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10-18-2008, 06:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | | I'm playing in a REALLY small room...some help?
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This is a bit of a weird problem I have.
I've been asked by my Bible study group to play bass for the worship set in 10 days time or so.
The problem: it's in the living room of a house. It's also not the biggest of rooms and so between 10 study group members, me and a singer it's going to be a bit tight for room.
Has anyone done gigs in a really small place before? How did you have things set-up? What wattage of amp did you use?
I'm tempted to have a standing-up set where I'm in the window alcove and the guitar is roughly level with me, so that the curve of the walls amplifies the sound.
Anyone?
EDIT: I'll also be singing, although I sound like Bernard Sumner at best.
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10-18-2008, 06:53 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | Use a headless bass, thats what I did last time I played a cramped show. |
10-18-2008, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris2112 Use a headless bass, thats what I did last time I played a cramped show. | ..or my 30" scale Shergold which might work...
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Originally Posted by LowDown Hal Bass Players - Do It Deep | |
10-18-2008, 07:01 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | Just be careful and avoid having a cymbal crashing against your headstock and you'll be fine. You'll manage. |
10-18-2008, 07:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tyneside, UK | | | Should add there's no drums....just me and the guitar.
I'm going to sound awful...
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10-18-2008, 07:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Millcreek Township, UT | | | If it's just you and the guitar, no problem... you'll be fine.
Our five piece has played in a two-car garage at a private party of 50. I had to do the "British Invasion" thing and hold my bass almost vertically as not to whack our singer in the side of the head. I used my 250W Ashdown 1x15 combo; it was plenty.
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10-18-2008, 07:50 PM
| | | | last time i did that i used a fender frontman 15B, 38 watt. worked fine. 2 guitarists, singer, djembe/misc percussion...the only thing that sunk us is our drummer couldn't control his volume.
just make sure you do a soundcheck with everyone in the room, because those bodies will soak up sound like a desert soaks up water. |
10-19-2008, 03:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: NY, NY | | | I've done it tons of times before.
A tiny combo is more than fine. I've used Hartke kickbacks to great success and my B15 when I still had all of it.
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10-19-2008, 04:17 PM
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10-20-2008, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris2112 Elizabeth, if ever I have known a worrier or someone to make a mountain out of a molehill it's you! |
I'm worrying about nothing really!
I'm probably going to end up using my Shergold and the standard church Marshall 100w stack.
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10-20-2008, 08:06 PM
|  | Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Austin TX | | | 100W stack in a living room. Probably only need one cab. Master volume on 3. Be cool.
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10-21-2008, 05:29 AM
| | | | Practice amp.
Probably have to completely dump the treble to keep from sounding like a tin can.
Matt
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