Brummiejon

Very good price, very good delivery times, no problems with returns policy..... I have never had a problem with them.....

Electric drums through pa is no prob but you'll need to monitor or they will hear very little from the drums on stage..... Really, the parents of each individual member should sort them out with decent back line, then there is no probs about splitting gear...... BJ

If its good enough for king david........ ! http://a3.l3-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/9/3cfafecc4d1bcbf1691dfb9bbab98ec5/l.jpg this man is a legend...... BJ

Hmm.... Looks like its either gone, or it's owner has never taken off the pickguard... BJ

Hi all In my youth I had a brand new sunburst fender jazz bought with an insurance payout after an RTA..... I played it till the frets wore out, I modded (butchered) it by installing a ric pickup near the fretboard, I ended up getting my local luthier (jay dee) to sort it out cos of my butchery.. I traded it in about 1984 for a custom built guitar doctor... I don't know the serial number but the bass would be identifiable by the mod..... If anyone discovered that under the pickguard of their beloved 70's jazz there was a ric pup sized route created (butchered) with wood bits and chisel, it's likely to be my old jazz...... Ring any bells? I'd be fascinated to know what happened to it.... BJ

Funny how people have such different perceptions... HK has been great for us, we get compliments on our sound all the time. We did play a Freshers Ball at the University of kent in Canterbury, that had an installed HK rig that looked the buisiness but sounded awful.... The reason wasn't that the rig itself was bad, the installers had compressed and limited the life out of it to protect it from Numpties who didn't know how to use it. Unfortunately it was all locked down and I couldn't access the settings to change it. That is another point, you could spend a fortune on a good "seperates" rig but if you dont know how to set it up properly and tweak it, you wont get the best out of it and still end up with a bad sound. The beauty of powered systems is that a lot of the tweaking has been done for you, OK you can't adjust it but its always worked for us and I've never had to adjust it other than a bit of EQ. As with reliability, OK if the amp in the sub blew, we'd be a bit stuffed (probably use monitors out front to save us and get it fixed for the next gig) but in 4 years of regular gigging, never had a problem. If I were you, keep it simple until you really understand about bi amping, crossovers, limiting etc..... Good sound reinforcement is an art form in itself...... Good luck *BJ*

+1 for a HK rig..... They sound great for the money..... My band has a small 600w LUCAS system...... Fits in the back of a car, amps and crossovers all built in (it's an active/powered rig) no worries about set up and biamping, it's all done for you ( great for a beginner). Just plug and play into a Yamaha mixer and we used powered behringers for monitors...... The 600w just about cuts it for a crowd of 50 but HK do a much more powerful LUCAS system now with digital speaker management..... When we upgrade to a bigger rig, I'm just gonna buy another LUCAS and daisy chain them together..... That's how much I like them. Martin Audio are better but much more expensive, HK audio.... HiFi quality at a good price..... Ps.... Peavey PAs suck BJ

I'll post some pics of my 1981 "guitar doctor" built " rather poorly" by the apprentice of John Diggins in Birmingham..... Without doubt, one of a kind

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My first bass was a Framus...... Played badly, sounded awful.... A real plank..... I only regret selling it for sentimental reasons...... BJ

Dream come true..... Brand New Heavies BJ

Have a listen to Syd Arthur Talented young lads carrying on the Canterbury sound BJ

Photos next........