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Designacable and lynx custom are my go to when I can’t be bothered to make my own.

Excellent festival this weekend. I’ve been taking a bit of a break from playing to work on my video stuff and been shooting stuff for my friends Britpop tribute. Anyway - Turns out this other random guy had missed live music and all the festivals that he couldn’t go to. So what did he do? Get a full blown stage built over his lake and hired a pro crew from Sheffield Area and held his own on his front lawn and booked all his favourite bands - Deacon Blue (the guys fave band) closed. They’re pretty epic. (ps pic from soundcheck before the audience arrived…!)

Congrats. Glad to hear you’re loving them! As you can probably gather, I think these are the sweet spot for a bass player looking for a decent amount of low end for the money. Looking forward to hearing about your experience!

I’m sure it was rubbish anyway.

“Bass Laundering”

@Dood- nice review enjoyed that. Only thing I would say for future videos, for me, the speed at which you need to deliver your narrative bits need to be more akin to the pace you get if you playback the video at 1.25x. Can't argue with the content though.

I think Hipshot make Foderas bridges. Hipshot have the BEST customer service. As an example, I asked them about range of adjustment on one of their bridges for a bass I was building. They sent me every available option of spring and saddle adjustment screw foc for all saddle slots to make sure the intonation would be spot on. Brilliant stuff.

Just cos the response is quoted doesn’t mean It can get that low with any sort of significant drop off. Additionally, whether the amp can sustain lows without sagging… and then there’s the ruggedness of the speaker itself.

Again, if you are going to use FRFR/PA cabs, ensure they can handle the transients of live bass.

Is your receiver on the floor or behind you? If it's behind you you may want to mount the transmitter on your strap behind your body. Your body does quite a good job of absorbing RF so, if you have your transmitter in line of sight to the receiver behind you (e.g. directly by your amp), you may find yourself in a better position. If in doubt, always carry a cable.

Out again Friday... for another go. Could be quite interesting - it's a private festival with Deacon Blue headlining.

Oh man. Sad to read this 😞

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Yeah, with the Otto from the Simpsons hair cut (lockdown locks), behind the camera.

Phone call went like this... "Got quite an interesting gig tonight... fancy bringing down a camera or two?" For those wondering what one man (me) and a load of cameras can do...

Some folks may find section 7 of the IEM bible thread useful -

Playback mix I presume? (Virtual soundcheck)

Ive done similar in the past

Some woud argue that in my case, it's defo accurate.

Just a word of warning on FRFR cabs - make sure they can handle bass!

Hence the link - I didn't want to regurgitate the whole lot... but yeah... this ^ If people aren't using PAs, maybe sacking of the rig and buying a couple of top end tops is the way to go. That way you can use a top as a traditional rig if you are playing with a band when you need to play without IEMs.

This ^ The key things to consider are this - 1. They offer hearing protection, enabling you to have monitoring at a safe level 2.They offer an enhanced clarity over traditional monitoring solutions, you only hear what you want to hear, with minimal influence from ambient sound 3. You can move around the stage without impacting what you hear 4. They are a lot easier to carry around than a pair or wedges or rig (see them as a replacement for your rig, or monitor wedges, or both - and then you'll see that comparatively, they are cheap... and your back will thank you for it) 5. They enable you to go ampless 6. They enable consistency across gigs 7. They look cool as fk and makes it look like you mean business @Hammer_If you haven't already, check out the following thread - https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/389429-the-iem-bible-thread/ - all the advantages and tricks and tips are cleared off in there.

+VAT

Maybe you should get a covid test.

Mushroom, mushroom! It's a snake, it's a snaaaaake.