Kick drum through my bass amp?

[oldrocker]

We play bar gigs mostly indoors but some outdoors shows on the deck.

We have the typical powered mixer with 2 mains and 2 powered monitors, no subs. Small set up, only the vocals go through the board. For our outdoor shows we want to mic the drums. I like this idea but the sound guy is thinking of putting the bass drum through my bass rig. Yes, my bass plus bass drum through my rig. He's thinking of this to save the expense buying a powered sub and the trouble of loading a heavy sub in and out.

I like the sound guy, he does make the vocals sound good but I'm not sure I'm liking this idea. Not sure I want anything but my bass going through my amp.

Have you guys ever heard of this, any thoughts?

 

[mesaplayer83]

any thoughts?

Yeah, not only no, but HELL NO!!! There is no way I would ever allow that to happen under any circumstance - not only would it make it more difficult to hear yourself, it's a good way to damage your amp/cab...

 

[dtripoli]

The competition for sonic space through your amp and speaker(s) would cancel each other out.
Besides, as already stated, Hell NO.

I've seen older amps with 2 inputs jacks, my older Peavey Mark 4 had 3 dual inputs
Aside from that I've seen:

Instrument 1 & instrument 2
Normal & Bright
Normal & -db15 and I believe the really old tube Ampeg Portaflex's had
Bass 1 and of all things, Accordion 2​

But never, ever seen nor will we ever see a bass amp with Bass 1 & Kick Drum 2

 

[Downunderwonder]

Aye Karumba!!! HELL NO with a side of get that duck outta town! Your drummer needs a stronger right foot and get rid of the pillows. BAM! Not doof.

 

[beaglesandbass]

absolutely not. time to pony up for a better PA with a sub or two

 

[Mark Andrew]

absolutely not. time to pony up for a better PA with a sub or two

Indeed please don't do this. If a PA is out of reach I did this in the early days with an old combo to make the bass drum more audible but with the price of PA nowadays I doubt it's even worth the trouble...

 

[/\/\3phist0]

We play bar gigs mostly indoors but some outdoors shows on the deck.

We have the typical powered mixer with 2 mains and 2 powered monitors, no subs. Small set up, only the vocals go through the board. For our outdoor shows we want to mic the drums. I like this idea but the sound guy is thinking of putting the bass drum through my bass rig. Yes, my bass plus bass drum through my rig. He's thinking of this to save the expense buying a powered sub and the trouble of loading a heavy sub in and out.

I like the sound guy, he does make the vocals sound good but I'm not sure I'm liking this idea. Not sure I want anything but my bass going through my amp.

Have you guys ever heard of this, any thoughts?

 

[RobTheRiot]

NO. NEVER. NOT ONCE.
NOT TRYING IT. NOT TALKING ABOUT IT.

Tell your drummer to kick harder, get a bigger drum, or get the powered sub.
His kick IS NOT your amp’s problem.

 

[biguglyman]

Tell your sound guy to get a sub. There are some very nice ones out there that don't weigh that much. You only need one. A lot of them even come with a built-in crossover so you run from the board to the sub then out to the mains. Keeps the real low lows from muddying up your vocals. Hell, with a sub, you can run your bass through the PA too. After all, we all know that's what everybody wants to hear anyway...

 

[mesaplayer83]

absolutely not. time to pony up for a better PA with a sub or two

Yup - or, if the drummer is worried about his kick getting out there, let him pay for a sub for it...

 

[RustyAxe]

Nope, no way. Not only will your bass now sound like ____ but those harsh transients could damage your speaker. Your band should plan getting a sub or two.

 

[gitfiddl]

Nope, nada, no way in Hell! And I have to chuckle at the thought of a "sound guy" with such a simple PA rig.

 

[Element Zero]

 

[walterw]

Tell your sound guy to get a sub clue.

fixed

 

[Savage_Dreams]

anyone can turn a knob up or down on just vocals, he clearly has no clue about mixing or how to run a PA for a full band going through the board.

 

[DavC]

find a less expensive small lighter sub ... it will be cheaper than repairing or replacing your bass rig .. !!

powered Samson 12" - 700 watts = 500 bucks

 

[AngelCrusher]

That sound guy is a rank amateur. Seriously, get someone else.

 

[lfmn16]

Have you guys ever heard of this, any thoughts?

Your sound guy doesn't know what he's doing. Get someone that does.

 

[Lvjoebass]

Oh hell no! When we added a pair of sub's to pa I was so happy! But the drummer added office casters to them! It defeated any floor coupling!so we stack upside down

 

[BooDoggie]

Have you guys ever heard of this, any thoughts?

Speaking as both a bass player and a sound guy there is only one acceptable answer to this; HELL NO !!!!!!!!!!!!