Tsunamijuan
Inspired
I am in a bit of a lack of knowledge here. I know there's some great people on here that can hopefully point me in the right direction at the minimum.
I recently joined my first band, as the replacement bass player for the band leader (I am a complete bass noob). Making the graduation from mostly running live sound, stage managing, and some band management, and of course a lot of roadie work. I am quite new to bass, but I think the foundation that i have from taking classical/flamenco guitar is helping me fill the voids. The band is a mix of punk/alternative, just short really of metal tones.
Right now I am using a mix of a borrowed Orange 500watt bass amp with 2x12" cabs, and my Axe-FX II XL with a JBL EON615. Which is sadly only about 500watts for the lows (possibly less). Since the power amp is split between the 15" and the horn. This worked great for guitar but its under powered for this arrangement. So I know i need to invest in some new equipment. Which I was planning on doing anyways. I don't want to add a second EON615 cause they have problems with overheating when pushing a large amounts of lows.
They play loud, which is fine to each their own. But I am having troubles being heard rig wise. Not to mention hearing myself, as well as having hearing issues (tinnitus). So I am having to hit this on a two pronged approach. Definitely In ears for myself. I have mixers already and a split snake if i had to go that and handle the mix 100% independent of the rest of the band. But I am looking for monitors that I can use for the axe to provide sound for the rest of the band. As they are not at a point of wanting to invest in ears, or spending time to actually mix independent of yelling at someone to turn up.
The meat and potatoes of this post
I am looking for something that is a good strong setup for bass and guitar in the FRFR department. So I dont need to reinvest in a seperate set of guitar cabs/frfr's. The local alternative music scene is a mix of smallish clubs and bars, and a few large auditorium sized venues. So looking for the middle to higher end of the power range most likely.
I am thinking of getting something like a 2000watt matrix rack amp.
http://usa.matrixamplification.com/rack-amplifers/gt2000fx.html
With some sort of setup from Accugroove ( http://www.accugroovellc.com/ ). I would love to stick with mostly the FRFR side of things. But I am not sure if they are gonna handle the heavy abuse of the lows. Its also sitting in the back of my head to mix the FRFR with something like their "El Whappo" bass cab. But I am not sure.
Would love some advice or other potential bass friendly FRFR's to look at. Possibly something more afforable than this. As the above setup is probably looking at top price of 5000$ or so.
Thanks in advance for the help.
I recently joined my first band, as the replacement bass player for the band leader (I am a complete bass noob). Making the graduation from mostly running live sound, stage managing, and some band management, and of course a lot of roadie work. I am quite new to bass, but I think the foundation that i have from taking classical/flamenco guitar is helping me fill the voids. The band is a mix of punk/alternative, just short really of metal tones.
Right now I am using a mix of a borrowed Orange 500watt bass amp with 2x12" cabs, and my Axe-FX II XL with a JBL EON615. Which is sadly only about 500watts for the lows (possibly less). Since the power amp is split between the 15" and the horn. This worked great for guitar but its under powered for this arrangement. So I know i need to invest in some new equipment. Which I was planning on doing anyways. I don't want to add a second EON615 cause they have problems with overheating when pushing a large amounts of lows.
They play loud, which is fine to each their own. But I am having troubles being heard rig wise. Not to mention hearing myself, as well as having hearing issues (tinnitus). So I am having to hit this on a two pronged approach. Definitely In ears for myself. I have mixers already and a split snake if i had to go that and handle the mix 100% independent of the rest of the band. But I am looking for monitors that I can use for the axe to provide sound for the rest of the band. As they are not at a point of wanting to invest in ears, or spending time to actually mix independent of yelling at someone to turn up.
The meat and potatoes of this post
I am looking for something that is a good strong setup for bass and guitar in the FRFR department. So I dont need to reinvest in a seperate set of guitar cabs/frfr's. The local alternative music scene is a mix of smallish clubs and bars, and a few large auditorium sized venues. So looking for the middle to higher end of the power range most likely.
I am thinking of getting something like a 2000watt matrix rack amp.
http://usa.matrixamplification.com/rack-amplifers/gt2000fx.html
With some sort of setup from Accugroove ( http://www.accugroovellc.com/ ). I would love to stick with mostly the FRFR side of things. But I am not sure if they are gonna handle the heavy abuse of the lows. Its also sitting in the back of my head to mix the FRFR with something like their "El Whappo" bass cab. But I am not sure.
Would love some advice or other potential bass friendly FRFR's to look at. Possibly something more afforable than this. As the above setup is probably looking at top price of 5000$ or so.
Thanks in advance for the help.