mrtcat

We play the Freddie G drum academy at Sparsholt college in Winchester. The venue is just the campus bar but we get to play with the celebrity drummers. So far we've played with the likes of Gregg Bissonette, Steve White, Ian Matthews (kasabian), Craig Blundell and Woody from Bastille amongst others. Always great fun.

I think yes to a point the business has become a bit stretched but Adrian still seems fully committed to putting his money where his mouth is and getting involved. I think that with my issue he actually learnt something about his own business. They have opened a new production facility which isn't close to where Adrian is based and I think maybe he's realised he needs to keep a closer eye on what leaves the factory. I will continue to watch with interest and, if it looks like he is back on top of things, I'll definitely consider buying another Maruszyczyk.

So i've pulled the trigger on wireless. I really had to consider budget as much as anything. We've never had signal drop out issues with 2.4ghz but have sorted our wifi so it can run solely at 5ghz (it's always on stage so not having to battle through walls, over long distances or round corners). I've retired the smoothound in favour of a Line 6 relay g50 which did eat into my budget considerably but have found (and this was where I had to compromise) a Shure PSM 300 with the premium pack on CH70 for £615. I'll always have a cable as a backup so although it may not be 100% guaranteed interference free at every venue, it should at least be good at the majority. Would have spent more but have recently had to buy a couple of new kitesurfing kites to replace my old kit that's getting a bit past it and they are silly money these days. Massive thanks to EBS_freak for all the valuable advice tho. Excited to see how it all goes.

They look great. I'll be very interested to know how you get on as I'm going to look to replace my re-shelled UE900s soon as the fit isn't great and they seem a bit light on bottom end as a result.

Wow, there's so much to think about. We run an XR-18 mixer via an external router (dual band 2.4GHz - 5GHz) with all members controlling iem mixes on tablets so maybe I should stay away from a 2.4GHz wireless. This could get pricey lol.

Which guitar wireless would you use? My smoothound has seen lots of action so isn't irreplaceable.

Seems he has a really old system:

I'll need to check with him

Pretty certain its a BLX24UK/B58 Beta 58A

Both myself and guitarist are using smoothhound systems and the singer uses a shure Beta 58a wireless mic. At the moment everyone else is on wired iems but I am pretty sure they'll go wireless shortly after me.

That's massively helpful. I'm probably going to go for G4s on CH38 licence as there's going to be three band members on wireless iems plus wireless guitars and bass. We have 1-2 gigs a week through 2019 in the calendar already and the £72.50 a year will be covered in the first half of the first gig.

Awesome, thanks so much for the insight. I will definitely go with the Sennheiser. I had seen this one: https://www.gear4music.com/PA-DJ-and-Lighting/Sennheiser-ew-300-IEM-G3-E-Wireless-In-Ear-Monitor-System/1VG2?origin=product-ads&campaign=PLA+Shop+-+GENERIC&adgroup=GENERIC&medium=vertical_search&network=google&merchant_id=1279443&product_id=87410d1&product_country=GB&product_partition_id=377444046446&gclid=Cj0KCQjwv-DaBRCcARIsAI9sba8hnmMnGTvTGJPxD5K3aIONATbT6WFEOMFGCaH1V8CPOUJDtnXIQpYaAgvYEALw_wcB And this: https://cvp.com/product/sennheiser_ew_iem_g4-gb_wireless_g4_set?gclid=Cj0KCQjwv-DaBRCcARIsAI9sba_kLIWc2WBQ8vZRedd0S4wbqsqOY4ftUIIZbm9Xps8fkIPNxag7Q-saAqTDEALw_wcB

I'm in the market for wireless setup now. My options (within my budget) are: Shure PSM300 P3TRA or Sennheiser EW300 IEM G3 Any thoughts on which is best and are there any other options I've missed at a similar price point (£700-£800)

Yes on this occasion a refund. Still leaves me needing a 5 string but I'll take time to consider options before jumping in lol.

Awesome thanks mcnach. Adrian has looked at the luminlays again today and agreed they aren't right. He has now resolved the issue for me for which I'm very grateful. Thanks again all.

Willie Weeks. From 8.30 - absolutely my favourite solo ever.

That's really kind gents, thank you. If you did get a chance to send me some pics that would be great. I'm going to stand polite but firm because I've not only paid for the bass but also an extra £26 to send the neck back, after they forgot to install the luminlays, and then a further £68 to send the bass back to the workshop in Poland.

Probably not but I don't really want to appear to be threatening him in any way.

Just had a response from Adrian. He accepts there is an issue with the body but says there's absolutely nothing wrong with the luminays. I genuinely can't believe that he really believes that. They look terrible. He has asked me to send a picture of luminlays that look better. I have asked for a refund but he seems to be getting a bit argumentative over it.

Yes I'll also admit to being a bit remorseful now. I've had to chase him after my bass arrived back at his workshop two weeks ago. Whilst we can all see that the luminlays were poorly fitted he has argued that they can't possibly be poorly fitted as the luminlays are 3mm dots that were retro fitted over 2mm dots. He also said that the poor fitting neck pocket should be accepted as after all these are hand built guitars not cnc made parts. I'm pretty certain that I'm going to opt for a refund. I don't feel confident that they'd get it right second time around. It's a real shame because the Elwood L I had previously was absolutely perfectly made.

We played at the Onda Rd in Passingnano Sul Trasimeno last summer as part of the summer music festival. Going back next year where we'll be playing in both Tuoro and Assisi. Beautiful part of the world and some smashing backdrops.

Mines been back at Maruszczyk since Tuesday last week and not heard anything from Adrian yet. I'll drop him an email this afternoon to see what his thoughts are.

Our guitarist just picked a full fat helix up 2nd hand from one of the online guitar shops with a proper line6 case for £820 including delivery. Still had the plastic screen protectors on. Can't see myself ever getting rid of mine.