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I'm a P-Bass guy from now on!

#22
stratovani said:
I guess we'll have to disagree on this one, Jimmy. There are times it IS the bass' fault, and this was one of those times. I'm a good enough player to know the difference! ;)
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Like it's been said before, it's usually the player's fault for bad tone, not the basses, unless you're using some crappy $100 POS. There's a ton that you can do with your fingers to change the tone, as well as that good ol' tone knob.

stratovani said:
Disagree! That's why there's a soundman!
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However, most soundmen don't know anything about how to run sound. It's only at the better venues and gigs that you get a guy who's maybe a union member, or has some good, real knowledge. Unfortunately, we're still at the point where we only occasionally get a really good gig with someone who knows what they're doing. 90% of the time, any one of us in the band can run better sound then the sound guy, but we're stuck up on stage.

stratovani said:
I really regret having started this thread. Sometimes I have a habit of starting useless threads that go nowhere and make me lose my temper. And here I was saying that from now on it was going to be plain vanilla! What a hypocrite I am! Of course you guys are all right and I'm wrong. Of course the FOH sound is my responsibility. And I guess I'm not that good a bassist if I can't get a good sound on my son's J-Bass. Back to the woodshed for me!
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You know what they say about opinions and #$@holes...
 
#24
CapnSev said:
That's the soundman's job. I'll get a tone a like on stage, send the soundguy a pre-eq signal, and he can knock himself out. That's what he's paid to do.
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right. there comes a point where you can try to control it all you want, but in the end you have to trust the soundman, even if you think he's screwing you.
 
#25
I had that thought myself today, but in the end it was golden! we were set up, soundchecked and ready to go, and rain came. Tore down, moved from outside to inside, and had to do it all over again. But, it turned out fine. I didn't think he was screwing me, but I htough the whole mix would suffer. Not so. It's nice to have a good engineer when you need it!
 
#30
faulknersj said:
In summation: you were not declaring the P bass victorious over J basses. You were simply saying that your sons Squire Affinity J bass doesn't sound very good compared to your modded P bass. Regarding the mix, your P sounded better ON STAGE through your rig than that sucky J Bass sounded. Boom. Done. Happy playing.
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In a nutshell, that's it. End of discussion, end of thread.
 

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