I addressed the bass concern,
maybe you can share what I missed.![]()
Everything is in my post - many (most, actually) folks play harder when playing live than they do when practicing at home - your bass is under more stress at a live gig.
Anyone that’s played live gigs or done sound knows this - the FOH person always leaves some headroom in every channel at sound check, because (almost) everyone will play or sing louder when it’s “real”.
I’ve done FOH for decades, and only once did I run across a singer that sang as loud at sound check as he did for the performance. Once.