Monckyman

Thanks for the posts,I was thinking about this a lot lately. Wigan is a short drive for me.

I forgot my Sennheiser HD280s in a gig on Frid so borrowed a set of the HD 25-1s for the Sat gig, and I have to say I really got on with them. The semi open feel means you don`t get sweaty ears but the isolation is great. The sound was clear and punchy at low levels too, so I`m pricing some up now. They don`t fold away flat like the HD280s, but maybe that means I won`t forget them so easily...

Hiya,I would say don`t bother. It`s not worth the effort of removing the baffle and fitting another one to acommodate the 2x12". Why aren`t you happy with the 2x12 on the floor on castors? It won`t make much difference in my opinion which way around they are.

Dear oh dear. Chris.. every one of your posts mentions a "real world". Silent is it, this real world? Everybody was shitting themselves about the death of music 30 years ago,was this when you decided to count beans then? Programmed music? Drum machines? Samplers? Downloads?? May as well sell your soul to Corporation St for um... 35 years. Get a nice house and a Skoda,join the golf club get a Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Old old sh*t. If you are serious about a life in music then get serious about the music in your life and don`t listen to people who bottled it long ago. MM

"Oh wow, I had a mad week, was in the pub for most of it with visiting relatives.Still a bit pissed now hahaha.. Gig? What gig? Oh, you were serious when you told me there was a gig this Sat? The CD? Well, I haven`t listened to any of it. Not actually sure where it is.. Do you want to get on with it then, I have to go in an hour to see my family off at the airport. Why have you gone all red?" True event two weeks ago.

Early days. His technique is amazing, but the video improved vastly once I found the mute. You never know, he may write some songs someday and we`ll all love it to bits and rush to buy whatever pedal he used to make that donkey with a hernia noise.

+1 ER20s

Update, it wasn`t the drummer, was the singer. He had sent me his number with a digit wrong...

OK, as it happens, I have a live update for any daft enough to be interested. I`m watching Black Mirror online last night after reading the thread here, and afterwards check my email. There is a mail from the band who contacted me last week and said they were sorting out auditions over the weekend. So the mail received last night (Tues),goes, "Sorry dave I don't know if I have left this a bit late but thought I had sent you an e mail [size=4][font=arial, sans-serif]But can you make tomorrow night about 8.45ish to run through a couple of songs "[/font] [font=arial, sans-serif]There follows a list of 7 songs.[/font] [font=arial, sans-serif]I reply that , yes that wasn`t much notice, and ask where the auditions were.[/font] [font=arial, sans-serif]He replies with the area and suggests they could arrange another day, I reply saying no, I could manage it,could they please send the full address.[/font] [font=arial, sans-serif]His last mail comes in a few min later with a map attached and the words[/font] [font=arial, sans-serif]"cheers hope you can make[i] wed [/i].....did you get the songs "[/font] [font=arial, sans-serif]So, it`s just past midnight and I`m thinking, Wed?? wtf?[/font] [font=arial, sans-serif]I mail him back and ask him to confirm Tues or Wed.[/font] [font=arial, sans-serif]No reply.[/font] [font=times, serif][color=#000000]I check this a.m no reply.[/color][/font] [font=times, serif][color=#000000]I send another mail asking for confirmation at 10 a.m[/color][/font] [font=times, serif][color=#000000]No reply.[/color][/font] [font=times, serif][color=#000000]I text the number he supplied, text not accepted[/color][/font] [font=times, serif][color=#000000]I try again, text not accepted.[/color][/font] [font=times, serif][color=#000000]So what do you think guys,is this normal??[/color][/font] [font=times, serif][color=#000000]Dear me.[/color][/font] [font=times, serif][color=#000000]Gotta be the drummer.[/color][/font][/size]

I have new years eve with them and then I`m out. I think they know it too.

Get it out,made me feel better!

Get this. I`m locked in a war of attrition with the drummer, who owns the P.A but has no idea how to use it. So one week I said, these LD tops bark a bit when you push them, maybe a graphic EQ across the rig would help to smooth it out. So he fetches a stereo graphic eq, mid range Peavey one. Fine for the job of pulling a few of those upper mids that were spoiling the vocal sound. At first he let me set it up,as I know how to use one and slightly pulled a few freqs and declared myself happy till we heard how it went later. He moaned like a bastard about how his kit sound was now ruined and why was I EQing the rig around the vocal only? He uses a Roland TD20,stereo output. I flattened the EQ , shrugged and walked away. Fast forward two weeks,I haven`t gigged but he has. We set up, I hand him my XLR cable from the D.I and he turns me up. f*** me what a dreadful weak sh*t sound. "Your lead is no good. It`s your lead." sez he. OK I think and fetch another,plugs in, same sound. WTF I`m thinking.Then I glance at the Graphic tucked away behind the desk, and he`s pushed 40 and 60Hz all the way up to the stops,cut EVERYTHING else apart from 8K10Kand 20k which were again right up at the stops. So there`s nothing between 60Hz and 8Khz.. So I went mental, asked why he had effectively halved the power of his rig,and ruined the tone and how the f*** were the vocals ever going to work? He said it worked for his dub reggae night and that was that! Won`t let me touch it. I nearly walked there and then.He`s basically EQd the rig to make his Roland kit sound more dubby and f*** everything else. So now my stance is, OK your P.A sounds sh*t, but it`s your band, your gig and now it`s your responsibility. Whenever he gets stuck I remind him I just play the bass, end of. There are many more like him with all the gear and no idea. Some of them even manage to get gigs...

