adam2180 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 (edited) I am new to DB though I have been playing and performing for years. I have always played acoustic instruments and have never used amps. I (and whoever I am playing with) just use a decent pre-amp and plug directly into the PA. Is this the norm with DB as well? Edited February 3, 2013 by adam2180 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Plenty folks are very happy with that, although obviously the PA needs to be able to handle bass. We tend to have just a vocal PA that can manage guitar ok but would struggle with bass I think. Monitoring is the big question though. It's nice to have control over that with your own backline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2180 Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 Monitors are never a problem, as we almost never use them. If we have too use them its as little as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spencer.b Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Did a gig tonight with no amp , it was a theatre and I plugged in my dpa 4099b had a wedge stood on its end behind and it sounded great so better than a pick up and amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexpea Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 I've started to do this a lot more. Just using my bass and preamp. I think it sounds better but sometimes it can be a struggle with monitoring. I like not having to lug my amp around though so if I know the PA has monitors then I usually leave my amp at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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