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Saw Rock Of Ages when it opened at Shaftesbury Theatre last year. That looks like a good gig as the band (a 5piece rock outfit) are actually on stage for the entirety of the show with the drummer in a glass fronted room at the back of the stage so they can fade songs in and out. The set is a bar with the band on stage. Brilliant show with tons of quality blart too.

When I was 16 I was the youngest in a rhythm blues rock band in Plymouth. Singer was a bus driver for a living and had a minibus that kept breaking down. He'd bought it from the bus company he worked for. We had a gig in Exeter one weekend and when he and the drummer turned up at my parents house to pick me up they were in a double decker bus. Turns out his van had broken down and he'd borrowed the bus from work. We were on the A38 nr Newton abbot before the police pulled us over. Seems he had borrowed without asking and his company saw that as theft - go figure. My old man was mighty hacked off when I called him to come get me from the back of a police car. Never made it to the gig and the singer got arrested then sacked the following monday morning. Singer went on to be a train driver. Don't think their so easy to nick tho.

If you like it, will use it and can afford to eat after buying it then do it. Six months down the line you could sell it for the same amount if you look after it.

Good luck, i'm sure the family will really appreciate the fact that you've really thought about how best to carry out their wishes. My guitarist says he was at a friend's dad's funeral and they had arranged to play "Love Me Tender" by Elvis as the coffin disappeared behind the curtain but a mistake by the chap's son resulted in them playing "Return To Sender".

[quote name='Dave Vader' timestamp='1332261550' post='1585747'] having finally cut down to 1 band, I had a concept for a 2nd band, made up entirely of guys in other bands, with essentially 2 line-ups that could be interchangeable at a moments notice. A kind of covers collective so that if anyone gets a last minute booking with an important gig, they can go, and one of the rest of the collective could take over. As long as everyone was fairly busy it should work.... Ever been done before? I was going to call it "The Deps" [/quote] In the process of doing something similar at the moment. Singer and I are up for gigging pretty much every night but drummer is set on 3 nights a month and guitarist has a gf that is pretty high maintenance so singer and I have started auditioning guitarists and drummers. Plan will be to play same with both bands then once both are up and running we will effectively be able to pull from either band if someone can't play. We're totally honest with all and everyone seems very happy with it.

I've taken myself to court and had a restraining order taken out against myself which forbids me from going within 2 miles of postcodes starting CV34 - it's for the best.

I appreciate massively how technical it is and how only a select few could pull it off but to me it's trying too hard and ends up not being cool at all. The human body is incredible and with appropriate training is capable of some crazy things but it gets a bit geeky and scientific when you get to that level. Don't get me wrong I'm jealous as hell and think he's an incredible player but he could be sooooo much funkier than this.

If we all liked the same thing the music world would be pretty one dimentional. I have respect for both bands and really appreciate what they have brought to the table but could count the songs that I personally like from both bands on one hand.

I've been playing this in our band for years and never played it the same twice. Sadly that's not due to my imaginative playing more to do with my short attention span.

[quote name='Prosebass' timestamp='1331857461' post='1580163'] Send it to me and I'll sort it for you, just cover the postage [/quote] BOOM!! BC Rocks

Not an authority on issues like this but would personally think that buying from abroad is a risk for this reason. If it were me I'd be miffed but accept that it was my risk in a kind of "you win some you lose some" type way. Would be interested to know the legal side tho.

TC electronic classic 450 and bergantino ae212. Simple, compact, loud and sounds great for me. Simplicity is everything for me and I'm a happy camper. Went through lots of other rigs first but can't see me changing anytime soon.

I've never ever used anything other than an amp a cab a lead and a bass when playing live. The three bands I play with now all play detuned a semi tone and my amp settings remain the same for all gigs with nothing more than a little Eq tweak to suit the acoustics of the venue. Does that make me a Neanderthal?

I may be way off the mark but this sounds almost like these gigs aren't the real issue and it's more about some ill feelings within the band. Our drummer is a c##k and is totally obsessed with money and it has nearly split our band on numerous occasions. We eventually offered him a way out and said we all want to play regularly more than earn big bucks and he has backed right down.

Jack beat me to it.

Very basically a crossover essentially splits signal sending everything below a pre set frequency to the low end speakers and everything above to the high end speakers. Many can split three ways low / mid / high. Lots of the better units have some other really useful features built in.

If you go to the pub straight away they've got plenty of notice so the landlord should be ok. It sounds like they do plenty of music so he / she will have plenty of contacts. If you're honest with the landlord about how much you get for weddings he'll probably be keen to keep you sweet as you're band is clearly more than worth what he'll be paying you. This is a million miles away from a band that cancels the day before and leaves the pub in the sh*t.

No problem I'll check our calendar tonight and pm you to sort details. Some of our band are from Wycombe so I'll bring a few people along to watch too.

I'll never gig without mine. Its the best £45 you'll ever spend.

+1 for the bill fitzmaurice forum. Speakers are the window to your sound. Get good ones from the off and you'll be doing yourself a huge favour. I agree that powered cabs are more convenient but I find there's more selection in the non powered market and powered cabs can be pretty costly. For me there's NOTHING more important than good quality speakers and a good quality EQ. The Behringer DEQ2496 is brilliant as you can use it with an RTA (real time analysis) mic and it will really help you get the very best sound from your system. Couple it with a Behringer DCX2496 crossover (assuming you'll want subs) and you can even protect all your drivers with the limiter function. My band plays the same stuff you guys do and we have the following: 4x Bill Fitzmaurice DR200 Tops 4x Bill Fitzmaurice T39 Subs A Mackie Onyx 1640i mixer A bunch of outboards (EQ's, compressors, crossovers, reverb etc) 2x Behringer monitors (an extra eq for monitors is a must) Three power amps Enough cables to wrap around the globe twice. We don't take it all to every gig but we can play small pubs up to 300+ person venues with various combinations. I know I'm not on your doorstep but I'd happily run you through what we have and how we use it before and during a gig if you ever ventured this way. If you get a gig this way (Wycombe / Milton Keynes / Alyesbury)in the near future I'd run it for your band if i'm not playing elsewhere myself.

If you want to learn lots about speakers and cab building you could do a lot worse than spend some time here [url="http://billfitzmaurice.info/forum/"]http://billfitzmaurice.info/forum/[/url] I will warn you though - it will change your perception of most big brand kit.

I personally would rate them as pretty poor I'm afraid. They're popular with DJ's on a very tight budget but the sound quality is poor and their subs rely on enormous power input as they're really inefficient. If price is everything then Peavey stuff can be surprisingly good for low cost. I build PA cabs for a living so am a bit obsessive about sound and build quality.

Maybe a thread where we can individually rate venues. Like a "tripadvisor" type thing but for musicians by musicians. Every time you play a venue you can rate it for helpfulness, attitude, payment, crowd etc etc and at the end it gets a score. Venues like this would soon find themselves bottom of the pile and as it's based on actual experiences of various players its hardly libelous.