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This was interesting... [url="http://www.myhometheater.homestead.com/splcalculator.html"]http://www.myhometheater.homestead.com/splcalculator.html[/url] I have a potential 127dB SPL at 6 feet away from my speakers! Dropping output power from 480 Watts to 200 Watts only reduces SPL to 123dB Think I might need to turn down a notch or two!

I had a gig with my old band quite a few years ago, it was a school fete. One of the band members had a friend of a friend on the PTA or something like that. It was an outdoor gig so we asked if they could get us a trailer to play off the back of. You know the sort where the side opens up. This would hopefully make the sound a bit more directional. We turned up and we basically had a scaffold truck with no sides, we may as well have had no trailer at all! We were also concerned about rain and said we wouldn't be able to play if it was raining. The day was a bit showery but we took the chance, and despite one downpoor between sound check and the gig where we scrambled for plastic sheets etc it stayed relatively dry. Obviously being outdoors everything was cranked up to max, and despite the massive chain of extension cables there were no power problems! Behind us we had a fire engine parked up, the obligatory school fete visit from the Fire Brigade, every minute or so during the set, the kids would be playing with the siren and horns and because everything was cranked up to max, the mics picked up everything!!! Our singer also turned up and had obviously had a few to drink! amazingly this had little effect on her performance, and had happened a few times before, (I suppose she was our Pete Doherty element within the band). Obviously a few of the kids were annoying her by shouting out requests, and obviously wanting to come on the truck to sing a few songs themselves. Again due to everything being cranked up to the max everyone heard all her grunblings and expletives about the kids! The other Peter Kay thing about this gig was 'raffle time' where we had to distribute the wealth of fantastic gifts on offer. We also initiated a countdown for one of those water/pressure rockets to be launched. Counting down from 10, the rocket had already lauched by the time we got to 6! We did the gig for free due to it being a fiend of a friend and a school fete. I'm sure there must be a moral to the story!

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Here's mine Gallien-Krueger 700RB-II-210 and 410SBX Cab The bass is my old Ibanez SR300DX