Recent content by PointBlank

Because then I would have the Bass cabinet running on stage and that's frowned upon at this time. ...but someday! I really don't want to run the 900 watt streamliner with D.I. out only. I hear that might be safe but I'd rather not try it, plus I feel safer to use the MarkBass head that way...

After about a year and a half of trying to get a decent sound in a Church band I think I finally really like the sound. But it took a lot of experimenting with different gear to get there. The trick was that the sound guys don't want to fight an onstage Bass amp. So I pieced together a...

I was playing with Fender and D'addario flatwounds for about 2 years. Then I finally tried the D'addario black nylon tapewound. I love them, had them on my Lakland Skyline Jazz 5 with Fralins in it for about a month now. Really like the feel of them too. BTW they are just long enough to fit...

Im not saying its the best but its all I got and wanted too throw this out if anybody see's one laying around. At church to fill some space, we don't have a guitar player at the moment, I use a Alesis Quadraverb GT (Rackmount) with a light reverb, GT meaning Guitar. But works for Bass if...

Yes I would have normally agreed with this. But the Church's PA system (I'm running straight to the board, no Bass amp) is pretty bright of course because of the acoustics of the room. I have 1 bass that is alot darker than the rest, that barley works with the Church band. It is mud compared to...

Wow thanks guys. That's some fast useful info! I been playing this Bass only at home only occasionally for about a year. Been wanting to take it to church but I need to control the brightness first. I forgot about the capacitor trick, did it on a lot of electric guitar's in the day. Always...

I am normally a Jazz Bass person but a while back I got a deal on a neglected 60th anniversary Fender USA P-Bass. Yup the one with the maple neck to help make it a little more brighter. The original pup's had a short in them so I installed Seymour Duncan Antiquity's that didn't make much of a...

I use an active Bass into the Compressore and go straight into the mixing board at Church. That's right no amp, just monitor's and the house speakers. I found I get the most "natural" sound with the volume maxed and the gain on just enough to set the master volume. Then I set the threshold and...