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Some odd conclusions being drawn here. The nominal impedance of a speaker is just the lowest resistance at its resonant frequency. In practice speakers are receiving complex AC waveforms and their actual impedance seen by the amplifier will be hundreds of ohms. The wire that a speaker is made from is extremely thin, and will burn out well before any connectors or 1.5mm² flex will. And that will be for a different reason. For long runs you should be using powered speakers, not running tens of metres of twin flex.

Pair of side cutters. That's the best mains detector. They make a flash, a bang and a cloud of smoke to let you know a cable is live. And develop a neat notch to provide a permanent record.

It must be irony, I don’t think he’s the best songwriter in the portaloo when he’s the only one in it

I've enjoyed a lot of acts this year - Four Tet, Alanis, Maribou State, Chic, Black Uhuru, Rod Stewart, Prodigy so far,a nd still a good few I want to catch up on. I have to say the broadcast mix and sound quality has been consistency unbelievably good. I've done it myself on a smaller scale and It's a very tough job, especially on the fly, and they've suffered in previous years, but this year has been quite spectacular!

Well there we have it! Thanks for the peek behind the curtain 😊

It is... As an ex BBC sound recordist and Post Production manager I can assure you that, especially with current budget constraints, only the bare minimum number of staff (or contractors) are sent there. I never went on a beeb junket! In contrast, I remember when I was training; I did 3 months on Keeping Up Appearances in Kenilworth... We got pay, plus overtime for while we were there, plus travel allowance, meal allowance (even though there was location catering) and overnight allowance for being away from home, and hotel... I bought a motorbike with just my overnights! But it's not been like that for 30 years or so. My old department doesn't even exist anymore!

Manic Mechanic - ZZ Top

Enjoyed Weezer (big warm p bass tone!), Rae, prodigy, Ezra collective, Nile playing greatest hits though he’s really getting on. Didn’t enjoy charlixcx, 1975, Rod (despite seeing my aunt on front row on bbc!), each to their own and plenty liked it. Some of these older acts fall into function band territory where the cheese takes over. It’s like they’re pretending to be their former self. Usual mix of good sound/bad sound and occasionally inaudible bass but it’s a festival! I’ll catch up on some others other the next few days.

This! Even the dearest cable, whether speaker or instrument, will be the cheapest non-consumable item in your equipment. The truth is that if we started making Electric guitars and basses in the year 2000 instead of the late 1940s, we would never have chosen 1/4"jacks. For speakers, they have largely been replaced by Speakons , thank goodness. The reason? You can never tell the current rating of a 1/4" plug, and many are rated at 0.5 amp. That equate to 2 watts into 8 ohms or 1 watt into 4 ohms. If you read the Neutrik specs, they say "Current - depends on mating connector." Or, in plain English, depends on what cheapo crap you plug it into. As for the £15 speakON cable? Using an OEM 1.5mm cable and Neutrik or Rean connectors, I can do one for that price, but there will be a £3 postage charge. For £19 inc postage I can do neutrik/Rean speakON plus Sommer 2.5mm cable. Includes a lifetime warranty. You cannot get a decent set of strings for that. Would you trust your amp with anything else?

The Rod set was perfect IMO, I've seen him live and he takes a few songs to warm up vocally, you get exactly what you'd expect and nothing less, he's of an era where you put on a show rather than walk around to a backing track.

I remember seeing some tin foil special saying that glasto is the unspoken official BBC staff summer holiday - they take thousands of staff, mostly put up in hotels/bbs in the surrounding area for a week with days either side. This was based on the amount the BBC spend to have a presence (license payer funded of course) Vs how miniscule the viewing figures/indirect revenues are for their glasto contents. It's probably bs but I kinda believe it?

It's a one-size-fits-all contraption manufactured by NS Design that connects to the EUB at the same point as the tripod mounting bolt, allowing you to 'wear' the bass and move around with it. It took a bit of time to get everything in the right place, but as a consequence it won't go on a stand. I was looking for a stand of some kind rather than leaving the instrument propped up in a corner.

Forgot about Nova Twins (how could I?). Awesome, as usual...

Yesterday I enjoyed Cymande (what bass? ACG headless?), Black Uhuru, St Vincent, Scissor Sisters and particularly, Getdown Services with their insanely catchy "Dog Dribblin'". Here at 20'30 in... https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002fd6s/glastonbury-sunday-evening-live And even though I didn't want to, thinking it would be annoying music-as-product girlypop-pish, I also enjoyed Olivia Rodriguez' set. Great band, great stage-craft, decent songs and great overall production. Kids nowadays, eh? And I was a little disappointed with the Amyls' set - maybe because I'd given the Osees a good go and had a bit of a headache... I gave Rod a song to entertain me, just long enough to throw a bottle of piddle, but I was bored as soon as I saw the Vegas-alike set. And my Mrs insisted we gave CMAT another go... And while they all played well, and she sang excellently I still have the feeling that it's all a bit like that sign you sometimes see hanging in offices - "You Don't Have To Be Mad To Work Here But It Helps"; trying desperately hard to be wacky, different and fun but ultimately failing completely.

She brought a lot of energy and her band duly followed. They were absolutely on it and giving it their all, the best performance of the weekend for me but still plenty to catchup on. I’m a loyle carner fan anyway but found his set very raw and intimate (in a good way). The bassist was playing what appeared to be a Fender Ultra which sounded great.