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behndy wrote:yeah. i used to not have a problem with di'ing out the balanced output of my Rusty Box until i brought a wireless and listened from the crowd area in a part with loads of fuzz. BLEGH. i'm going to bring my Shure Beta52 with me..... actually, y'all know your shit, i love the Beta52 at home and how it sounds recorded at practice, it SEEMS to get a really tight focus on just my cab with little to no bleed through from the drums in our small rehearsal space...... is there a better mic to buy and bring? i use a buncha fuzz and some octavers and filtery stuff (duh) on a 6'er. murrrrrrrrr?

Backline

Bands are urged to contact me in advance in order to discuss the rest of their backline requirements, OTHERWISE THE FOLLOWING DEFAULTS WILL APPLY:

Bands are expected to use the house engineer, basic drum kit, Marshall 4x12" angle cabs which are hard wired through Marshall Powerbrakes, and the Ampeg bass amp head and 4x10" cab. If there is a reason for using your own bass head, then please contact me to discuss this in advance of the gig. Please contact me, no later than 1 week in advance, should any of this present a problem.

Swapping elements of the backline between performances reduces the actual time available for performing.


Drums

The house kit is maintained in good working order, regularily treated to new skins, and benefits from a weekly tune up. Every gig we further refine how the house it's sound is processed through our PA so we tend to get a better sound from the house kit. It is a 5 piece, but can be reduced to whatever size is requried. We have a selection of 10", 12", 14", and 16" toms. Most hardware is a mixture of Pearl and Tama.

The house drumkit includes stool, double kick pedal, snare, cymbals, hats... pretty much everything. You are welcome to use all those components. Most drummers take along their own hats, cymbals and additional cymbals (+stands). We reserve the right to veto the use of any hats/cymbals that are cracked, worn out, or of exceptionally poor quality. We anticipate that most drummers will want to take along their own snare drum.


Bass

The bass is direct injected into the mixing desk and where possible blended with a feed from the AKG D112 bass cab mic. This house amp is an Ampeg SVT2Pro which is 400W with with a 4x10"cab. It sports both valve preamp and output stages. Bass can also be heard and felt through the floor of the stage as this is sited over the FOH bass bins. The bass sound will also be directed through the sub woofer of the drum monitor since the drummer is sighted slightly behind the bass amp. This also helps transmit bass to the far side of the stage.


Guitars

The house has three Marshall Powerbrakes which are utilised to drive the valves at the appropriate level whilst keeping the volume under control.

Each speaker cab is mic'd up in order to drive the sound to the rear of the room via the PA system. The PA offers perfect sound reproduction.

We will not entertain the use of a malfunctioning amp or speaker. Our goal is to provide optimum sound quality regardless of badge engineering/brand/product placement considerations. We get the blame when it doesn't sound right, so we must insist that everything works!

The guitars are routed through all monitors.

The house has two Marshall 4x12" angle cabs, a Marshall DSL 100W valve head (2 channels), an Engel Powerball 100W valve head (4 channels), a Hiwatt 100W valve head (2 channels plus blended channel), a Mesa Boogie V-Twin valve preamp pedal, and an emergency Marshall 1x12" 100W Combo.