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Playing a live show -- Need amplification

dwagner

dwagner

Feb 9, 2013
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North Dakota, USA
#1
August 30th is my first huge gig, and right now I am ampless.

I have a budget of 300 USD.

Just a side note, the venue has a completely EPIC Bose sound system with great bass response I've heard from playing an iPod through it.

Could I get by with a bass DI?

Thanks!
 
#2
dwagner said:
August 30th is my first huge gig, and right now I am ampless.

I have a budget of 300 USD.

Just a side note, the venue has a completely EPIC Bose sound system with great bass response I've heard from playing an iPod through it.

Could I get by with a bass DI?

Thanks!
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Of course you can get by with it. Whether you will like the result or not is another question.
 
#3
You've got till August? Go out and earn some money, mow lawns, wait tables, clean gutters, rake leaves, or whatever you have to do. A second job for a short period of time won't hurt anyone. Surely you could make enough to buy a decent rig and then you'd have it for future gigs. Or to drive the neighbors crazy, LOL!
 
#4
You really won't need an amp for that gig, but you can get a head with a DI for later so you don't need a DI and an amp at a later point. Just to give a perspective on real watts needed... I have a Rumble 350 Combo. With the stock drivers, I would play at 5 at practice with everyone else through the monitors. I put in Eminence Basslite S2010s and played at 2 last night. I will be playing through the PA at our next show and the combo will just be for the back line, but probably will mostly hear myself through the monitors.
 
#7
funnyfingers said:
You really won't need an amp for that gig, but you can get a head with a DI for later so you don't need a DI and an amp at a later point. Just to give a perspective on real watts needed... I have a Rumble 350 Combo. With the stock drivers, I would play at 5 at practice with everyone else through the monitors. I put in Eminence Basslite S2010s and played at 2 last night. I will be playing through the PA at our next show and the combo will just be for the back line, but probably will mostly hear myself through the monitors.
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Alright.
So a head and a DI will temporarily work?

I mean, this PA is....EPIC.
 
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dwagner said:
August 30th is my first huge gig, and right now I am ampless.

I have a budget of 300 USD.

Just a side note, the venue has a completely EPIC Bose sound system with great bass response I've heard from playing an iPod through it.

Could I get by with a bass DI?

Thanks!
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Man-o-day...add ~$200 and you can purchase a really nice gig-worthy used rig. OTOH, I see you live in North Dakota so availability may vary. How close are you to civilization as we know it? Not being a wiseguy...a buddy of mine is from Kulm, ND. There were 8 students in his graduating class.

Riis
 

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