taunton-hobbit

I had a gig that had specified 'Scottish Country Dancing' - bearing in mind that I was running a soul & reggae sound system............I left messages suggesting that they brought their preferred choice of music for me to play..........sure enough they didn't & I spent most of the evening in the bar. Never worked there again, thank goodness (oh yes, and it was, apparently, all 'my' fault - f off)

I'd get it checked by a proper tech, sorted as needed & use it - I would most certainly NOT mess around with the cosmetics or tart it up/repaint or twiddle in any way - it's rare....... the iron alone is worth a small fortune !

Back in the day, City Electronics (north London) used to build 'band speakers' and they ran Audax (audix?) amplifiers, made in Kent with them....finished in Blue Hammerite.........I can't remember anything over 100watt, but it was a long time ago (about 1966)........ Just had a proper look at the Beast, the Front panel is definitely showing a Leeds company, so my 'guess' was a bit off - sorry!

Slightly off-topic, but still bank related - once had a letting agency inform that they had sent 'my' rent to the wrong bank account - I politely pointed out that it wasn't my rent, just a amount of their funds. They tried to argue the point......and paid up.

Ask the doc for a short course of beta-blockers, see if that helps.

I note that Sankeys (Manchester) are closing (immediately) after the whole block was sold to a residential developer. ....All seems a little quick?...........

Nice to see that a vestige of the EMI legacy seems to be alive & well in Hayes (North London) http://thevinylfactory.com/

...... not sure about the handles.......

^^^ I left in 1979 - as a matter of interest, the company was Peter Simper, based in Bath. Did you work for Larens?

A long time ago, I used to site Juke Boxes for a major operator. I was sent to a well-known Council Estate to chat to a (very) Irish Landlord. He wanted two separate jukes, one in each bar - with different records. It took a while to work out that one side catered for Catholics, and the other for Protestants. ...Wouldn't happen now?....I'm not convinced.

Following on from my original response.... cabs (trying hard to get it right)..... Home-built box with two wharefdale 12eg Two Selmer experimental 1x12 + horn (fairly 'orrid) Two Orange 4x12 cols (greenback Celestions) Two Goodmans 18s (sold with the Marshall Plexi) Two Selmer pa tops with horns Four Celestion 18s plus two Vitavox 4cell horns (with socks)(used with the 4x12s) Two Rowe-Ami HUGE juke box extension kit (interesting experiment) Six Tannoy Monitor Golds Pair Celestion SR1 + Celestion bass bins Pair Celestion (KR2) on poles Two Barefaced Dubsters + Two Mackie C200s (present) All of which suggests that I'm far more of an amp freak.........(just)

Umm - Grampian 50watt Selmer stereomaster 100watt Linear Conchord 30watt Marshall plexi 100 (yes, yes, I know...) Original OrangeMatamp 200 2x Vortexion mosfet(?) 100watt Original OrangeMatamp 200watt pa amp Soundcraft 1000 mosfet thing (Swedish?) Marshall 200watt rackmount (still here) Crown 2000 D class (still here) Two Matamp series 3000 valves (still here) Matamp 300watt valve slave (still here) OrangeMatamp 100 watt (Still) Orange remake limited 30/50 (still) I think that's about it (14?) Time to stop, I think.

In a multicultural society where the 'practicing' Christian population is somewhat outnumbered, the term 'Winterval' may not be totally off the mark. Without wishing to dive into religion (or politics), I can't be the only one who found the annual (and somewhat short) speech from Maj to be a bit patronising & over-pro CofE? Whatever, my best wishes for 2017 to everyone on Basschat.

Metal is the way to go - stick cloth to it (if you must)

Back in the Day, we had huge plant like EMI Hayes pressing the latest Beatles single 24/7 That sort of capacity is just not needed now - smaller plant=longer lead time It's just the nature of the beast. Vinyl is uber-trendy at the moment, I'm watching this with interest (and a smile).

Something silly ? Duff speaker jack socket ?

Matamp make a very good 200watt valve amp............

We'll be back to Golden Guinea lps yet.....the price cutting is yet to start, when it does there will be blood everywhere (as usual)

Digital Signal Processing ? ( but I suspect that's not the answer were looking for..................)

..........valve watts have more 'heft' ? ,,,,,,,,,,,, oops

I could spend the rest of the morning trying to explain - it's a whole different thing, just as trying to logically define 'heft'. For this reason (among others) I stopped running a 'disco' a long time back and called it a Sound System instead: people seemed to get what I meant..........

I hated gigging with stuff on poles - the sound was simply wrong........ I had some trouble in convincing Alex that I REALLY wanted two Dubsters (it's a different ethos) to get that 'grunt' out of a 'disco' system. (hate that word, it sends out all the wrong messages)

Apart from a 'ta-da' mail and pic (which I stupidly deleted), Alex has gone very quiet. The original offer (ten only) was almost too good to turn down - had I still been actively working I'd have gone for that without a moments hesitation. I don't think anyone who bought blind at that price will regret it..............

'Professional' is often used to mean that they play for money (sometimes?) It's not the same as earning enough to live on......... I wish you luck, I hope this works for you.

Old Eddy Grant compilation - creaks a bit 'round the edges (but then so do I ) - still very competent stuff.