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it's dissimilar enough to me that i insist on a mic with my own rig, and after getting the shaft on a recent gig where i let them di and mic me only to find they turned my mic off, i'm no longer going to allow a di on my rig. and anyone who wants to argue with me best be prepared to never work with me again.
oh come on! jason, i really like you and think you're a nice guy, but why do you assume that everyone has the same tonal goals as you? i expect this kind of nonsense out of timmy, but you? et tu, eublet!
all i know is that any soundman who tells me i'm fooling myself by wanting a mic instead of a di better really like hearing the words "you're fired" because that will be the next sound he/she hears. i have done extensive listening tests with both di's and mics and unless i get a really bad rental cab, i want a mic 100% of the time. this is not based on "fooling myself," but rather recordings and listening in many different pa's to both. i think my sound is a LOT closer to my amp sound with a mic than everyone of you think it is, and even if it isn't, so what? it's what i like and it's what i want.
now what i really can't understand is why i have to get into shouting matches with soundmen to get it, or argue even a little bit with other bassists. i know what i want, and my sound out of my amp is such that any soundman would thank his lucky stars to have my amp sound to work with. it's just unbelievable to me that so many of you feel compelled to tell me i'm wrong. no, i'm right and you're all wrong. realize that not everyone likes what you like, and not everything is wrong simply because you don't like it.
boy, you folks should really be glad that this thread took place while i was on a cruise ship for a week. it would have turned hostile way sooner
first off, bowzer only does about 3-4 gigs a month so i have lots of gigs where we hire soundmen directly. second, yeah, if i felt strongly enough about it, he would listen to me. third, i've done it before.Do you ask Bowser first before you tell the sound provider he is fired.
LOL!
yeah, it is pretty ridiculous. and especially to you since you don't even use a mic. i guess being a soundman makes some people think they know everything. can't they be happy with making way more than me? do they have to browbeat us, too?LOL!
It's like trying to get straight answers out of a politician. I've tried repeatedly to ask very specific questions on this topic and never get an answer to the question I've asked...it's always an answer to a question I didn't ask, something off topic, a bizarre rationalization or an explanation that I'm an idiot for asking.
Tempting tho
