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You could have been sitting up at 6am waiting for 12 hrs. That would have been a fun day.😂 Dave

Yes 6pm i'll change my earlier mistook. Sorry.

Quite a few of my bass heroes in one place. Cant be bad. I've registered for it. 6pm our time on 29th April Dave

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Mike just bought my Gramma Pad, No fuss, easy transaction. Paid within minutes of agreeing price. Great communications too. Wish all transactions were this good. Deal in absolute confidence with Mike. thanks again Dave

Oooh that's nice

Was worried you may have taken it a bit too serious as sometimes the written word doesn't come across the way its intended in my head. Dave

Was just joking.

I'm just teasing so i dont feel lonely out here in Dafty Ville. You were very helpful and i appreciate that. No insult or criticism intended other than a little bit of fun. Dave

Give it up mate, you're grasping at straws now. Accept defeat gracefully and save any further embarrassment. 😉 It worked for me 😂

Seems i'm not the only dunderheid on BC then 😂 Its great having people like @agedhorse that can verify things for us. Its what makes BC such a great place to be. Dave

Thought i'd check my speakon plugs and i'm wrong again. They are all screwed terminals right enough. I have to apologise to everyone i disagreed with on this thread. Sorry guys, i was so sure but man enough to say i was wrong. Dave

And an Overwater bass to top it off. Nice set up.

Well here's an update i wasn't expecting. Had to go into loft today and while there had a quick look in my spare leads box and lo and behold my spare Speakon cable plus i found 2 speakon to jack speaker cables. The Speakon is Klotz cable so i'm guessing this is the one i bought from Dave at OBBM. I probably bought the speakon to jack ones to cover all possibilities as some of the studio cabs only had jacks back then. Oh well at least i have plenty of spares now. 5 off speakon to speakon and 3 off speakon to jack. Maybe i could start a shop. You know how sometimes on a thread you just look and feel stupid. Well this thread has done all that for me on several occasions. 😂 Ach well at least you can all laugh at / with me. 😂 Dave

Any pics of it. ? Sounds interesting. Dave

Oddly enough the cables i made up myself in 80's all seemed to get pinched at gigs. Usually where there was a support band for some reason. Dave

No need to apologise. I KNOW. 😂

I thought i had bought them from you but now i'm wondering where i got them unless it was from Bass Direct when i bought my Berg ae112 cabs back around 2010. My apologies Dave. Dave

OBBM ones i have are Proel cable but he does use Klotz too

Of course. @agedhorse is God. However i am still surprised but Hey ! every day a school day on Basschat and i shall admit defeat gracefully.😀 Dave

Thanks for that. Have to say its news to me. The spreader plate makes sense when using screwed connections but i've not seen spreader plates in a speakon plug. Only thing i would highlight is that it's for cables where movement is expected. Most plugs have the cable sheath clamped in both soldered and non-soldered so its not relevant in the case of speaker cables. I would also agree that when soldering fine cables to circuit boards the excessive heat could cause damage and more and more circuit boards now have plugs of some sort rather than wires soldered direct to board IME that is. I know that excessive heat on instrument cables can damage the insulation or cause oxidising on certain cables but that's usually a finer cable than good quality speaker cable. I'm now even more curious as to which is more reliable. If anyone has any info please share. I'm curious again. So what about jack plugs. They are all soldered as far as i know yet they have finer cables than speaker cable. So many questions now !!!!! Is the guidance or regulation for circuit boards only ? Dave

I'd disagree that any screwed terminals are better than permanent soldered connections. When you say crimp and compression do you mean fitting a crimp to cable end and then insert into screwed connection. Nuetrik NL4 connection instructions dont show crimps being used but cable straight into a screwed connection. Anywhere you have a screwed cable connection can lead to screws loosening off under loads due to heat transfer. Dave

The expert cable manufacturers recommend soldered connections rather than screwed ones for reliability and endurance. Any cables i've bought have all been soldered. Dave