the higher reaches of its power capability and it did us well for anything from small rooms with just vocals, keys and kick miced to larger functions where we had the whole band running through it. There's better sounding/smaller/lighter kit out there but if you've got it suitably cheaply then you've got a decent gigging setup there. Moved over to using a HK Actor DX and the difference in punch and clarity is apparent, but so is the difference in your bank balance after you've bought it - I think we spent £1500ish and got the two EV tops, the four subs, amps, crossover, rack, misc bits for rack patch panels etc, cables and an old Yamaha 01V, as well as a few other misc bits. Was pretty happy with it for the money spent. As the other posters have said, there's plenty newer tech and better kit around but it comes at a cost - my band mates at the time were totally non-techy and baulked at the idea of the £1.5k budget I managed to get out of them for the EV setup. It can be a hard sell if your band aren't "into" PA gear and realise the difference it makes but if you're earning decent wedge from the band then it's a worthwhile investment.

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1405341701' post='2500940'] Will it be Mr Wooten? Victor? Vic? [/quote] Haha, brilliant!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1405335614' post='2500839'] Treat him normally.... he must get tired of same old... Keep it easy, maybe tell him you play bass, but don't ram it down his throat, let him build the conversation. I wouldn't ask him 101 questions about bass..he probably wants to know where the best food in town is... People forget that 'our dream job' is also work if you have been doing it as long as he has... [/quote] I know - I work with plenty of bands/artists week to week so I'm hardly going to turn into a gushing fanboy. Just nice to have the opportunity to work with someone so highly regarded in the bass world. Si - great to hear, those camps do sound great. I'm not booked for the London show as I think they're flying down for that one. Anything changes and I'll drop you a line and come say hello!

That's all really - just it's largely inconsequential to anyone in my house, the missus said "who?", so I thought I'd share it with a bunch of other bass geeks instead. Grabbing him from the airport later before tomorrow's Liverpool show, then spending Wednesday doing ground transport to/around Leeds for him and the band too. By all accounts he's a lovely chap so I'm quite looking forward to it, although I'm not all that familiar with his work it'll be nice to pick the brains of such a highly esteemed player! Any BCers got any burning questions they want me to ask him?

There's lots of good responsive themes around now, meaning your site will cleverly rejig itself to fit whatever kind of device/screen size you're viewing from. My (under construction) page for my live sound/artist transport business is at [url="http://weareboom.co.uk"]http://weareboom.co.uk[/url] - light on content until I get 5 mins to put some together but the basic layout is there. Took a couple of hours at most, including a brief delve into the code of the contact form plug in to tweak the appearance a little bit.

[color=#34495E][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][font=Lato, sans-serif]Due to an unexpected change in circumstances my availability has just opened up significantly for this summer.[/font][/font][/color] [color=#34495E][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][font=Lato, sans-serif]Experienced bassist and guitarist (aged 29, gigging since 16, feeling old adding the years up!) available - did the years touring in originals bands, now making my living from function gigging and freelance sound engineering. Have a high standard of gear for both instruments, own transport (a seven seat splitter van band bus, no less!) a good repertoire and an ear for learning new tunes quickly - not a fluent reader but have done my share of "can you be there in three hours" dep gigs so am comfortable flying by the seat of my pants![/font][/font][/color] [color=#34495E][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][font=Lato, sans-serif]Experience-wise, I've been playing full time with a busy function band working with a couple of the larger UK agencies doing approx 40 weddings per year as lead guitarist and production manager, looking after sound, lighting and logistics as well as the musical stuff. Also do dep gigs on bass and guitar with various bands, occasional acoustic duo work etc. Have held residencies in hotels/bars and all the usual. UK tour experience with my own bands prior to this, including Academy headline touring.[/font][/font][/color] [color=#34495E][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][font=Lato, sans-serif]I'm looking for long term or dep posts to add to the diary - I'm based in Liverpool but I'm two minutes from the M62 and can travel wherever I'm needed.[/font][/font][/color] [color=#34495E][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][font=Lato, sans-serif]Also available for any sound engineering requirements so drop me a line if you're in need of having your faders pushed (ooo errr) and I'll send over my tech CV.[/font][/font][/color] [color=#34495E][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][font=Lato, sans-serif]Cheers![/font][/font][/color] [color=#34495E][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][font=Lato, sans-serif]Mike[/font][/font][/color]

[color=#34495E][font=Lato, sans-serif][size=4]Due to an unexpected change in circumstances my availability has just opened up significantly for this summer.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#34495E][font=Lato, sans-serif][size=4] Experienced bassist and guitarist (aged 29, gigging since 16, feeling old adding the years up!) available - did the years touring in originals bands, now making my living from function gigging and freelance sound engineering. Have a high standard of gear for both instruments, own transport (a seven seat splitter van band bus, no less!) a good repertoire and an ear for learning new tunes quickly - not a fluent reader but have done my share of "can you be there in three hours" dep gigs so am comfortable flying by the seat of my pants![/size][/font][/color] [color=#34495E][font=Lato, sans-serif][size=4] Experience-wise, I've been playing full time with a busy function band working with a couple of the larger UK agencies doing approx 40 weddings per year as lead guitarist and production manager, looking after sound, lighting and logistics as well as the musical stuff. Also do dep gigs on bass and guitar with various bands, occasional acoustic duo work etc. Have held residencies in hotels/bars and all the usual. UK tour experience with my own bands prior to this, including Academy headline touring.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#34495E][font=Lato, sans-serif][size=4] I'm looking for long term or dep posts to add to the diary - I'm based in Liverpool but I'm two minutes from the M62 and can travel wherever I'm needed.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#34495E][font=Lato, sans-serif][size=4] Also available for any sound engineering requirements so drop me a line if you're in need of having your faders pushed (ooo errr) and I'll send over my tech CV.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#34495E][font=Lato, sans-serif][size=4] Cheers![/size][/font][/color] [color=#34495E][font=Lato, sans-serif][size=4] Mike[/size][/font][/color]

