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I've currently got my 4 sting p with rounds and my 5er Jazz with flats.... I love the sound and feel of the jazz and it's a misconception to think rolling the tone off on round wound strings is the same thing as playing flats. Most of my gigging is done on the 5er and while I'll bust out the p for the occasional rockier track the tone of the Jazz just sounds and sits well in the mix(I hope)! It's funny I used to flip between rounds and flats as sometimes it's just nice to change things in tone/feel/sound. We quickly get accustomed to the sounds we make so it's nice to mix it up. Might stick some new DR's on the P this week ahead of next weeks gigs just for a big of a change!

Wonky Can you link to the types of sound you like/are trying to achieve? I've just got my hands on a Cali 76-G which goes into the 'always on' series loop on my basswitch and my bass has a very 'studio mixed' quality to it (how it's EQ'd will play a factor). It's a fat, round tone that from what I have heard so far just sounds just how I hear some studio bass tracks I'm gigging it tonight (in a trio) and looking forward to hearing it in my monitor mix with the band. I'm playing flat wounds on a 5'er jazz bass and its a just a great tone - I was playing along to Cosmic Girl by Jamiroquai earlier and feel like i'd a really good solid version of that tone on the go to give you an idea of what I was aiming for. I wasn't using the germanium to dirty up the sound - but I will be experimenting with that tonight at the gig (might have the 4 string p bass with rounds along too just for fun)!

The thing is with music we all have ears and it's such a consumable thing - we all know what we like. Same with food, how we like our tea made etc etc. with music if we hear a bum note we all know it's a bum note classically trained or otherwise - if food has too much salt we can all pretty much tell on the first taste. If you happen to be a musician or a chef and you don't meet someones expectation expect them to give their opinion - be that constructively or otherwise. How you (we) deal with that is another story!

oh hang on a pint - nah sure the tweeter isn't THAT important

Didn't realise they were so affordable!

So I recently got a new to me Tecamp cab with the knowledge that the tweeter may need a repair - the cab sounds fine without the tweeter to my ears but it would be fun to play about with the settings if I can get it to work. In my chat with Tecamp Support they advised that I check the tweeter by....... [size=4]"[font=arial, sans-serif]unplug the + from the tweeter and look if you have around 6-8 Ohm from the tweeter. If not it is broken. If you have Ohmage then it is the print. [/font][/size][font=arial, sans-serif][size=3] [size=4]Can you do this wit a Voltagemeter/Ohmmeter?"[/size][/size][/font] [font=arial, sans-serif][size=4]Does anyone have the a [/size][/font][font="arial, sans-serif"]voltmeter or ohmmeter that I could swing by and test the tweet? I've got transport and shouldn't waste too much of your time [/font] [font="arial, sans-serif"]Cheers[/font] [font="arial, sans-serif"]Gavin[/font]

Spelling error - it's craic

I got the CaLi 76-G comp yesterday - its such a good sounding circuit and that germanium does add a really nice bit of filth. Very happy and looking forward to gigging it this Sunday.

Hey there hope that preamp served you well! We bring our own monitor and desk and I think the volume on stage is proving to be the issue. Only one monitor so everything is coming through it and as a result I think the fiddle/guitar/vocal are all vying for sonic real estate. As I say I think EQ might help but we've no real idea of what's going on out front. Some times the punters might say more vocal etc but we can't really tell. We'll be having a frank discussion about it at our trio gig this Sunday and I'm gonna try and get a good monitor mix with fiddle /guitar so at rehearsal we can see how it sounds with the full band. It's just I've little confidence in our singers ability to mix sound. I'd say he's a volume man not a sound man!!

We use our own desk etc and have a decent signal chain for the most part - it's all decent enough kit. Like you say it's more a volume thing which can easily be read as ego and that could be half right. I just think that there may well be an EQ fix in there somewhere or am I just being a bit naive Damn us bass players and our concern for the band sounding good not just fuelling our egos!

As we only really play this one venue as a full band, once we get the mix right it's a set and forget type thing - he's on about getting a digital desk and new moniy=tors but again I think we have the tools to make it right - just need the know how!

