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#134,782
Chucky Stiletti said:
yeah, we’re test subjects for their audio experiments that know 0 about sound to them...that said, i’d prefer a “thin” sounding bass that is punchy, cuts through and generally works best for the overall band sound than an indiscernible ocean of wobble..
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OK, but I still don't wanna sound like a guitar down an octave. Not a problem since we haven't had FOH in 4 years.
 
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dagrev said:
The guy that's doing our sound now has a lot of technical knowledge but doesn't seem to understand what music sounds like or should sound like (I realize there are some subjectivity here). And doesn't seem interested in what the musicians playing it think they should sound like. My bass has a very small thin sound in the mains. This is why I won't give up my Ampeg head and 410 Heritage cabinet! I'm waiting for an opportunity to have somebody else play bass and I can go out and listen for a minute. I am looking for an opportunity to ask the sound guy, "Is there a reason my bass doesn't sound like my bass in the FOH?"
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The last time we played a gig with sound guys, they wanted to put a DI between me and the amp. I told them they could take a line out offa the amp or mic it, but they would hafta work with that signal-or don't bother, I'll turn up.
 
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Count Bassie said:
Now THERE'S a nice looking 'Bird!

(You appear to be healing up just fine...)
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Thank you, Roger I am feeling a lot better and I'm really looking forward to being able to do some cardio in the next ten days or so.
 
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#134,790
dagrev said:
I prefer her not to try to cut through anything. I like the sound of a thick bottom that surrounds everything else that's going on. In my settings there is enough of everything else cutting through so I want to surround it with a thick punchy sound. Think Leon Wilkinson. That's kind of what I shoot for most of the time. A blur of lows, no--thick foundation, yes for me personally!
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98% of the time, that's what I go for.
 
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cellkirk74 said:
Any opinion here on using GHS Heavy Boomers on a Gibby TB?

Will the neck be good with the heavy gauge? I still got a set araound at home but am kinda turned off by the general comments on boomers (short life, mehh tone)
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What are the gauges? I have a set of 50-110 or so on a Gibby with no problems. I didn't even tweak it from the lighter ones I had on it before. I didn't notice a difference, but then I am not all that sensitive to string height. Based on that, my expectation is that you will be fine.
 
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dagrev said:
The guy that's doing our sound now has a lot of technical knowledge but doesn't seem to understand what music sounds like or should sound like (I realize there are some subjectivity here). And doesn't seem interested in what the musicians playing it think they should sound like. My bass has a very small thin sound in the mains. This is why I won't give up my Ampeg head and 410 Heritage cabinet! I'm waiting for an opportunity to have somebody else play bass and I can go out and listen for a minute. I am looking for an opportunity to ask the sound guy, "Is there a reason my bass doesn't sound like my bass in the FOH?"
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The other current sound fashion that sucks is overamping the kick drum. All you hear is the thwack of the kick drum. The bass disappears into a sea of thwack. I don't even like it when I'm playing drums. It makes everything turn to EDM EQ mush. Or worse.
 
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Gaolee said:
The other current sound fashion that sucks is overamping the kick drum. All you hear is the thwack of the kick drum. The bass disappears into a sea of thwack. I don't even like it when I'm playing drums. It makes everything turn to EDM EQ mush. Or worse.
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Our now ex-guitarist was a 'professional audio engineer' and always working. When we finally managed to get her to record some guitar tracks onto demos they (and rough mixes) were terrible -- as in shockingly bad. Céci and I were talking about needing to engage a producer to supervise guitar tracking and mixdown to avoid fights.
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
That's not a sound guy. That's a recording engineer wannabe.
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yeah, we did a gig recently and the sound guy was completely ignoring requests from the singers which started to tick me off...then he told me he wanted the “pre EQ” switch on (which I understand but don’t agree with) on the DI... so I mentioned gain structure and he goes “what’s that?” I chuckled and asked him what 0 dBm means and I got the deer in the headlights stare...enough said..
 
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PillO said:
Hey, a couple of busy days - did you all miss me? Didn't think so...


But I did run across this.

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90s Fernandez Thunderbird, in case there is anyone here in the Greater Toronto area, has C$500 burning a hole in his/her pocket and has a desire need for it.
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I thought it was quiet in your corner.
 
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