EBS_freak

Ear infections you say? - Which is why you clean earplugs/IEMs with alcohol wipes to kill the nasties - or even give them a UV bath (check out something like the ACS Revivo. But it's no different to hearing-aids. They need to be appropriately maintained also - and hence why they have UV cleaners and vacs available... like IEMs.)

There's no telling some people... ...but that's because they are deaf.

It's OK people, I've got my bullet proof vest, bring it on, I'm all good. What an absolutely absurd thread.

Turn up the subs. That should add a bit of low end wobble...

There is some truth in saying that ear plugs don't work.... just like when you wear sunglasses and look directly at the sun. If you are standing in 140dB, then your -15dB plugs aren't going to do you that much good. I think that it's about being sensible with the volumes. Wearing earplugs is better than not wearing earplugs. Wearing IEMs is better than earplugs (especially in terms of sound reproduction... the claims that earplugs don't mess with the frequency response is nonsense... they do). - as long as you aren't blasting them at horrendous volumes.

Maybe if they took their earplugs out, they'd be able to hear him shout..?

Always difficult in these situations due to not having much control over the setup. My advice would be utilise something like this - At least you can play and protect your ears - and get an easy “more me” function if needed by taking a free from your amp (even if it’s just taking your own mic and putting it in front of the bass cab)

Maybe take a punt on a few different types of tips... you may find something that fits you a bit better. Otherwise it’s a leap of faith!

It’s a trick to get you into the auction page - select a earpiece in the drop down to get the proper pricing!

It sounds like you are in a similar position to me. Universals will fit me - but have a tendency to just fall out every now and again - which was the reason I first tried customs. It may be the time to look at customs - but understand that that's quite an investment compared to a set of ZS10s.

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Meh. You don't use instrument mics on instruments if you are rock n roll.

It’s rock and roll. Stick a 58 in front of it (with dented grille - this is really important) and be done with you!

To be honest, if I like gear, I’ll but it because I believe in it. The only thing that I’d really covet is a DR strings deal... I don’t think I’d actually want my mug in a magazine so it can be pulled out 20 years later on a bass forum so my naff hair and dress sense could be ripped apart...

Jeez, Pete Townsend has really upped his game.

My first Markbass.

If you zoom in on the side... I'm sure thats a PJB vent on the C pillar.

@Al Krow - knowing boxpart, I would say you are going to be better hiring in a rig - assuming you playing in the wide open seating area. You won't be able to get any kind of volume there, it's as good as playing outside. You'll need a lot of air moving - more than you can achieve through your backline and 10s (and even by adding a decent sub or two).

How fitting that it’s got the vinyl roof too.

Just out of interest, what amp (guitar or bass) is an absolute work of art, visuals wise? For me, the THD Bivalve was always the one to beat... I know the Jules Birdcage amp follows a similar vibe... but it just doesn’t tick the boxes. For bass, and admittedly it’s a combo - but the earlier B15s really are a work of art imho. They both go away from the whole steel folded box vibe so I guess that’s why they largely appeal. It’s otherwise difficult to make such a functional thing look damn cool... but it’s the choice of mulled aluminium from Darkglass (clearly somewhat Apple inspired) that really bucks the trend for me.

Looks like it was thrown together from components from the parts bin (the 70s parts bin at that). But I guess some people may appreciate that kinda thing.

Oh and I always appreciated the design of the SWR Headlite and Amplite (shame they didn’t really deliver the goods)

Umm.... not for me.

Would disagree with this... you don't have to be bloody good - you just have to have some sort of notoriety. There's plenty of players that can hardly string two notes together (but that's another thread... or maybe not given the directions this one seems to take!) but have a signature xyz.

That's the one I was thinking of - more so trying to prove that just because an amp is red, doesn't immediately make it ugly! You can keep the gold knobs though!