stingrayPete1977 Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 Ta mate, tomorrow is another day, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassist_lewis Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Not much experience with double bass but I went amp less for a few gigs over the last month and I hated my sound and my playing, I vowed never again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Yes, it's good to see the pics and great that you had good reviews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 The band setting up when I left had a big bass rig and sound before going into the pa, it sounded great but if they matched the rest of the band to that and put it to foh it will have been far too loud, on the other hand friday night I enjoyed playing more with my bigger amp as the main backline with just a bit of bass in the pa. I could hear the db quite well with it up there so that was ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 [quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1408986143' post='2535264'] Yes, it's good to see the pics and great that you had good reviews [/quote] It looks like the sound guy managed to compress the electric drum kit so it was not as bad out front as it was in my monitor so maybe last night I was stressing too much. The drummer says he has found a loose connection on the snare but as you can see in the pics he ended up swapping the floor tom for the snare so I think he needs to check again! Almost like a clipping overload sound like he had turned something up too high imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I have played FOH gigs without an amp, but my preference would be to use my rig. That spot on the stage is your office. It's where you do your work, where you shine and where you display your wares/talent/ability to your band and guys out there who might want to hire you for bigger and better things. Having the same sound on every gig gives you continuity and allows you to concentrate 100% on playing your instrument. If you give yourself a challenging environment by making changes you're not focused on the music and the show suffers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurbs Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I go cabless all the time. It is very liberating, I find and really helps be confident in what I am playing and you can always hear the bass given it is so omni-directional. Interestingly, the weaker members of the band get really stressed out unless they hear themselves twice as loud as everything else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTUK Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 If you can't hear each other, you have no band..just a bunch of people playing notes and good luck with that. Stage monitoring is key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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