jdboyl72

33 years old, I work in law enforcement. I am primarily a bass player in a local 80's/ 90's pop-rock cover band on the Northshore of New Orleans. We are a fairly popular band who plays most of the good clubs and all the fairs / festivals. Until recently, we had been renting a good PA system for our club gigs at a very reasonable price ($300) that included an outstanding "sound man". This PA guy is no longer available to us and we have been scrambling for PA for the past month or so. Some of the guys are good and others are so so; however we are finding ourselves to be paying $400 and more on a consistent basis. What I have noticed is that these sound companies 9 times out of 10 are providing us with a system that is serious overkill. I have PA experience and owned a Peavey system that I used in a previous band. I made the decision to put together a simple but effective compact system that would work for "most" of our club gigs. I have purchased the following: Mixer - Allen & Heath Mixwizard 3 Subs - JBL MP418S x 2 Mains - JBL MP412 x 2 Monitors - JBL EON 15P x 2 (note: 3 of us use IEM's) Power Amps - QSC PLX2402 (mains) and QSC PLX3002 (subs) Racks - 14 space top X 4 space bottom custom made mixer rack and 8 space custom made amp rack In addition I purchased a DBX crossover, DBX compressor limiter, and DBX EQ for FOH. (still need to get an EQ for the JBL monitors) Snake - 24 X 4 bought used not sure of brand but all channels work. I have not yet had a chance to use this system, July 8th, will be the first time. I believe it will suffice; however, I am a little concerned about having enough "low end". I'm starting out with the single pair of MP418's. I have read alot where people love these cabinets but usually need more than 2 to get the sound they want. I will purchase another pair and another QSC amp but only if needed.