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Another Church players topic-Post: amplification

#61
I feel fortunate. Our church values worship (music too). We just spent thousands of dollars on our new in-ear monitor system. I wish the room was better acoustically, so I could use a stage amp for some booty, but this will still be much better than it is now and fighting to get enough volume to hear myself. It helps that our full-time sound tech owns a ProTools studio and is a bass player.
 
#62
dunamis said:
The recent thread in 'Basses' got such a great response so, picking up on that, I'd be curious to know how all of the church bass folks are accomplishing amplification.

What's your church rig consisting of? Amps? Cabs? PA? Backline? Monitoring? etc...
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Thought I'd let you know the both Joel Smith and Andrew Grouche joined the Epifani family, Joel now uses the Epi 502and a UL410, Andrew now uses the new Epi Performance Series PS600 and 2-PS115's.
 
#63
Eden CXC-110, usually by itself, and occasionally with one CX-110 or one Bag End S15D-X.

The sound I get, both in quality and quantity, from the CXC-110 and Bag End combination is simply amazing.
 
#65
The bassist in my praise team at my main church uses a Behr 300W head into a 2x12 cab, no house support (keeps the sound man from turning it down... I'm in charge, so I can say "more bass"!)

At my secondary church, she (the same bassist) just goes direct into the PA, as it's too small to use the big rig.

I also play drums at a third church occasionally, and they have a little Fender BXR 12" combo that goes direct into the system.
 
#66
I have been using my Ampeg BA115 for my worship music rig, running direct into the sound system. However, I got kind of tired toting it around (I also play in a Christian band outside of church) so I purchased a Zoom B2.u1 which includes a DI, amp modeling, etc. I haven't used it much on its own, but it has been nice to bring in a pinch when bringing the Ampeg wasn't convenient. It does quite an acceptable job of allowing me to be heard through the sound system/monitor mix.

However, I just purchased a Nemesis NA650 with an SB112 Delta LF cab from Avatar which will be arriving in the next several days. I intend to run direct from the Nemesis. The combination of the two looks like it should give me quite a bit of power without a lot of bulk to carry around. Even so, I'm still glad I have the Zoom B2.u1 as there are times when it's nice to walk in, plug in and not have to bring much and just rely on the sound system and monitor mix to do the work.

Craig
 
#67
Dkerwood said:
The bassist in my praise team at my main church uses a Behr 300W head into a 2x12 cab, no house support (keeps the sound man from turning it down... I'm in charge, so I can say "more bass"!)
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I wish I had that kinda power :) well myGK/aggie was always too loud so I'll try a DI box.Maybe tote the rig for special occations.
 
#71
Robear22 said:
I use a Kustom Groovebass 1200 into an Avatar B212. I never have to turn up past 4 but it is nice having the volume when needed.

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I've been wanting to check the Kustom out. I can't seen to find any distributors :confused: . Can you help out???
 
#75
My chuch has 3 locations, and I have to 2 each Sunday. Each church has a Peavey rig (head + a couple cabinets of 10's and 15's). I don't care for Peavey heads, so I bring my small Eden Traveller (the newer one, with like 700? watts), which is really conveinant. I actually think Peavey cabinets are great with other heads...so it works out well. The Eden also has a built in DI, which goes into the house. It sounds huge!
 
#77
burgerme said:
I have an Ashdown C110-300 combo amp. It's small size makes it really portable, and it works great as a monitor, in the studio, or in small rooms. Our church also uses IEM's, but I hate 'em (guess I'm old fashioned, but I like to hear what the room actually sounds like). I'll stick one in my ear to hear the keys, but I gotta hear the drums live.

The sound guys hate me. :spit:

As often as I can (in other words, as often as they let me), I bypass the church system and run my amp through a Trace Elliot 4x10 and horn box, which fills he sanctuary nicely (it seats a little over 2000). I think it's alot cleaner that way, and I get alot crisper response.

Use my little bro's old school Trace AH500x if I need a little more oomph for outdoor stuff.
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:scowl: just a friendly WARNING! don't stick on IEM in one ear and listen live in the other. This will cause you hearing problems. The problem isn't the SPL's but the difference in SPL's between the two ears.

I don't play in church on a regular basis, but I do sub at church from time to time about once a month or so. The permanant bass player leaves her Ampeg B2R and 410HLF and if I knew I wouldn't feel bad carting it from the alter to my car, it'd be mine! just kidding

Since we're on church sound, why do alot of churches go with mono systems with 1 large speaker array front and center . . . well read my sig.
 
#79
jsh008 said:
Since we're on church sound, why do alot of churches go with mono systems with 1 large speaker array front and center . . . well read my sig.
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Church is my main gig, and I believe I can speak to this one. The reason why the speakers are set that way is that most older church buildings weren't set up for a band...mainly some sort of keys (organ, piano, etc). Since the audio focus was on the sermon, the speakers were set to enhance that for the congregation....front and center.

Now that newer, more contemporary churches are being built, the band pit and church acoustics are getting a lot more attention from a sound engineering aspect, thus a more concert-minded approach.
 

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