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4 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

Down to what’s comfortable with you. Remember to move your head to the extremities after you’ve clipped onto your shirt to make sure the cable doesn’t go tight and pull your inears out of your ears.

 

that’s it really - it’s personal preference. Some people like the clips especially if they are running very long IEM cables. Helps keep things in place.

Yes I am looking at some options now.  I see 64 Audio make a useful looking clip.  I might order a bunch of different designs and see which one works best.  Definitely think avoiding tug on the cable would make for a more secure fit throughout the gig.

Probably been asked on the thread somewhere - but are any of you guys using shirt clips to secure your IEMs?

I'm quite an active performer and run the cable under my shirt to wireless belt pack. The cable hangs loose other than that. The weight of my guitar strap somewhat secures it in place under my shirt - but I see some guys clipping the cable to the rear collar of their shirt/tee etc.

I guess it would help prevent tug on the cable and subsequent loosening of the phones.

Any suggestions? Pros/cons?

Great speakers.  I run two for my rock band with no subs.  A great buy for someone!

Relicing on poly finishes makes me feel queasy.  Reminds me of this monstrosity that was for sale in Ireland recently.  Surprisingly, it sold.

Went for the Neotech medium pouch and it fits the strap perfectly. Flawless operation so far from the Shure - might order a slightly shorter jack cable for it but otherwise very pleased!

Thanks for sharing this! Never gave VH a look before but really enjoyed this and have added a few of their tunes to my playlists now. Great gig!

I use ZS10s as my backup set and I'm not sure you can get absolutely rumbling low end from them. Maybe worth trying a larger tip to improve the seal - Comply make good foam ones that have improved mine a bit.

I would suggest teaching too, even on a peripatetic basis.  If you teach during the majority of the school year (say Sept to May) it still leaves you free for your busy gigging period.  I found that making a living from just playing functions/gigs is virtually impossible to sustain year-round - so having something else always helps.

How do you guys sort out the extra cable slack between jack output and transmitter pack? I was thinking about adding some kind of sleeve to the bottom part of the strap to conceal/semi secure the cable to the strap. Any ideas?

It was the biggest one I have ever played! 10k people in Belfast. A night I will never forget! Loads more pics and vids on my Instagram if anyone would like to see https://instagram.com/dannymccormackbass

First outing for the D16+ tonight and it performed admirably (see pic)! May have to lower the gain a little as it felt a bit clippy at times. Has anyone else had this experience?

Sounds weird. A few things I would check:

1. Are the string heights consistent (bridge, nut etc)

2. Are they old strings?

3. Does the issue persist both in active and passive modes?

4. Are the pole pieces on the pickups visibly OK?

Any suggestions for a pouch to fit a really wide strap? I use Gruvgear Solostrap Neo and hope there's an option to suit!

Just bought the 16+ for my board. I saw Simon McBride using one with Deep Purple - a good enough endorsement for me! Will report back with findings

8 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

Can I ask what you all moved on to? 

We all went to different companies. A couple to JH, UE, 64 Audio etc depending on individual preference and need.

I'm not a fan of the Aguilar TH stuff personally. I could never get a good tone from a TH500 - always too much drive/distortion even with Drive control completely off. Obviously this might be a desirable tone depending on your style but for me it wasn't clean enough.

12 hours ago, Misdee said:

the new Stingray Special do not exhibit this problem with the G string

EBMM finally fixed the pickup alignment with the Specials, after over 40 years of a poor design. The current Rays are by far the best EBMM have made for this reason.

7 hours ago, Bird5 said:

As has heen highlighted here in the original Stingray instructions, the 2-band controls should be set at 50% and tweaked to suit - not maxed out.

Do the controls have a centre detent for flat?

6 minutes ago, dave_bass5 said:

That’s worrying. Not so much that I think they will be rubbish, but it sounds like maybe they weren’t checked properly before being sent out (maybe). 
 

Did you get in touch about this? 

I didn't.  I persisted with them for 6 months or more but just could not sacrifice any more gigs with terrible sound quality.  I tried everything possible with EQ and even tried amending my bass tone to suit, which in hindsight was the wrong thing to do.  Having went from a set of UE11 to these, the difference was stark.  I then moved to JH Roxannes and have never looked back.  Tight bass and crisp highs with no potential for hearing loss!  The Lugs ended up in the bin and now I use a set of KZ ZS10 as a backup which sound better IMO.

EDIT - I should add that I really wanted to like the Lugs as the guy is local to me (around 40 minute drive) and I loved the idea of a genuine contender in the IEM market being a local company.  Sadly it didn't work out like that.  Just my own experience!

On 12/07/2023 at 18:11, dave_bass5 said:

Anyone got any opinion on the Lugs S2

I have to say my experience with Lugs earphones leaves a lot to be desired.  While the fit of the moulds and seal were both good - the sound was awful.  I bought a set of quad driver phones and the bass just sounded like mush.  I found I could never hear what I wanted, despite the phones running at ear-bleeding levels.  It seemed like all the drivers were just thrown into the earphones without any tuning/crossovers to make them sound good.  All 6 of my band have since moved on from Lugs for similar reasons.

I would love to have loved this but I can see a couple of reasons why I wouldn't buy one:

1.  A Bass control centred at 40hz is surely only usable as a cut.  Boosting 40hz would just be mush.  Makes it a bit redundant IMO.  80hz or thereabouts would have been much more musical.

2.  I can't think of any reason why I would want to engage Bright/Deep mid-set that would require the use of a footswitch.  Perhaps a mute would have been better.

4 hours ago, nige1968 said:

Trade-wise I'm only really looking for a 7-string Fodera or a boat (with cash my way).

I feel this needs to be highlighted and appreciated. I roared laughing! Hats off to you sir 😆

Here in Norn Iron, you could survive on function band playing but certainly not make what I would call a good living.  Functions here might pay £200 per gig, so after tax/fuel/misc expenses etc you would need to be playing 10 functions a month to pay the same as a minimum wage job would.  10 functions a month might be possible in Summer months and around Christmas but you will be doing virtually nothing in Jan/Feb/Nov etc.  Anyone I know who does this type of work always has something else on the side for bread and butter.

Fond memories of BW! Nostalgia when I see that turquoise/blue colour scheme anywhere nowadays

Sounds like she might be very good at playing bass but not quite as good at singing or songwriting. It happens!