Poor sad insecure bass player needing help x

[Bassist on the Run]

Evening peeps

so, I’ve recently joined an Arctic monkeys tribute band and I’ve just popped my cherry with my first run of gigs. 
 

we are Berkshire/surry based but the gigs are all over the uk. 
 

as a 40 year old bassist I had almost hung up my bass, got the slippers out and my smoking jacket on but decided to have another bash at gigging with a band after a fair few years off.

 

firstly I like the AM so that really helps, my issue/question is I’m firstly brand new to using in ears and I’m slightly nervous of my sound etc as I’ve always played in function bands mainly playing soul/funk so my sounds been clean and that’s all I’ve needed.

 

im now using a pedal board with a markbass cmd102 combo and a p bass My amp clip light was on quite a fair bit it at the last gig and the levels were quite low so I wasn’t sure why this was happening. 
 

basically if I can get any advice on how to create a solid live tone with the tools I have. I do have a 115 extension cab which I was thinking might help with my tone etc. 

 

I have pictured my set up below. Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated. 
 

Mark 

 

Edited April 1 by Bassist on the Run

[paul_5]

For me a ‘solid’ bass tone starts with a slight boost at about 200Hz - that’s the natural ‘hump’ in their cabs.

[Geek99]

I’m glad you’re enjoying it.

 

🧐Has anyone from the audience commented on your sound? Why not get a long cable or wireless and hear it from out front ?

[Dudgeman]

If your playing the sort of tribute circuit...ie most venues have In house PA and Sound guys, I presume they are taking DI out from the Sansamp? 

 

What I do which I've found helps when I get to venues...when at home I run DIs from my preamp pedals ( well actually it's a two notes cab plus for my dirty channel and a straight preamp box for my clean)  into a Daw ( or I also have a zoom h5 with XLR inputs which I use) and use, headphones, iems and my monitors to help get the best tone I can direct off the board ( no amp models etc in the daw..just straight in) ..that way I know I'm giving the FOH the best tones I can at venues.. As long as I'm happy being able to hear either backline or iems on stage I'm good. Admittedly you're at the mercy of the sound guy but then that's the case at most places we used to play in our tribute. 

 

Once I'm happy with my sound through the DI outs at home I just use the headphones out and aux in to rehearse new stuff direct from the two notes... I was advised not to rely on the headphone tone on preamp pedals ( does the Sansamp have one?) as it can differ from the DI tone...hence the faffing around with DAWs and dIs but it is definitely worth it. I get a decent amount of positive feedback on my tones now ....