The Praise and Worship Band Bassists Club part 22

[mkandolf]

With all the talk about strobe tuners... anyone remember turntables with built in tuners on them and the ability to adjust/tune them? Still have mine! Never figured out how far off I could get it to go out of pitch.

[MissingHighs]

Originally Posted by mkandolf

With all the talk about strobe tuners... anyone remember turntables with built in tuners on them and the ability to adjust/tune them? Still have mine! Never figured out how far off I could get it to go out of pitch.

Yip, I do, and the laugh was the mains frequency is nowhere near stable, moving by, oooh, near 1% on occasions. Playing with records near midnight v. midday definitely had one retuning!

That was a lovely reminisce!

M. <><

p.s. the strobe function was provided by a neon lamp connected to the mains, hence the mains frequency involvement.

[ExaltBass]

I had one... Technics 1200... It was great when I had to learn a song - and the pitch on the record was off a bit... or if I needed to go up, or down, a half step. My Marantz PMD 320 CD player also has calibrate and +/- 12% adjustable pitch.

[MissingHighs]

^^^..... we're showing our age here!! The next generation will ask "what's a turntable?"

[ExaltBass]

For sure! My Ariston RD40 Turntable is 27 yrs old... and I bought it new. I've owned 4 turntables since 1959... Garrard, Technics, Thorens and the Ariston.

[bassman314]

Originally Posted by AlecRob

So what kind of gear does everyone use for praise and worship?

I have 2 Lakland 55-01 basses that I use. A Fretted and a Fretless.

My signal chain is Bass -> Homemade AB Box -> EHX Bass Microsynth -> HBE Hematoma -> EHX Micro Qtron -> MSXR Phase 90 -> BOSS CEB-3 -> Ampeg SVT3-Pro -> Aguilar 1x15

I also use a Radial JDI to send FOH. I take the preamp output in my Ampeg and loop it back to the power amp input.

I also use an Audix D6 to mic my cab. My sound guy loves the fact that he can blend both signals.

[5StringFool]

I have my old Sanyo belt drive turntable. It has three sets of calibration marks on the side and from what I can tell its strobe runs off of rotation speed of the turntable itself... I have one set of marks for 33 1/3 rpm, one for 45 rpm, and one for 78 rpm.

[velalv]

Originally Posted by bassman314

I have 2 Lakland 55-01 basses that I use. A Fretted and a Fretless.

My signal chain is Bass -> Homemade AB Box -> EHX Bass Microsynth -> HBE Hematoma -> EHX Micro Qtron -> MSXR Phase 90 -> BOSS CEB-3 -> Ampeg SVT3-Pro -> Aguilar 1x15

I also use a Radial JDI to send FOH. I take the preamp output in my Ampeg and loop it back to the power amp input.

I also use an Audix D6 to mic my cab. My sound guy loves the fact that he can blend both signals.

Mine is simple. Fender jazz or Martin acoustic into a peavey TNT 115. No effects, I just use onboard pre for eq adjustments

[english4bw]

Originally Posted by MissingHighs

Everyone else here sounds soooo exotic. I'm simply plugging my Lightwave Saber SL-5 into something called a "bass cube 60xl" that is loaded with all sorts of knobs that the sound guys (mis-)adjust; I'm not allowed anywhere near it. From there I have no idea what happens, except it just ain't audible.

M. <><

May the Lord have mercy on you... haha. That sounds absolutely awful.

Having said that I always enjoy hearing of the different levels and situations we all play in on a regular basis. Keeps me grounded, but at the same time, lets me see what is possible to improve upon. Such a great thread.

[_aflores_funk]

Originally Posted by AlecRob

So what kind of gear does everyone use for praise and worship? Personally, I'm using a Rickenbacker 4003 strung with D'addario chromes with an Ampeg BA115 and vintage morley power wah boost and Big Muff (I don't use the muff very often haha)

I use a Fender American Deluxe Jazz Bass V, her name's Samantha I got her last Saturday and then played for all of our 3 services on Sunday, and of course the jam sesh between services, I also played the best solo of my life while jamming with our drummer. This bass is intense!

