Me and My SVT just got Shutdown

[portlandguy]

I recently heard that Jesus has a Markbass rig -

 

[chadds]

"Your amplifiers look loud. You have to turn down."

"We haven't even set up yet."

"I am the wedding coordinator and I am in charge."

Okay, but this happens.

 

[JimmyM]

No kidding it happens! Happened to us two weeks ago on a Bowzer gig!

 

[JOE EDO]

Always have the option of using 2 2x10 cabs with the SVT. Makes for a great SVT "lite" rig. I have occasionally run with my bottom 2x10 cab firing backwards and the top 2x10 firing forward just about at ear level. Works well for me and for the patron's of some of the smaller venues we've played.

 

[BigMac5]

An 810 is only 3db louder than a 410.

 

[JimmyM]

Sure sounds like more to me.

 

[BigMac5]

Sure sounds like more to me.

Maybe because of the extra height of the 810 you can hear yourself better.

 

[Johnny StingRay]

Filled in for a bass player on vacation at a church near my home and before Mass the priest came up into the music loft and said to me, "YOU WILL TURN THAT BASS DOWN!" as he pointed his finger right into my face.............I had my little Fender Rumble 100 turned down so low I could barely hear it.
I will never fill in for that group EVER again..........

 

[Mastermold]

Filled in for a bass player on vacation at a church near my home and before Mass the priest came up into the music loft and said to me, "YOU WILL TURN THAT BASS DOWN!" as he pointed his finger right into my face.............I had my little Fender Rumble 100 turned down so low I could barely hear it.
I will never fill in for that group EVER again..........

Bummer. The music director at the church I play keeps asking me to bring in my Heritage 810! Apparently my 410 HLF isn't enough for him?

 

[BigMac5]

Filled in for a bass player on vacation at a church near my home and before Mass the priest came up into the music loft and said to me, "YOU WILL TURN THAT BASS DOWN!" as he pointed his finger right into my face.............I had my little Fender Rumble 100 turned down so low I could barely hear it.
I will never fill in for that group EVER again..........

I would have left right there and then.

 

[jmpiwonka]

^ yeah that.

Seems the recurring problem here is church gigs.

 

[JimmyM]

Filled in for a bass player on vacation at a church near my home and before Mass the priest came up into the music loft and said to me, "YOU WILL TURN THAT BASS DOWN!" as he pointed his finger right into my face.............I had my little Fender Rumble 100 turned down so low I could barely hear it.
I will never fill in for that group EVER again..........

If I'm a sub and ANYONE does that to me, I leave. I don't need the money bad enough to take that crap.

 

[chadds]

Filled in for a bass player on vacation at a church near my home and before Mass the priest came up into the music loft and said to me, "YOU WILL TURN THAT BASS DOWN!" as he pointed his finger right into my face.............I had my little Fender Rumble 100 turned down so low I could barely hear it.
I will never fill in for that group EVER again..........

Where's the "be kind to your fellow man" part?
Do unto others.....

 

[Jonyak]

Filled in for a bass player on vacation at a church near my home and before Mass the priest came up into the music loft and said to me, "YOU WILL TURN THAT BASS DOWN!" as he pointed his finger right into my face.............I had my little Fender Rumble 100 turned down so low I could barely hear it.
I will never fill in for that group EVER again..........

I would have had a hard time not breaking his finger.

 

[ChuckTrucks]

Grab a 1x12 cab. Be respectful. Appreciate the work.

 

[stingraysvt]

Grab a 1x12 cab. Be respectful. Appreciate the work.

I had plenty of bass rigs to play there.

2- EA CXl 112's
2- Ampeg 210 AV's
2- Eden 410 xlt's
2- 70's Ampeg 810's
1- Ampeg 810 AV
1- Ampeg classic 4x8 cab
1- Ampeg classic 115 cab
1- Ampeg reissue B15 with matching extension cab

Heck could have even played through my sansamp or other pre, on ears with my buttkicker if we had the means to run it.

It wasn't a paid position, strictly volunteer work. And we were actually pretty loud, services are 90- 100db at FOH so a 112 didn't really keep up with the drums.


I had been using the 70's SVT rig with no problem for over a year before anyone ever really brought it up.

Doesn't really matter now, we stopped attending that church a while back.

 

[JimmyM]

Grab a 1x12 cab. Be respectful. Appreciate the work.

I would never appreciate any gig where they whine about the way your gear looks and then underpay you or not at all. And I especially wouldn't appreciate a damn priest sticking his finger in my face and yelling at me when I'm working free. I can only take so much and then I have my breaking point. Those two gigs discussed here are beyond my breaking point.

 

[Downunderwonder]

An 810 is only 3db louder than a 410.

Not true. It is 3dB more sensitive and has twice the power handling. If you have the amp power available you get 6dB louder, which is significant. Being taller helps too. Still beams like a mofo.

 

[BigMac5]

Not true. It is 3dB more sensitive and has twice the power handling. If you have the amp power available you get 6dB louder, which is significant. Being taller helps too. Still beams like a mofo.

All Things being equal, same head, it's only going to be 3db louder.

 

[Downunderwonder]

No again. It depends on the head. If it has the juice to drive it to its capacity it will be 6dB louder than when it was throttled back to not blow the 4x10, all things being equal