taunton-hobbit

I can see a few differences between The Titanic & a Ford Transit - the first wouldn't have got into the pub car park.................

Sorry to go on - but Denmark Street has changed totally over the years, along with most of London - I'd like to see 'Tiles' still there, but I guess Jim Marshalls heirs might have their own take on that one.............it's what's relevant to you, as an individual, that creates the static, and it's just that that town planners have to modify/disregard unless development & progress are to wither on the vine, Out here in Real World land, music history like the Railway Hotel Wealdstone, Taggs Island and The Star & Garter (Windsor) are allowed to crumble away without all this commotion....just cos it's in London don't make it special.............How about starting a thread of 'important' venues that just don't exist anymore ? - Nags Head, High Wycombe & the Bull at East Sheen for starters - off you go chaps.............

Does it include a 'fix the transit on the way home' bit?
If it don't it ain't much good to an average muso..........

Had a conversation with Jeff and Hayden (Matamp) last week, they are currently unable to source 120s at any sensible price in the UK, so they are back to specifying 88s (which my tech insists will do the same job). Situation may, of course, change over time, as these things do.

B&Q sell aluminium cases quite cheap, I used a couple as projector carriers for years, and another as a toolkit box, so they'll take a fair amount of abuse............I note a Google search also brings up a firm called
Cases-and-Enclosures.co.uk - who look worth a punt.....

Umm - speaker cones are (usually) paper - used to run a reggae venue and the damn sound was different along with the weather - used to even out when the place filled up - I put it down to relative humidity............

I play a lot of reggae, so all my cables are black........works for me......

I'm in the middle of a 'discussion' with my amp tech who is doing stuff to my Matamps - he can't see why I'm using KT120s and won't have it that they are faster/more aggressive than 88s - having lived with 88s in Orange Matamps for years, I can hear the difference....but make sure that the amp is up to the extra strain.......

So pleased this turned out well...........

I missed the first episode & deliberately caught up the next night (on a bit of the prog) - they seemed very keen on keeping his name as just 'Dave' I recall they stated that he played [b]one[/b] gig with the Rolling Stones - said in a tone that implied said group were some sort of deity......I thought 20k was a joke, but there you go...........

Oh that's so unfair - plus it's all the odd bits that you can't replace - hope you get a result (scan the Bay & Crack converters, they've got to shift it somewhere, and it ain't car boot stock)

Mmm I'd walk and put it down to experience - it's a bit like divorce - you never win, not really..........

Dancehall Floor - Bunny Wailer

I can't see the problem - it's a cue, nothing more, nothing less - if it 'helps' you play 'better' (or gives you more confidence) then so what?
It's the end result that matters, not how you get there............

One (just one) of the reasons that I bought Barefaced in the first place was that someone hadn't gobbed carpet or Tolex all over them.


Edit - I hate to spoil the party, but I did the badge thing (first) on post 114 - sorry about that.......

A million years ago I was in the foyer of Bourne School, Eastcote (London) when the Faces were on - to my everlasting disappointment I was stuck with being polite to the promoter, but what I heard was simply unreal (I also missed them at Kingston Cellar Club a couple of weeks later - not my year).

I've got three Matamp/Ormat kinda 'ting 300watt heads with 4 x KT120 outputs - they're frighteningly fast and very aggressive - can't comment on the bluetone heads, but they look interesting, and the price looks good....if they're a match for mine, then it's worth a punt (albeit you need to be willing to dive in to unknown waters..) - good luck!

For my sins, I'm a manager. I wouldn't dream of having a go at an employee in front of a customer. What I might or might not say afterwards to that employee is entirely another matter(!). People make mistakes - it happens - it's life - deal with it (professionally) and move on....

Saw them live at Dunstable Civic, they'd just released Tommy, (so that makes it early summer 1969, I think) and the bloody audience spent most of the night sitting down, like it was a John Peel revival night. At the end we got Magic Bus and Barbara Ann, amongst others as the Who proved that they were (probably) the best surfer band in the world.
I'd have paid the full admission price just to see the last fifteen minutes!

I don't know what it is about businesses in this country, but it's not new (if that's any consolation) - around 1978 I'd applied for an account with a major supplier (several times)and been ignored - t'was only at a trade show where the MD happened to be on the stand that I got any action (& I mean instant...) - try going to the top - it usually works. The Facebook thing is mob-effective but marks you out as a pain in the backside, and guarantees that you'll be on the back row for any 'deals'.

Let's be cunning and stand the thing upright on the thoughtfully provided feet? - Then the port is underneath (the badge is also sideways at that point, but hey-ho).


(posted at the same moment as SS)

I use (largely) Vann Damm cables - seems to be the thing around here....

This repost is not aimed at anyone specific, before I get (more) hate mail....just sayin'.......
Love the link - I'm in retail, at the sharp end (think Leases, Business rates, wages, holiday pay (them, not me),Lighting and heating expenses,local trade association memberships,company transport, accountants, solicitors, bank charges) ....I could go on, but I won't...and some pr*ck has the nerve to grizzle about Radio Shack trying to make a buck?
Buy it on the Bay if it's cheaper....off you go and good riddance....just don't winge when your local dealership (which you never bought f-all from) ceases to trade - because, yes, it IS your fault bro...........

In a five(?) piece band there is ONE bass....unless it's all changed recently.
Thus a band may (perhaps) buy five amp sets, only one of which will be
specifically for bass.(That's your mass sales gone, before you start.)
Mass Production in the real world, requires a demand for something in
excess of two thousand units as a start point - for a bedroom bass amp?
It's not happening..........

I'd love it - you could dine out on the tale for years - f*ck the music!