Tis a good idea,but as above, maybe a subsection for Pub/take your own P.A and Venue with in house FOH and engineer. As ever, photos say a lot more than words can.

Personally, I think you were very patient, and your drummer was very lucky he got a loaner, because that was your gig hanging by a snare drum. Tell him to bring a spare next time. Also, anyone jumping up on a stage a band is performing on, and f***ing about during their set, deserves a smack,because disrupting another bands set because they left a tuner, condoms, wine gums onstage is the act of a twat. Which he obviously was anyway and confirmed by the reference to Classic Rock. Go with Zen, Grasshopper.

Johnston, you are definitely better off outta there. I know. It just gets worse till you`re sat there grinding your teeth at every late arrival,or failure to learn the tune (despite YOU) printing the lyrics/arrangement,providing the CD) or "Yeah I thought that song we rehearsed for 2 hours last week after you worked out all the chords, arrangements and then transposed it into 3 different keys was a bit dreary, so here`s one I prefer...Can you transpose it to..The lyric sheet? I forgot it, dunno where it is.Did you need it then?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1323686129' post='1465666'] [font=Arial]I’m not sure I understand your comment. Who are "they", and why should "they" be "reacting"?? [/font] [font=Arial]If "they" can’t fix it I'd demand a refund and take the amp somewhere else.[/font] [/quote] Apologies,I wasn`t clear. Cytania the OP has already paid to have this problem fixed, and "they" didn`t fix it enough. He has emailed the Fixers with his complaint and we wait with breath baited for the reply.

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1323659667' post='1465543'] But you know what they say... it does not exist unless there are pictures of it [/quote] OK.

As above. Get the front grill off and play your bass through it with the note that causes the prob and one by one gently damp the speakers till the buzz stops. If it does stop, you have found the prob speaker and may need to repair or replace it. If it doesn`t, it`s more likely something loose on the cab.(A loose handle screw caused exactly this noise on one of mine). Also, sometimes if you have a leak of air, round a grill or handle or socket plate, you`ll get compressed air trying to escape and that makes a higher pitched sizzle. Good luck, MM

They`ve already "fixed" it for him, by tightening the input socket for £55,which left his farting and buzzing problem unsolved I look forward to seeing how they react to your mail.

I`ve had three this year with another coming up after xmas. First was a shambles, drummer and keys, no singer, I knew the tunes better than either of them, and they just noodled a couple of bars of each tune then announced" yep that`s ok then". Whole thing lasted about 30 minutes. Should have had "AROOOOOGAH" sounds going off in my head but I accepted their invite and every new tune to be learnt has been like pulling teeth with a clothes peg. They gig every week, which is the only upside, but we are on singer 3 in the space of a month,possibly because they didn`t properly audition any of them,just invited them down and off they went. I have a new years eve gig with them and then I`ll bail. Second was a pub/dadrock type bands, I thought might be fun and they had gigs on the calendar. The audition was fully attended and they had all been gigging the songs so "knew" them. Their old bassist was also present..... Again I should have gone with my instincts when they tore into the tunes without any direction about intros and no visible tuning going on etc I did one gig which was a shambles and walked when they revealed that one of their "paid" gigs was actually an unpaid gig on a Sat night,possibly involving hotpot and all the beer I wanted.(I would have had to drive so no beer for me). Followed by another unpaid gig the next day, a Sun afternoon... That`s why I attended another audition, which was exactly right. 3 songs, everyone there, a little chat then down to it, they all knew the songs too even though they had only played them together 3 times.We played the 3 songs 3 times and had another chat. I didn`t get that one,prob cause after the other dickheads I really wanted it and was nervous. I`ll know better for the next one I think as an essential rule of thumb, if the people auditioning you either don`t all turn up and/or know the songs well, you should walk away.(run, I mean).

I`d just like to say thanks. After reading your post I was sat there going through all my own unfinished projects in my head and suddenly realized that instead of reading about your unfinished stuff, I could go and do some of my own. So I did. i now have a rather nice black and maple Bitsa Jazz with black nylon flats to use as a gigging instrument rather than a heap of wood and crap stuck in a corner. I now have more working instruments than unfinished projects.Result. MM

Good luck!