mcnach Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I went to our local Pirate Studios rehearsal rooms, and this is how I found the amplifier's controls: Maxed output, maxed bass EQ and maxed drive, and the 'shape' button engaged. I would like to tell you all how that sounded, but the amp was dead and needed to get a replacement. The 410 sounded pretty anemic with the replacement amp head, I wonder if some speakers were blown and if that led to the damage on the first head... I told them what I found, what they do with the info is up to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asingardenof Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 The image doesn't seem to be loading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 If the bassist thought he needed that - how loud were the rest of them? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I play there regularly and I've noticed the bass amps sometimes have some very extreme EQ settings, when I first plug in. I assumed that a cleaner had just given it a good scrub and had turned all the knobs in a random manner. By the way, in room 7 the Ashdown 4x10 has an ever so slightly farty speaker. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share Posted March 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, gjones said: I play there regularly and I've noticed the bass amps sometimes have some very extreme EQ settings, when I first plug in. I assumed that a cleaner had just given it a good scrub and had turned all the knobs in a random manner. By the way, in room 7 the Ashdown 4x10 has an ever so slightly farty speaker. That was room 10, by the way. Hopefully ok by now (this was 2 weeks ago). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 39 minutes ago, gjones said: I assumed that a cleaner had just given it a good scrub and had turned all the knobs in a random manner. I'm shocked. A rehearsal space with a cleaner? 2 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jezzaboy Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I used Pirate studio in Glasgow once. Never again. It`s just a place to go with your mate`s, get stoned out of yer brain and crank up some tunes. Or maybe that`s just Glasgow! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 The last hired rehearsal studio I went into had similarly weird settings left on the head, but fortunately it was an ancient Peavey Century that would only have delivered maybe 100 watts, so no damage done. We've mostly been rehearsing with our own gear in a space the trombone player has, I stash a cab there and bring my own head, and it's so much nicer to use familiar stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Yeh, pirates rooms have some clowns messing everything up. We used to use the pre production room and literally nothing was ever right. Nothing was connected to what it was supposed to be, nothing worked apart from the odd pa top, and worse it gave some of us bad hearing issues. We now use the smaller room and it's better. Weirdly our drummer has to set up their drum kit every time (pro drummer) takes him about an hour to get everything right with the kit that's left in the room in a right state. Then magically 7 days later someone has come in and put it back to next to useless again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoRhino Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I had the Pirate experience last week for the first time. The bass amp sounded like a jam jar full of wasps. I set it flat and applied small tweaks to EQ over a few songs before finally settling for... a jam jar full of wasps. It was horrible. I think you have 20 minutes from the booking start time to contact the mother ship to register a complaint so I'll try that tomorrow. Fortunately we'll be back in our regular studio from next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martthebass Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) One of the jam nights I go to, the house bass amp has the graphic maxed out above 240Hz..... Edited March 13, 2023 by martthebass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northcountrybob Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I really don't like the little crAshdown bass amps in pirate. I seem to recall they have those detent pots. terrible. I once leant an old marshall JCM900 to a chap at a gig. Also had to tune his guitar for him before he played. Their drummer played so hard a pint of water vibrated off his drum monitor straight into me amp. Not ideal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lidl e Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, jezzaboy said: I used Pirate studio in Glasgow once. Never again. It`s just a place to go with your mate`s, get stoned out of yer brain and crank up some tunes. Or maybe that`s just Glasgow! Sounds exactly like what I'd be looking for. It's that way here in dublin also. What else would one being doing in a studio? Edited March 13, 2023 by lidl e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 This is one of the reasons we use our own rehearsal space. Our own gear, our own schedule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lidl e Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I think pirate is great. Always working gear. All fender rumble 800s in every studio. If i leave something there it gets put away. Bathrooms are gross, but past that it's perfect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40hz Posted March 14, 2023 Share Posted March 14, 2023 I posted something worse than this a few years ago, a graphic eq where every band was maxed or dropped to the lowest setting - absolutely all over the shop - and sounded like it. I got flamed for posting it, even though it was clearly, absolutely insane! I just want to know, in what situation would an EQ like that ever make sense 🤣. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diskwave Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 On 13/03/2023 at 10:54, mcnach said: I would like to tell you all how that sounded S'ok I can help with that. In a small rehearsal space?..... Hideous! Having said that us oldies have all been there in another life cranking the amp to make up for zero technique. Oh to be a teen again. Not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted March 15, 2023 Share Posted March 15, 2023 I've used settings similar to those in the OP when playing guitar through a bass amp, could be a possibility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.