[Basically Bob]

Bass: Custom fretless, four-banger, P/J - style, Nordstrand NP4 at the neck and a Big-Split at the bridge.

Signal Chain:
Cabs: Composite Crazy 88 or Composite Thunderchild 115 depending on the venue and size.
Amp: Genz Benz Shuttle 6.2 or Markbass F1

[MissingHighs]

Originally Posted by english4bw

May the Lord have mercy on you... haha. That sounds absolutely awful.

Having said that I always enjoy hearing of the different levels and situations we all play in on a regular basis. Keeps me grounded, but at the same time, lets me see what is possible to improve upon. Such a great thread.

Oh, He showed me His mercy 36 odd years ago (who's counting!). It's one of the reasons I get upset when His work is done halfheartedly. But, with all this talk of turntables about, the one thing I'm being shown is I'm not too old to learn.

Hmm, maybe I shouldn't be so hard on the sound guys; they're all retro freaks and, if memory recalls, one of them doesn't own a CD player. He will equate the 75Hz roll-off with a rumble filter. Even the best Shure cartridge battled with anything below 100Hz, and then comes this earth shaking sound out of the FOH mains (my lo-B at full force)... not having heard real bass before, it's not defiance, it's FEAR! Didn't a speaker cab not take its name from the word!?

It's all falling into place. Oh, sigh, how do we educate this poor chap....



M. <><

[p0k]

I am currently playing a '74 Fender Jazz into my board (you can see it in my profile), but basically the DI out from my Tonehammer pedal goes to FOH, and the regular out goes to our church's SVT Classic and Ampeg 8x10 (which is mic-ed). Sound man can mix the two signals.

[Samsound]

I play an older maple-bodied SR400 when I can get by with 4 strings.
Otherwise its a newer basswood bodied SR405QM with the SD Basslines preamp.
I just plug into a VT-Bass pedal and into a Fishman Pro Bass DI box. I get a huge variety of tones out of thus setup. I eventually want to put some Barts in the 405, as the stock pickups produce a lot of hiss.

[kbaxter26]

I feel so...inadequate....reading these posts by you folks who have so much knowledge and understanding of BASS. I have always just plugged my bass (whatever it is at the moment) to whatever amp was available. I guess I am just not a true musician, in the pure sense of the term. Just a Lover of Christ who loves to play bass.
I am trying to get an education reading all these wonderful posts. I spend more time looking up some of the equipment you all mention. WOW what a group Ihave found here. Bless EACH and everyone of YOU!!!!

[MissingHighs]

Originally Posted by kbaxter26

I feel so...inadequate....

Don't! When you started talking, did you suddenly sprout forth with a vocabulary akin to the Oxford dictionary? Unless you're some weird genius, it's doubtable. It's not inadequacy, it indicates you have been given vast opportunities to take the talents you have and multiply them beyond measure, and then hand them back to Him who gave them to you in the first place.

M. <><

p.s. I do know how you feel. It just takes a post by steverolfeca and I feel pretty small... and then remind myself what I've just said to you.

[a2zbassman]

I use the following: Brubaker 5 (with Bart pups and pre on my KXB5 or Delano pups and pre on my Brute) and rounds, or Dingwall 5 with aggie pre and ground wounds > Sonic Research Turbo Tuner > Markbass Chorus/Flanger > EBS Reidmar head > fEARful 12/6/1 cab. I generally carry the room myself, but on rare occasion will run DI out to mains from my EBS head.

[caeman]

Don't worry about what basses WE play, just focus on playing YOUR bass with all your energy and focus.

[MissingHighs]

Originally Posted by MissingHighs

p.s. I do know how you feel. It just takes a post by steverolfeca and I feel pretty small... and then remind myself what I've just said to you.

And then along comes Chad and I realize my best option is to shut up, especially when he says something far more profound in a tenth of the words.

It is better to remain silent and let everyone think you're a fool, than open it and remove all doubt!

M. <><

[MissingHighs]

By the way, Chad, how's the cough?


Marc <><