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Then there was the wedding where the best man was trying to goose the bride on the dancefloor...... She seemed ok with it, and new husband was ignoring it, propping up the bar..

Some years back (84/5?) there was a version of 'Nellie the Elephant' I say no more....

'Come on Eileen' is usually best avoided as well.....seems to turn idiots into morons.........

The silver looks very retro, but you can repaint the metal, which is more practical? (& you can change the colour if you get bored).....

Room acoustics change as the evening goes on. People generate heat and humidity - this can affect not only the room, but the cones of loudspeakers. It's never a bad idea to have one member whose job is to adjust (gently) on the fly. As for the comment about the dj sound, laptops are a lazy and rubbish way of attempting the job. Modern compression is wonderful, but comes unseamed at anything like a decent function volume.

....you haven't lived until some drunk idiot dumps a pint of lager deliberately over your kit... 'well, it's a larf ennit' .......

Anything with top vents is a bad idea for gigging............

As a very happy Barefaced owner, I'd just chip in with 'they're not for everyone', but the thirty day real-world trial deal is a great way to find out if they suit your needs........

I did functions for quite a while to pay the bills....hated most of them. (I could name some rubbish venues, but I won't). Pubs were easier and the money wasn't that bad....I notice the one round the corner has just applied to extend it's hours until 2.30am, which rather fu*ks pub gigs up for me, I don't want to get home at dawn.....

I deliberately opted for Barefaced Dubsters (2x15) when they were a new(ish) model. They more than made up for my six Tannoy 15s, and I don't ever see me looking seriously at anything else (although the recently 'announced' Barefaced 18 sub might be fun)... .....stop it.....stop it now......

'musician' is a much abused term ....I stopped trying to tell peeps that I was a DJ ages back, these days, if pushed, I might admit to running a Sound System - that's usually obscure enough.

Got a mail from GCHQ (Brighton) the other day, heralding the imminent arrival of an 18" sub bass from Alex & Company. Had I not been full of cold at the time, I would have saved the missive, but that's life. Anyone else been privy to this?

My vast and unending (blah blah) experience of different makes of valves runs something on the the lines of 'if it glows and it works, wots the prob geez?'

I know I'm old, but I needed a bloody magnifying glass to work out the I was totally unsuitable..............

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Taggs Island, on the Thames - there's a photo on Google, but I can't bring it over I worked with Fleetwood Mac on that stage, as well as others...shame it burned down.

I've got a 2k Crown (not exactly huge or heavy) and a clutch or Ormat valve thingys..........apart from the weight, the sound from the valve kit just has so much.......heft...........

Mmm .... I'd look at Barefaced as well, at least their kit is rated in UK power levels (rule of thumb with Yank stuff is to divide it by four). Otherwise, it depends on your venues, for pub/cafe work I can see no real issues, but I'd need convincing about bigger gigs......

Fleabay sells RGB floods (with remote control) for around 12.00....lots of light, and static or change settings - I use them for shop window display, would certainly consider them if I needed cheap colour wash for gigs........

I gigged an old Transit for years - it had large cheap padlocks fitted to hasps welded on to the body/doors (cork on the back of the lock to avoid damaging the van rust patina)....and a resident German Shepherd dog....never had a problem.........

Check out the venue pa before you even think about the booking. If it all looks good, I'd go for dummy stacks & in-ear - -you know it makes sense.......

I consider that the ability to reinvent the group as the years went by was their strongest asset, and the one that Liverpool manages to capture quite well (he said,clunkingly trying to get back on topic).

^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ....bet he was delighted......

I refuse to add up the amount of money I've spent/lost on gear over the last fifty years. My rule of thumb is to walk if I can't afford it & to enjoy it if I can.

,,,,,,,,,I'm not feeling the love here...........