SVT 2 pro?

[Dave W]

I've had to sacrifice my on stage tone many times because of the venue. If you are a musician, it comes with profession. I suppose these days IF you have venues with good FOH, your only worry is messing with the FOH engineers. We only have one venue with a system at all around here.

I think we've all been there. The original quote I was debating was that all bass amps sound the same FOH, to which I disagree.

I figured they were also talking about how they all sound the "same" to the audience, a frequent argument that I never understand. To me, that's the stereotypical fat/lazy/smelly/failed guitarist bass player saying "why should I care about my tone when the audience can't tell the difference?"
That's what I was talking about with taking pride in the music you make, whether it's live, recorded, or both. If they don't care why are they even playing in the first place?

 

[Kro]

I think we can probably all agree that each of us do care greatly about both our on-stage and FOH sound. I also don't think it'd be a stretch to say that we all would probably favor audience perception over personal when push comes to shove, though I don't feel that the two need to be considered mutually exclusive.

Just like every other decision we make it's a personal, subjective balancing act. Otherwise when taken to the extreme we'd all be foregoing a bass rig altogether and sinking the effort and funds into an improved band-owned FOH system and in-ears.

Not that there's anything wrong with the ears/PA only approach (nor am I alluding that you can't have fun with them), though I'm just saying that if one does decide to make use of a rig on stage, in my mind they're getting something out of it as well - as they should. Bass is fun!

 

[JimmyM]

I think we've all been there. The original quote I was debating was that all bass amps sound the same FOH, to which I disagree.

I figured they were also talking about how they all sound the "same" to the audience, a frequent argument that I never understand. To me, that's the stereotypical fat/lazy/smelly/failed guitarist bass player saying "why should I care about my tone when the audience can't tell the difference?"
That's what I was talking about with taking pride in the music you make, whether it's live, recorded, or both. If they don't care why are they even playing in the first place?

Exactly, and why I said what I said and not any sort of rah rah Ampeg nonsense that BString was accusing me of. I'd have said the same thing if the guy preferred something else. So there.

 

[BassmanPaul]

Anything can be done if one has the monetary resources to pay for it.

 

[ThroatyGrowl]

This forum is incredible

 

[simojam]

Ah guys i didn't want to create this kind of discussion! I am interested in the switch! Why did you said that it is impossible? Some argumentation will be useful!