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Probably thinking “yeh actually I wouldn’t mind a bigger swimming pool for the summer”

Sparks Fly - Taylor Swift

I know I'm late to the party but these things are great.

This is a cheap CHEAP brute... essentially a UK made Mesa Boogie Strategy Eight:88 for pennies on the pound. https://ebay.us/m/ucAP4L

Yeah the 100 is surprisingly loud for its size, price and wattage. It can certainly handle gigs better than most other 100w combos available today. It’s also featherlight! That said, if budget isn’t too restricted, I’d go for a 200 or 500 just for peace of mind that you’re set for pretty much any gig that comes your way. There’s obviously higher end amps out there but IMO any of the Rumbles represent probably the best bang for your buck.

Grinding Halt - The Cure

Hah funny you should say that! I had the club stage monitors and they were miles ahead of the awful 15" tops that were common - including a lot of those early moulded cabs. Fired them up a few years later next to my home-brewed 12" tops made using REW/Bagby spreadsheet and decent components, and couldn't believe how coloured they were in comparison.

I’ve got the 200 watt, 1x15 and it’s very loud for the size and weight of it.

I think that is right, the test was through Yamaha Club series speakers S112IV if my memory serves, and these had a real midrange peak due to the Eminence Delta's they used. At the time they were so much better than the Peveys everyone else used I quite liked them but they had to have affected what we were doing so hardly a fair test. My own anecdotal experience

This really doesn't sound like a band I'd want to be in with all this going on. If people can't be up front with each other, it's a non starter.

… yes, but I ain’t bending down for no-one to change my settings on a gig 🤣🤣

Steve bought a 1970s tenor banjo from me. Great guy, making it an effortless experience.

Stop the world - Captain Sensible

Isn’t there a funkulator in the grizzly?

Yes, I thought the same when I saw the title , Ive heard it so many times, glad he put that out there . Im quite liking this guy , he hasn’t got many videos yet but I think his channel could be interesting,

Around The World - Daft Punk

One thing I've long suspected about mics in live PA is that if you overlay the mic frequency response over the speaker response, including info about how the latter behaves around crossover, you'll be able to see which mics will play nicer. Even more so if you could see time-based plots and distortion info. I've often thought a mic with a tight peak somewhere around the crossover frequency brutally highlights all the deficiencies of that speaker. From memory the Shure peak is that little bit broader, higher and smoother than the Behringer. Likewise the slightly humped response of a lot of PA tops in the upper bass can play really crappily with mic proximity effect. Years ago I remember any boost centred around 3-4.5k always sounded awful with the common two-way speaker designs, because the woofer would be in breakup up that high and the mediocre tweeters would be straining to reach that low. Plus the ear is quite sensitive around there. Half-decent speakers nowadays tend to cross a bit lower, plus the crossovers are better, buying a bit more space. Just my own anecdotal experience, nothing systematic.

I hadn't spotted the black tab, my EBS had the same thing. In that case it will be dead easy. You're right though, the time consuming bit will be the staples. Will let you know how it goes.

Thet eventually conceeded that the courier had no case and dropped it. A courier or intermediry will try and avoid any pay out. However, my case (and @Gunsfreddy2003) is a case of the courier trying to claim that packaging wasn't appropriate (which it patently WAS) and they tried to claim a handling charge because it wasn't regulation packaging!