Technical Rider

This page is provided as a service to technical staff of concert venues and my agents who need to supply this information to them. This means that if you are not a sound technician and don't know what some of these things mean, you probably don't need to.

Please contact me with any questions re. this rider. I am known to be a reasonable man - I just hate surprises. An important thing to note is that the double bass requires more space than a lot of people seem to think - see below.

Please note that I regard safety - physical stage and electrical - as paramount and a prerequisite for any performance and shall not proceed with a show if I see it compromised and not fixed prior to beginning of performance. In this case all cost incurred by cancellation due to safety requirements having not been adhered to shall remain the sole responsibility of the venue/organizer. I have enough electrical engineering background to know the potential consequences of voodoo, such as masked safety grounds, &c, to steer well clear of those.

Any stage pyrotechnics plans for shows must be provided well in advance and approved by me or my agent prior to the show.

Backline - instruments

• Hohner BBass V Electric 5-string bass
  • J-style pickups
  • Active electronics with treble/bass EQ
  • 1/4 inch unbal jack out
• 4/4 size double bass
  • Shadow bridge piezo pickups
  • 1/4 inch unbal jack out (high Zin ~10Mohm required for best sound)
  • 2,5m x 1m unencumbered stage floor space required for storage while not playing the instrument if there's no stand.
  • 2.3m of free height on stage required when being played

Backline - electronics

• Gallien Krueger MB150S bass combo
  • For small stages
  • Output 75W with internal 8ohm 12 inch speaker, 150W into 4ohm
  • Line Out (1/4 inch jack) post-limiter
  • DI Out (XLR/bal) pre-fader pre-pre-amp
  • 2 external spkr outs (min. load 4ohm total, internal spkr may be switched off)
  • Power requirement: 325W 230VAC @ 50Hz safely earthed
• Line6 Bass Pod
  • 2 outputs (Amp model and DI) with 1/4 inch jack, both with +4dBu bal/-10dBV unbal
  • Power requirement: 12W 230VAC @ 50Hz

Vocal setup

When required and supplied by venue

• Shure SM58 or equivalent professional vocal microphone
• Stable boom stand, mic height at 170cm, boom reach 50cm from trunk

Monitoring

• A full range side-fill (preferred), or
• 2 front monitors (floor wedge)

Monitor program - important elements:

• My vocal
• Kick & HH
• Bass (if direct or low-power amp)
• Lead vocal

Typical signal chain

Bass -> Bass Pod used for FX and Compressor (amp modeling out) -> Gallien Krueger as stage mon (line out) -> FOH mixer