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Thank you sir!!! I'm not that crazy after all.Yes, that is correct @hotbass57, you are Fender Rumble Club Member #155
You're welcome! I do not play a psychiatrist on TV, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, so your mental condition is well hidden.Thank you sir!!! I'm not that crazy after all.
I believe that is a different topic of discussion.Thank you sir!!! I'm not that crazy after all.
Then you won't be able to vary compression with the gain knob when in vintage mode. Would it be better to just mic it? But then, of course, anything that changes your stage volume would change it in the PA, too. Too bad there isn't a line level control.
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This is true, but to be honest, if you are going to be changing sounds regularly while on stage, then you really need to work with a sound guy who knows what you do and when you do it, otherwise he will either spend all night playing catch up or just give up (if he is not good at his job).
This is not just the case of the Rumble, but any effect that you use on stage, either you have it rehearsed so levels are adjusted, or at some points you will sound bad.
I don't, the sound man does.
Once I get my eq and volume, I don't need to touch it again. I've never had a a sound guy complain. They seem happy to take it as is. I do always tell them it is post everything.
When you say "post everything", you're also including volume, correct?
I hooked my Rumble up to my Focusrite Saffire (USB audio interface) when I first got it and my recollection is, the DI is post EVERYTHING, including volume. I certainly could be wrong, because it was 2 years ago.
There is no DI. It is an XRL out that is mic level and in the Rumble 200 & 500 have cabinet simulation circuity built in.
G-Wankers tap dance on their pedalboards all night. Volume levels get jerked around all over the place, and start out as 'Too Loud' and progress to 'Way Too Loud' and finally ends up as " WAY TOO DAMN EFFIN LOUD!"
I do not think the bass player is asking too much from any sound man or woman that considers themselves as well trained and knowledgeable professionals to afford them good sound.
Yep. My Markbass 121H doesn't have a line level control, so I've had to work with the sound man.But my LMIII head has one, and it's a real blessing. And when the sound man is an idiot I can adjust what's in the house myownself from my head, LOL.
Did that a couple of pages ago, but here it is again to make it all legal:
All those options would be nice, but you have to go to a higher price point to get them.
You do have a point, but I really don't change my gain during a gig. I just dial it in for the room and let it go. The only time I might adjust it is if the crowd becomes very large or very small. People soak up some sound.
Set it and forget it.
I don't usually even think about the amp as long as I have the headroom to hear myself. The one knob I mess with the most is the pickup balance and maybe backing off the bass's volume for certain songs. Even at that, I find myself drawn to going to the palm muted thumb technique. Do that 5-1-1, 5-11 intro to My Girl that way and it sounds so good I just can't stop.
I don't usually even think about the amp as long as I have the headroom to hear myself. The one knob I mess with the most is the pickup balance and maybe backing off the bass's volume for certain songs. Even at that, I find myself drawn to going to the palm muted thumb technique. Do that 5-1-1, 5-11 intro to My Girl that way and it sounds so good I just can't stop.
