SimonK
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Basschat on Tour! Tell us your stories of being on the road?
SimonK replied to Al Krow's topic in General Discussion
What happens on tour stays on tour... I did a full year on the road over 97/98 with a charity/fund raising/gospel band linked to https://www.mercyships.org.uk mainly in Europe but also South Africa and Ghana. It was fun especially for an 18/19 year old. Started off as a roadie/sound engineer but then got promoted to bass. Learned a few things: 1) No amount of hard work/practice will put you in the same league as naturally talented pro musicians with a good ear (and when you find them just play what they tell you) 2) Gear breaks/goes missing all the time so the simplest set up that ideally someone else has paid for works best 3) Make good use of caffeine especially if you are voluntold to drive the van 4) Music is a fun hobby but too much hard work for not enough reward to do full time -
Does anyone else feel a small sense of relief when Agedhorse doesn't quote you on a thread about amps? As always valuable insights from the expert (although I'm not convinced 2 ohm capable amps are that common albeit I suspect Agedhorse has a few he has designed)!
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That's lovely - another triumph for the thread that pretends it is not encouraging the most extravagant and unneccessary purchases! 🙂
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Wow - lots of Trace Elliot fans on here, although not really the new stuff!
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Same here - had a 4ohm 4x10 for years which could never be paired with anything else - managed to find a buyer eventually and now stick to 8ohm cabs only (or at least I did until IEMs killed the joy of playing through a stack).
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https://soundcertified.com/how-does-increasing-speaker-impedance-affect-db-output-power/
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Thanks!
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I got a tier 2 fail for something similar - although went for the more extravagant Swiff wireless IEM than the cheap and cheerful Behringer!
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No problem playing bass with my wedding ring on, but I do take it off when playing Cajon and am terrified I'm going to lose it one of these days!
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Does anyone know which of these will fit the ZS10s? I would also like to try some foam ear buds to see if I can get a better bass response. It's OK at the moment but only when I really wedge them into my ears!! https://www.amazon.co.uk/SONICFOAM-Memory-Foam-Earbud-Tips-SF1-Black-5-8-6-5mm-See-chart/dp/B09L7CX9JD/
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Have spent the last three days using IEMs exclusively (at a church conference) and I suspect they will now be here to stay - a sad day for my amps and cabs. However, apart from getting better ear pieces (I'm using KZ ZS10s), does anyone know a good way of tweaking the EQ on individual channels in the aux monitor mix? We are using a Yamaha TF1 desk and the monitor mix app, and while I can turn instruments up or down, what I really want to do is EQ a bit more thud in the kick, and also take some mids out of the guitar, but there doesn't seem to be a way to do this without changing the main mix. I think the problem I'm having is because I can hear everything so much better through the IEMs the sound engineer part of me wants to EQ it as well! Alternatively are there any digital desks that have the capacity of EQing aux mixes separately to the main mix?
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"Staycation" today and tomorrow - going a bit hi-tech in the bass corner. IEMs working a bit better this week although still struggling a bit to hear the kick. This picture is also proof that I used the big muff. Loving the Yamaha monitor mix app now that we've got it to work. (before anyone asks what the SM57 is doing, it is swung out of the way as I'm sitting on a Cajon that I play for a few things).
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Yes made me suspicious as well as generic parts for most things can also be purchased - mind you it is true that specific circuit boards often need to be sourced from manufacturers, but thus said if you can get the schematic they can be made for a lot less. However, lateral MOSFETs are apparently a problem: https://www.electronicsworld.co.uk/its-the-end-of-the-production-line-for-the-lateral-mosfet/34469/ but can be solved if you pick up some broken amps and scavenge!
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...he's the sort of person who will do anything for a bottle of wine so long as the understanding is that he doesn't guarantee results, and if it breaks again and he doesn't fancy/have time to look at it again that's just how it is (although in my experience he has fixed everything I have given him apart from one tricky GP12 that we still can't find the source of a buzz!). PM me if you have something as we are very close (about twenty minutes from Waterlooville).
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My relationship to the Trace pre-shape (granted on the GP11/12s) has been to turn it on, play a few notes, say "cool", then turn it off for the gig. The compressor is fine if you don't have anything better on your pedalboard, albeit I normally use compressors for peak limiting rather than anything more drastic.
