Muzz
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I've got a 3-knob/2-switch Uni-Pre squeezed into an Epiphone-bodied Thunderbird, and they're not exactly big in the cavity; IIRC, you can buy the East Pres as individual pots/mini boards, that might work, given that bend in the cavity...
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These days* I hear with my lower back... When I switched to BF cabs, I made an effort/commitment to re-EQ, and made a leap of faith to consider the cabs as capable of producing anything I put in...and it worked. * Well, not so much these days; I've just mentioed in another thread that this weekend I realised I've not used my 'big' rig (Mesa/BF) more than a couple of times since before lockdown: I'm all IEMs and DI'd Stomp...
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Was chatting over the weekend, and realised it's been pushing 3 years since I used my Mesa/Barefaced rig, and that was for two auditions, prior to that it was 2019...I've only used the small combo for monitoring a few times in the last year, too...both bands I'm in I only need the Stomp and inears, and I'm not convinced I could go back to hauling a (admittedly pretty light) rig around any more...
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I've watched that bit of the video, and that intro to Am I Evil? is definitely musically, let's say martial, and an adrenalised performer walking to it in that way for a couple of seconds can very easily be conflated without context into all sorts of personal belief systems...as Loz says above, sometimes things ain't what they seem - ask Roger Waters: lots of still images from his last tour could (and did in some places) be taken in isolation as proof positive he's a raving Nazi without the context of the song. Not to say he's a bloke without some iffy tendencies and sympathies*, but the Nazi thing is part of The Wall, and context is everything... * And he's a cantankerous old git, tho the involuntary 'ooof' through the mic when he sat down at the piano did make me smile...
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Which bass do you want, even though you shouldn't?
Muzz replied to BassAgent's topic in Bass Guitars
I still look adoringly at Les Paul basses, even though they all weigh the same as a small planet and would last about 20 minutes in my house after I'd stood up with one on a strap...oh, and headless Statii...I've had one, and didn't like the sound at all, but I do like the shape...oh, and yes, Stingrays, despite me having had three of the things (great basses, but everyone else sounds better with them than me), if I faltered in the wrong place at the wrong time I'd have a fourth... -
Back in the days when I was in an originals band that played places you could actually walk on the stage (usually from some diseased/condemned back room), we had the first minute of this as our intro - big and arresting, but nothing like the music we were going to play...and it was in the same key as the opening song... Every time I hear it it still makes me a bit giddy... 🙂
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I'm in Chris's camp here: nowadays I don't own anything over about 8lbs (and with my busier gigging schedule I use the heavier ones less and less), and I've been looking for something a lot lighter. Something really good around 6 1/2lbs would be ideal for me.
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Oh my, a Kawai Sleekline...haven't seen one of those in an age...there was one in A1 Manchester for a lonnng time, but I was in my Rawk n Roll phase, and if it wasn't an Explorer/Thunderbird/Something Pointlessly Pointy, I wasn't really interested...
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Meanwhile, on the Bax-Shop...
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They look nice, just been looking...with my main criteria being 'What does the thing weigh?', and, as ever, it's not easy to find out. The PMT page in particular clearly couldn't give a flying...erm, whatever:
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It's not a weight I would even tolerate these days, mostly because I'm gigging more now than I have in a very long time, and I'm older than I've ever been...I had a 78 Jazz about ten years ago which was pushing 12lbs, and I never gigged that, I moved it on pretty quickly. Then again, it was just a Jazz, and not a very good one at that. If it helps with perspective, I'm still on the lookout for a light main gigging bass, and I'm not even considering anything over 7lbs...
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If all the band are in-ears (and even if not, but it's easier to sell the idea if it's to everyone's benefit) then to reduce the feel of isolation (tho you do get used to it) you might want to consider an ambient mic on the stage, just for a 'room sound' - also helps with those moments when you need to talk to each other: it always seems to happen the minute you get your inears properly in and settled... Doesn't have to be anything posh, just something that'll pick up the room...
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The only stuff of YYNOT's I've heard is live, I'd imagine in a more controlled environment like the OP's vid the actual sounds might be closer...
