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    Wire from input to neck pickup disconnected on jazz bass

    Okay, yeah I was looking for other solutions and I couldn't find any so I figured that was probably the best thing to do. Also, looking again I found that there was another thing disconnected but instead of a wire it was just a small strip of metal between each knob. It's still meant to be...
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    Wire from input to neck pickup disconnected on jazz bass

    Hey everyone, I just took home my school's old squier jazz that nobody's touched in about 10 years, and said I would fix it up, just like restring it and adjust the action and pickup height. I never bothered adjusting the volume and I've also never played another jazz bass, so I had no clue...
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    Would an 800w amp work with 2 400w cabs at 8 ohms each?

    Thanks for the info! Yeah, I knew the cabs weren't amps, I just mistyped. So what you're saying is that as long as I had both cabs in the 8 ohm version, it would work fine and not overload the cabs? Or have I totally misunderstood you?
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    Would an 800w amp work with 2 400w cabs at 8 ohms each?

    Before I start I'll say I did read the post all about ohms and how they work and how many cabs you can use, I couldn't find anything that made sense to me about my issue. I've been looking at the MarkBass 102P and the 151P amps, each at 400w at 8 ohms. I'm wondering what amp I would need to...
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    Should I mic the guitar amps or use HI-Z inputs?

    This had a lot of really useful information, thank you! I'd just like to ask at this point, considering that we have 3 mics, 2 focusrite audioboxes, and the mackie profx12v3 mixer, what more do I need to buy to record the whole band at once with decent audio quality? I'm looking at the stagebug...
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    Should I mic the guitar amps or use HI-Z inputs?

    Rhythm guitar uses a 20w Peavey Vypyr, lead uses a 40w Peavey Vypyr, they both have a bunch of like built in effects and poopie. I have a Fender Rumble 25. I have a focusrite 4i4, is that what you mean by direct box? And the reason I ask hi-z is because we need a mic for the drummer, and another...
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    Should I mic the guitar amps or use HI-Z inputs?

    I'm using a Mackie ProFx12v3. I thought I read somewhere a DI box would give me that, I guess not. Do you think I could get away with playing bass into the hi-z and having both guitarists get mic'd up, or should I invest in another mic?
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    Should I mic the guitar amps or use HI-Z inputs?

    Hey everyone, After learning some stuff about the mixer we just got, we figured out we would need to either mic up the amps and use one HI-Z input, or use 2 HI-Zs and a line-level input. We only have enough mics to mic up two of our 3 amps, and only one of them is an instrument mic. Do you guys...
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    Does a Zoom B1X w/ Expression Pedal work to plug into a mixer?

    We were all planning on plugging directly into the mixer, would you recommend micing the amps instead? We have 3 mics total, and I'm pretty sure they're all for vocals. One of them is a Shure SM58.
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    Does a Zoom B1X w/ Expression Pedal work to plug into a mixer?

    Thanks for the advice! So we have 3 guitars total and a drummer, so we would need at least one of us to have a balanced line output. What would you recommend for either guitar or bass? I also have a focusrite 4i4 if that works.
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    Does a Zoom B1X w/ Expression Pedal work to plug into a mixer?

    Hey everyone, The band I'm in is recording our first album soon, and the lead guy just bought a Mackie ProFx12v3 for us. It looks like it requires line-level inputs, so from my understanding I need something that can simulate an amp, or a power amp. The Zoom B1X looks like a great combo for amp...