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@Frank Blank - The FRFR is the important bit for colourless, faithful tone reproduction. So in the above - the helix is reproducing the sound of a miced up rig as it would sound if it was recorded in a studio. So when you output sound from the Helix, you want whatever is amplifying the sound to do it without adding it's own character to it... which the majority of bass cabs will not do (most are actually pretty heavily coloured). PA speakers are generally a good option as they are designed for hifi, FRFR reproduction - e.g. what you put in, you get out.

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No worries!

Good stuff - I really like the QSCs. Really attractive looking cabs too. Remember it's still a single 10 though! You aren't going to be blowing walls down just yet... however, I'm very interested to see how you get on with a single 10 FRFR for bass!

It was shortly after this point that the Gods of Rock smiles were wiped from their faces.

Pitch whammy...

And lets not forget that coffee shop situation where you can go... bass -> helix -> PA (no need for monitoring or anything because you can hear the front of house OK)

Wont be too long before "And another one"...

Thats why sometimes its easy to carry your own monitoring rig that you can control with ipad/phone etc and mix yourself. What you need is a XLR split. Each XLR send is plugged into two mixers; one XLR to your monitor mixer... one XLR goes to front of house. Let the FOH do what they want... you do what they want.

Its completely flexible. You could do something like any of these... bass -> helix -> FRFR (e.g. PA cab) - no bass through PA bass -> helix -> PA for FOH & FRFR onstage bass -> helix -> PA for FOH -> using FRFR as a monitor that has your bass and anything else you'd want to hear bass -> helix -> PA for FOH -> aux for inears (not even a FRFR cab)

Each to their own...but I'm greedy. I like a brilliant mix out front and a brilliant mix in my ears. And the fact I don't go deaf is a bonus!

The classic you can't keep a good Barefaced thread down gif.

I think that Croakies were the original neoprene glasses retainer that people are referring to. Used to wear them in my sportier days before going to contact lenses They did the job!

That Q Strip is boss. PS. You b*stard. You are killing rock n roll.

It depends on what you are trying to get out of it. Only you can see if the POD500 cuts if for your circumstance or not. The bass pod and pod500 are still very two capable pieces of kit. You'll have to try these things out and see if they give you what you want. I personally run a Kemper - but that replaced both my guitar and bass rig... and I really liked the idea of being able to profile stuff. For example, my current go to profile is based around a high end channel strip mic preamp being fed into a SSL desk. You won't get that out of anything else (and it's a bit easier than carrying a console to a gig).

Agreed. Half of the enjoyment for me is being able to dig the sound I am making onstage.. hence why I have invested in both a foh and dedicated monitoring desk.

For me, somebody that was a die hard big rig fan... the last thing I want now is take a conventional bass rig to a gig. A modeller and inears for me please. I'd much rather rock up with a modeller that makes your bass sound like its been recorded in a studio. Yes, you can mic up your live rig but there will be a compomise along the way. DI - will give you just your DI and not the sound of your speaker cab. Micing up the speaker cab will give you a close miced sound but will introduce bleed from the other noises being made on the stage. Yes, you could use a speaker emulator on your DI - but that's another component to carry around with your rig. The modelling route appeals to me because it gives you the recorded rig sound without the complication. If you are an fx unit user - all the fx you could want (within reason) are in there. The volumes are far more controllable - no more "I need to drive my amp hard to get the power tube distortion that I am craving...". The sound is consistent and instantly recallable from gig to gig. Any tweaks for a specific venue can be made and saved to memory for reuse. If you aren't a big fx user... and not into loads of different sounds, something not as involved as the Helix could be order of the day. As long as you dig the core tone, you are good to go. Of course, you can still use your existing fx pedals etc (if you use them) with a modeller also. If you need a cab to hear yourself on stage, then a good FRFR PA cab will outperform most bass specific cabs. Again, light, portable and multipurpose (a modeller and cab will do the job for both guitar and bass - if you play both). I like inears - less to carry and everything sounds a lot clearer - if you want to learn more about that, you could do worse than read through this thread - (grab yourself a cuppa...)

They aren't the brash cabs type. They prefer to not parade with their tweeters out.

You do realise that if we are keeping you awake, there's other places you can go to amuse yourself?

Shh. Don't upset the apple cart.

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