My very cheap PA advice: Don't buy very cheap PA. It's very cheap for a reason!

I was going to post about the J/MM combo in my Sandberg jazzer but the above poster has more or less said word for word what I would have. I'll just chime in to say that it sounds bloody brilliant and is versatile enough to deal with any of the various genres/styles i've thrown at it across a bunch of different bands.

P Bass, SVT, job done. My old guitarist knocked around with Tord a bit, were next door neighbours for a while. Nice chap and cracking player. His pre-Wombats band Auden Prim were ace too!

I'm about to embark on an IEM adventure with my 5 piece function band. I've gradually dragged them into a decent PA setup but monitoring is still an issue. We're going to go wired as everyone is tied to a guitar cable/keyboard/drum stool anyway, so I'm looking at rack mounting a 4 channel headphone amp for me, singer, keys and bassist (I'm on guitar with this crowd) running to a [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/fischer_amps_mini_bodypack_mit_lsregler.htm"]Fischer Mini Bodypack[/url] each - this is an in line belt clip unit with a passive (attenuation only) volume control. This means we can set a max comfortable level at the amp then we've all got the ability to adjust mid-gig without going too far and taking our heads off. The drummer can have a single channel headphone amp sat next to him, no need for the Bodypack there. Think we'll be funding the above kit from band gear kitty but everyone will pick up their own IEMs so I'm fully expecting to see a set of iPod earphones appear from at least one of them! Just read through the whole thread and there's tons of useful info, particularly on earphone choice. I've been planning to get some moulded plugs for sound engineering work anyway so got another reason to invest now!

A good Tele is a guitar for life. I have an '04 that just feels exceptional and I know I'll never move it on. If you're getting more into guitar then I'd suggest having something different enough from your current guitar that you're broadening your tonal pallete a bit. If you like the Fender aesthetic, there's loads of variations on the Tele theme that will give you something different. The Cabronita mentioned above sounds great, or you could look at the '72 Deluxe reissue - humbuckers with LP style controls, Tele body but Strat-esque contours for comfort and the big 70's Strat headstock. I have one and love it, feels and sounds different to my Tele and LP despite the nods to both in the design.

I've got a 1U unit with an IEC inlet and 8 individually fused IEC outlets in our PA rack, a few short male to female IEC cables and everything is nice and tidy. I've seen them with Powercon inlets too, which is even more secure for live use as it can't be pulled out. Mine is hardwired to a Powercon on a patch panel in the rack for that reason.

I've pretty much always taken two basses (or guitars) to gigs. I've rarely had to make use of a spare bass but the few occasions that I have done are enough reason for me to keep taking it! I know a lot of people think spare strings is enough but I've always thought that if you're on a multi-band originals gig then five minutes restringing is a big chunk of your 30 min set to let your audience's attention wander elsewhere. If you're on a paying gig then it just doesn't fly. I've had strings, straps and straplocks fail when playing guitar with my function band, every time I've had another guitar round my neck and playing within a bar or two. Show has to go on!

The Ikea one is the Gorm shelf. The internet is awash with how-tos and examples, under a tenners worth of bits if I remember right.

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1392206344' post='2365885'] Unlimited reduced..???? Guess that venue wants it to look well attended ... If it was sure of a sell-out then it would not want to sell 'reduced' [/quote] Pretty standard practice for local support bands opening for touring artists. There'll be tickets on sale from all the usual outlets but bands will be offered a number of tickets or the opportunity to have a reduced price guestlist for their fans. Works for the bands as people can see them.play a bigger/higher profile show for less and works for the venue because they've got a much better chance of filling the room, selling more drinks to more punters and making more dough.

[quote name='TheRockinRoadie' timestamp='1388858666' post='2327013'] I'm running an Orange Dual Terror through a Marshall VS412 cab, with my Fender TC-90 and Ltd-Ed. PRS SE Custom 24 It also sounds incredible - The Dual Terror is a great amp and the P90s in the Tele certainly come in to their own. I was jamming with some friends last night and theyre all equally jealous! What do you make of the PPC2x12? I'm currently saving for a V30- loaded Zilla cab. [/quote] I used to have the PPC212CB, the big closed back one. Sounded great. I'm a huge fan of Orange cabs in general. Mate of mine has a Zilla 2x12 in white with V30s he's selling for £300 if you want me to put you in touch. He's started a filthy metal band and is getting a 4x12 insteada