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Musically bang on, tho the singer sounds like he's right at the very top of his comfort range - here's a different approach that I like (tho IMHO, YMMV, etc) - again, musically bang on, and a girl singist works for me...
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As a callback to my list above, I'd concur with the advice to try if you can - that 2024 I tried was a surprise (hence the 'sleeper' thing) in that it was so good, so, for want of a better word, alive...I'd hope the BBP34 is of a similar level...they don't look very exciting, but in hand it's another matter entirely... Sadly, the weight (I'm very weight-aware, more than 8lbs and I'm out) and neck profile (again, I'm very specific, and 40mm is only any good if it's a slim 40mm) rule me out.
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The fact that they're custom molds takes them a league above the off the shelf stuff immediately - their basic ones (IIRC) are single drivers, but the isolation and fit makes up for that. I have the more expensive ones, and I've no GAS for anything else...
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I've had a lot of BBs (3000A, 1600, 1200, 1100, 1024, 414, 300, 400, BBPH) and the 414 has stayed, mostly because it has the slimmest neck, and it does 95% of what the others do. It's also because my criteria have changed over the years, and it's lighter than a 1024. I pine sometimes over the 3000A I sold after 20 years, but that may well be just the rose-tinted tinted glasses thing, and I'm not prepared to shell out over a grand to find out... I played a 2024 at Bass Direct ten years or more ago, and thought it was the best quality 'sleeper' bass I'd ever played, but again, it might not last with me these days because of the weight and neck...the newer 2/3 series (and the P34 top of the range) don't appeal because I hate the pickguard, but that's just me being as shallow as a puddle... I changed the bridge and tuners on the 414, and took it to a good luthier for a fret dress and setup, and I'm completely happy with it, especially for gigs down the Dog & Duck, where a more expensive bass would give me one more thing to worry about.
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In my inear mix I have me and the drums nice and loud (relatively), with a 'guide' level for the guitar and vocals/sax, and no percussion at all. I find it helps to keep everything on track when the other two, erm, wander into jazz territory... 🙂
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If it helps, I'm probably 30 gigs/rehearsals in with the Lekato 5.8/P2 setup, and it's never twitched yet. The P2 batteries last a long time, too...
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Yep, I have a short XLR for the Lekato 5.8 transmitter, just to get it away from the back of the mixer where the other transmitters are, and it works very well. The setup with the P2 has never let me down, dropped out or distorted, and the latency is very low. It Just Works(tm), and for the money, it's a great solution.
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Picked up a last minute gig Friday night, at a regular venue for the busy band - so regular, in fact, that we cancelled a few gigs leading up to Xmas (we were booked every 4 weeks) and into the New Year, but the landlord had been let down by another band. Very quiet (about a dozen people in the lounge, and another dozen in the pool room), I've no idea how they make it work financially...still, we got paid, and it's one of the more local gigs for me, so travelling wasn't an issue...
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Yeah, I've had years when more than one band was necessary to get in as many gigs as I wanted...right now, with a boy just started Uni and draining the coffers as fast as he can (something about wanting to eat every day), I'm taking everything I can...
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Last minute fill-in gig at a regular venue just popped up for tonight...we've nothing in till the 29th after that, tho the BL is a real gig-ferret, so there may be more. We've 25 or so gigs in for 2024 (inc NYE) so far, there'll be more.. We were going to use Jan to refresh the set list and maybe even have a rehearsal, we'll see how much time there is...
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I don't use an amp much these days, and my 'base sound' comes from a Stomp, which would be a nightmare to tweak on the fly. I never liked tweaking my amp EQ live, either, so I've always liked East preamps - the sweepable mids are absolutely essential for me, and I've got one in most of my basses. To the OP, tho, I'd say given your signal chain, tweak the sound elsewhere (tho if you want to to change it onstage you'll be tweaking either on the floor or at the amp - as mentioned above, I don't want to do that) and see how it goes. The only other issue is are you using more than one bass? You don't want to be tweaking pedals/amps for different basses live...
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Some of the places I play we'd need someone to defend the tip jar if there was more than ten quid in it...
