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Genz shuttlemax 9.2 and Mesa 2x12, used it plenty of times outside with no pa support. Sounds great. Cheers Thebassman

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1372584999' post='2127359'] Basses from Ebay, amps from BC and Bassdirect, cabs from Bassdirect and BC, strings from Stringbusters and BC, cables from BC, trolley from Amazon. [/quote] I can sense a theme going on there :-) I'd say most of my last purchases have also been on BC. Cheers Thebassman

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1372157800' post='2122223'] In The Daves, at various points throughout the set we run the following into each other: Anarchy in The UK/White Riot (Pistols/Clash) ASBO St/Moped Lads (One of ours/Peter & Test Tube Babies) Turning Japanese/Ant Music (Vapors/Adam & The Ants) Sedated/Sheena is a Punk Rocker (Ramones) [/quote] My god, awesome set list, I want to come along and see you guys play............... In fact I want to play Bass in your band cheers thebassman

[quote name='Twincam' timestamp='1372029082' post='2120913'] Learnt Pump it up (Elvis Costello). Awesome tune one of those i think a bassist should know. [/quote] +1 That's one of my favourite live songs to play, watching the detectives is another good one, loads of fun. Cheers Thebassman

Just sold a Zoom B3 to Kevin. Good clear communications and fast payment, what more could you want. Cheers

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1371502648' post='2114838'] Or simply saw off the cab part of the combo leaving the amp already encased. [/quote] I like your style :-)

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1370893903' post='2107146'] Stingray-Shuttlemax-2x12 cab= [/quote] +1

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1370875011' post='2106690'] Btw I have the same amp as the OP, brilliant they are! [/quote] Haha, I know, I was hoping you might comment Pete. I am really living this amp with my Stingray. I did initially setup up at normal rehersal/ gig volume, so wasn't overly loud on stage. The sound guy asked me to turn down a bit as he said we had good monitor support. Things did sound good at sound check and also up until about half way through the gig. I guess I just need to learn to be more vocal with the band and sound engineers. I'm not really used to having the luxury of sound engineers. It's good to know too that I can tweak my volume on stage if I am struggling to hear myself. Cheers for all the replys guys, I new this was the right place to ask the question. Thebassman

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1370832150' post='2106095'] When the guitar player turned up that should have affected both the mains and monitors, so the engineer should have noticed it. You should have just asked him to turn that monitor feed down between songs. Turning up your amp may or may not affect the volume in the PA, depending how the DI works in your amp. Some are pre-master, some are post-master, some are switchable. Your owners manual will say. [/quote] [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1370841611' post='2106100'] I'm fairly sure the post DI on that head is pre-master, so you could have turned it up without affecting the feed to the desk. However, it might have started a volume war - a spiral where everyone turns up gradually. Your guitarist was better off asking for a bit in his monitor instead... [/quote] [quote name='Adrenochrome' timestamp='1370849848' post='2106153'] Bad guitarist. As WOT said, your master volume shouldn't affect the level sent via the DI, however boosting frequencies on your EQ probably would increase the level of the signal. [/quote] Thanks for all your input guys. I did have a read through my manual but i couldn't see anything in there about pre and post master. All it said was pre and post EQ. It might just be me not knowing what i'm looking for. I agree it's not a good idea to just all start turning up on stage, that's not going to help anyone, just make us all deaf. I didn't touch my volume, I just stepped farther away from the monitor and closer to my amp, so i could try and hear what i was playing. That was one of the problems we were both sharing the same monitor. I did try and get the engineers attention between songs, but it was very busy and he was a long way away. cheers thebassman

A question for the sound engineers or maybe experienced stage types. I had the opportunity last weekend to play a great gig at a beer festival. It was nice to have a decent stage and sound engineers, playing in a marquee. I don't get the chance very often, so I am not too clued up on DI etc. The engineer told me to turn down on stage and took an XLR out of the back of my gb Shuttlemax 9.2, i was plugged into my mesa 2x12. There were also 2 guitar amps mic'd up. All was good on stage for sound check volume wise. I wasn't coming through the monitors at all, but this was ok as I had my own amp for monitoring. The guitars and vocals were coming through the monitor mix. Anyway about half way through the gig one of my guitarists decided he wasn't loud enough so he turned his amp up. the mix through the monitors was then really loud, I really struggled to hear myself. I couldn't contact the sound engineer as we were playing 1 long 90 minute set. So my question is, if I had turned my amp master volume up on stage so I could hear myself, would this effect the FOH mix, or is this mix only effected by the gain stage of the amp. Just checked and I was on the post EQ setting. As I said I'm not too sure how the DI set up works. Any ideas? I have another big outdoor gig at a car show coming up and want to understand more about it. Cheers Thebassman

I have to agree with both of the above replies. They are voiced different. The shuttlemax does its own really nice valve tone. Personally though, I am loving the FET clean Chanel, it's a revalation to me being able to hear every part of what I'm playing. I have been using valve or valve state amps for years but I am enjoying the difference in clean tone, perhaps it's my mid life crisis :-) Cheers Thebassman

[quote name='Jacqueslemac' timestamp='1370174659' post='2097190'] No idea why it died. It's used once a week for rehearsals and once a month for gigs. It's always lived in its carry bag and rarely pushed beyond half volume. [/quote] Sometimes things just fail, that's why I always take a spare amp with me to gigs. I bought a shuttlemax 9.2 for my main amp and the orange terror is a back up. Cheers Thebassman

Umm, tea bagging, careful when you Google that :-)

Can you not just unscrew the handle and put it on the top face where it's not in the way? They are normally held on with just a couple of screws. I used to own a midget, just can't remember how it was attached. Cheers Thebassman

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1369064020' post='2084434'] Couple of breeze blocks should do the trick I think. Truckstop [/quote] Quote of the day :-)

I've been gigging for 25+ years, in that time I've had a blown power valve and a valve state amp give up on me mid gig, luckily I limped my way through the pa to finish the set. It's the worst feeling you can get, letting down the band, and of course the paying punters. I always take a spare now, that's the beauty of the new micro amps, they are so light and small you don't really notice the extra hassle involved. Cheers Thebassman

[quote name='sk8' timestamp='1368449990' post='2077154'] Oh! I quite like them [URL=http://s420.photobucket.com/user/spongebob_sqaurepants/media/4088D24A-4853-45B7-A4B9-47FF42AFDC84-1125-000000782BFE2D5A_zps44b2f1a5.jpg.html][IMG]http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp287/spongebob_sqaurepants/4088D24A-4853-45B7-A4B9-47FF42AFDC84-1125-000000782BFE2D5A_zps44b2f1a5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] I have to agree, my favourite gear in terms of aesthetics. Never managed to hear them though.

You could get a GB shuttle max 9.2 you get a clean and a valve channel in one amp, in a small and light box. I have just moved to one and couldn't be happier. Cheers Thebassman Sorry, just read the thread again, I am sure my suggestion would be physically too big. It is very light, but quite deep.

Just sold my Mesa Bronco case to TommyK, very fast payment and a nice guy to deal with. cheers thebassman

Just bought a Shuttlemax 9.2 in great condition. Top guy to deal with, delivered fast too. cheers thebassman

I always use ernie ball slinkys 45-130 on my SR5. It's what came on the bass, so never really thought to try anything else. I prefer the sound after they have been used for a couple of weeks, I dont like the bright, treblely sound you get with new strings. Cheers Thebassman