That's not RedDog just FYI- it's too bright 😀

In light of this and some other threads about live mix/sound advice I've started a thread actvely asking my fellow BC'ers in Edinburgh to come and offer some constructive criticism on my bands live sound. It could be fine out front but we have an ongoing volume battle between vox-fiddle-guitar and I'm not convinced the mix is right out front either. It's nothing that a grown-up conversation and some mild ego checking would likely fix but as in most bands we'll let the public decide! Here's a link to the post with a bit more background as to what I feel might need addresssed and ideally on this occasion comment on my poor technique, lack of finesse and gerenal all round hamfistedness should be addressed in a caring and sensitive fashion [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/265322-edinburgh-bcers-come-and-give-advice-on-our-live-sound/"]http://basschat.co.u...our-live-sound/[/url]

Been reading the recent threads about live sound mixes and peoples experience of a bad live sound. As with so many of these things actually hearing the band is far better than talking about the mix so with that in mind! [b][i]I hereby actively encourage my fellow BC'ers in Edinburgh to come listen to my pub band and offer constructive feedback on our sound. I'd even implement the changes before we return for the second set to try out the fix around.[/i][/b] [u]The problem?[/u] We have guitar and fiddle, one vocal as well as drums and bass. There is a ongoing discussion about stage volume - fiddle too loud then guitar cant hear, then guitar too loud [i]ad infinitum[/i]. I think you are all familiar with that script! We dont soundcheck per say as the venue usually has music or sports on (prior to us going on/starting) via the house PA so we get a quick blast via the on stage monitor - our singer/guitarist is also our 'sound man' and uses the metering lights on the desk as a guide for volume. [u]The other problem[/u]! I say 'sound man' The singer claims to have been a 'sound man' in the past and while I don't doubt he's done many a gig as sound man I'm not convinced we have a good band mix- recently I discovered he didn't know what/how the semi-parametric EQ worked on his desk after continued feedback issues on a gig. I managed to mitigate the problem but I'm not sure I can fix our whole mix! Thing is it might sound great out front and its just a stage volume thing. He continually thinks new gear or better gear is the answer but we've recently eastblished he had no idea how to wok the BOSE LMII he bought and how to set up a good fiddle sound, effectively use compression and EQ etc or how to work the mids - he thinks boosting EQ is the answer while I say flat EQ or narrow Q cuts or tasteful broad band boost. Also I'm not sure he knows where anomalies in sound might be happening - like tuning out feedback with the semi-mids for instance or reducing boominess from his acoustic guitar [u]Solutions?[/u] I've chatted about getting the fiddle and guitar out of each others sonic territory so there isnt a volume based 'turf war' waged every time they gig. I've brought up the importance of their own sonic space and we'll work on this at rehearsal next week with trying some eq settings with the mids, recording having a listen back, then tweaking again record, play repeat etc while keeping a record of setings. He plays a Variax guitar/POD 500 into the desk and we're gonna look at simplifing his pre set sounds with hopefully an even volume across patches as this could be a contributing factor - using a volume pedal to 'judge' volume for different patches just seems so unscientific and hard to do after the ear fatigue kicks in. Our fiddle player has bought a decent EQ/Di but was going into a BOSE 'brain' from the LMII he has for duo gigs but it might mean we can refresh her sound with this new kit. [u]Your mission if you choose to accept it[/u]! So.......our gigs are free to enter, the bar is usually quite busy with lots of attractive men and women dancing and enjoying themselves but we've established often the punters don't care for sound rather just a familiar track to boogie to. So come one come all- make it an official meet up for our Edinburgh Chapter and collectively have a chat with me at our break. I promise to listen attentively and put all constructive comments to good use in the second half!! Our upcoiming dates are listed below - this isnt a come to my gig scam but a genuine appeal for some advice and constructive criticism from people who have (hopefully) informed opinions! Our next full band gig is the [i][b]24th July, Finnegans Wake, Edinburgh-10:30pm[/b][/i] I've abt 5 August dates too but I'll revisit the post closer to the time and resend my appeal. I welcome advice, tips and and general know how!

There is a Lakland JO5 on sale on in this very forum with an active preamp which is ridiculous value at £590- I mean crazy good value! It's worthy of a look and no it's not mine

Good work fella! I just got myself a Classic M212 recently and it's a winner. Handles the 5 stringer so well nice and so light!! So are you up on the artist page already and how do we go about getting a amp/cab deal 😉