Help required please. Bass guitar straight into the PA. Duo gig, backing tracks etc.

[police squad]

Ok you fantastic bunch

 

I already do my 80s duo. I use a Vox Tonelab or my guitar and it works very well

 

I'm shortly to be starting a 70s/80s/90s glam duo. Similar thing, backing tracks with guitars and bass removed.

What can my bass player use (actually it's Mrs Police Squad, she's a mighty fine player, plays with a pick, no pedals)

 

We'll just go into the Allen and Heath desk, then into QSC K12s.

 

She loves the Ampeg thing (Still uses a PF500 when gigging normally)

 

TIA

[PaulThePlug]

How about one of those Joyo Orange Juice... or the Front of House (FOH) Cab Sim DI thingies...

 

Behringer BDI... £25 @ Andertons...

Edited January 14, 2023 by PaulThePlug

[Guest]

I use the Behringer BDi, it's very good, although I run it dry with the overdrive completely off and leave kverdrive duties to a Boss pedal.

 

I almost always go to the PA, on which we run one or two subs, and use the second output from the pedal to drive my monitor. I prefer to feed my monitor directly and get it sounding how I want to hear it, rather than drive it with an output from the mixer and get what our sound man thinks I should be hearing, and I get enough ambient sound from my homie's monitors to hear what they're up to. That's what works for me personally, although the next person along would doubtless have great bouts of head shaking and disagreement.

 

To head off any questions I use an Orange Crush 50 as a monitor, I just think it sounds nicer to listen to for 2 or 3 hours than a proper monitor and is kinder to the ears. I have tried in-ear monitoring, but I'm a bit down in my right ear (my time in the army was the era when ear defenders were considered effeminate by the NCOs and anyone asking for them would be scorned a a bit of a [insert politically incorrect term] and sent packing) and never felt totally at ease with them.

 

 

Edited January 14, 2023 by Bassfinger

[Len_derby]

Another vote for the Behringer Bdi. It’s probably the best value-for-money piece of kit I’ve bought. When I’m playing through a traditional back line I take it along instead of a spare amp. It’s got me ‘out of jail’ a couple of times.

[Franticsmurf]

I used a Behringer BDi as the only pedal into a desk for a while. Loved it and it remains on one of two boards I have as the balanced out source and is set up for mild drive. I got a Laney Digbeth which resides on the other board as it has the 'Tilt' control, which I use to tune the sound to the room. I'm sure there are others that could tell you exactly how tilt works, but form me it seems to increase or decrease the emphasis of the bass end. In a 'boomy' room, you can dial back the bass boom. It also has a nice tube simulation, clean channel and bypass and the price is good.   

[Grahambythesea]

Behringer Bass V-Amp straight into PA via a DI box and 2nd output into small  amp so I can hear. Would prefer to use headphones but we’re not set up for that at present.

[BigRedX]

Bass into any device capable of emulating the Ampeg pre-amp, then straight into the PA.

[SteveXFR]

The Two Notes Le Bass pedal has DI out with a cab sim. It also has a dual channel preamp which can get pretty close to an ampeg sound. 

[Richard R]

Active bass - straight in via active or passive DI. Passive bass - either straight in via an Active DI, or any of the emulators listed above. The Berry BDi is cheapbas chips and just works.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[steve-bbb]

sansamp di - hope this helps

[jimmyb625]

Another one for the list, but a bit spendy, is the Origin Effects BassRig.

 

DI out with cabinet simulation and also has a model that emulates an Ampeg (albeit the SVR).

[police squad]

thanks everybody

picked up a 2nd hand tech21 sansamp.

Simple. straight into the PA.

should work a treat

 

I will get a Bery BDi to try though. cheap as chips and worth 25 quid I think

[mrtcat]

You won't go wrong with a sansamp. There's a good reason they've been around for years and they do the Ampeg thing very well.

[casapete]

4 minutes ago, mrtcat said:

You won't go wrong with a sansamp. There's a good reason they've been around for years and they do the Ampeg thing very well.

I have the Sansamp which I use as a DI to FOH, but also have a Behringer BD121 as a spare.

The Behringer is remarkable value for money, sounds really good and is ideal for what you

require. Worth £25 to try in comparison, and handy for backup should you need it.

 I’ve lent mine to a guitarist and it actually sounded okay for that as well. 🙂

[paul_5]

1 hour ago, police squad said:

thanks everybody

picked up a 2nd hand tech21 sansamp.

Simple. straight into the PA.

should work a treat

 

I will get a Bery BDi to try though. cheap as chips and worth 25 quid I think

The behringer BDI is a clone of the sans amp, so there's no real need to do any more spends.

The only real difference between the two is that the sans amp will run off phantom power from the mixer, and the behringer won't.

[police squad]

16 hours ago, casapete said:

I have the Sansamp which I use as a DI to FOH, but also have a Behringer BD121 as a spare.

The Behringer is remarkable value for money, sounds really good and is ideal for what you

require. Worth £25 to try in comparison, and handy for backup should you need it.

 I’ve lent mine to a guitarist and it actually sounded okay for that as well. 🙂

i thought I might try one and keep as a back up

 

[police squad]

Crikey, that Tech21 thing. Sweet Jesus, it's amazing

 

I've just plugged it into my office amp (Hartke HA1400 2 x10 combo)

AMPEG!!!

 

WOW

[LewisK1975]

Yep - You can't go far wrong with a Sansamp.  I've used the Bass Driver and the Paradriver direct to PA, both excellent pieces of kit, and like someone else said above, run off phantom power.  

Edited January 17, 2023 by LewisK1975