jimmyb625

Our Saturday spot is still going ahead.

https://www.beardyfolkfestival.co.uk/

I didn't check for the specific IEM's you mentioned, but this thread is a wealth of information for all things IEM related.

1:28:40 for me/us

4 hours ago, Al Krow said:

"Insignificant by comparison" is overstating it.

The EU 's two biggest customers (net) are the US with which it has a trade surplus of €150.3 billion, followed by the UK at €110.3 billion. Trade surpluses then fall away pretty rapidly in comparison with these two nations - the next is Switzerland at €33.8 billion. [Source: EU Commission data]

In relation to music products IMO the US is going to be a massively more difficult market for retailers like Thomann to crack compared to taking on the likes of Andertons in the UK, if they were to follow the Music Store / DV247 model and set up a UK branch to take the hassle out of purchases for UK consumers.

However, those figures don't relate to musical instrument sales, despite the best efforts of the Basschat massive.

Thomann already ship into the US, so they'll know what is worth their time and effort. With the ongoing struggles for the likes of Guitar Centre, they may be biding their time.

Given that they've not set up anything with the UK yet, it looks like it might not be worth it for them. It's also causing problems the other way, as the recent posts from Andertons show.

Pure speculation though.

10 hours ago, petecarlton said:

You would think that was a no-brainer too - the UK must have been their main market (or one of them) after Germany itself.  And it's not as if they had no notice.  Perhaps they're waiting it out in the hope that a more favurable trade deal comes along soon?

I would think they'd be looking at setting up US trades before the UK, as we're pretty insignificant in comparison.

7 minutes ago, Killed_by_Death said:

 

The last time I saw solid-conductor wire (not stranded) was in 1999.

 

Solid core is more suited to a fixed installation, where it's not subjected to constant flexing. Your house is probably wired with it.

I'm using these...

https://www.russandrews.com/select-ks6068-speaker-cable-with-wbt0610ag-bananas-33739993131/

14 hours ago, BassAdder27 said:

what about Alto TS312 cabs x 2 

Are they any good as a starter?? 

From a personal experience, yes. 

If you're running just vocals through them, they should be more than adequate. If using the whole band, you'd need to pair them with subs (or a single sub). To make sure you're not trying to do too much with them. RCF is great, but more expensive and Wharfedale is good as well, although I don't have any experience with their active range.

If you're looking at analogue mixers, they're available for pennies (slight exaggeration) but if you're buying with a view to expansion, make sure there are enough groups, or aux sends to handle the entire band if you want to go the way of IEM's or individual monitor mixes.

Helpfully, I managed to share this after another broadcast!! 

There is a YouTube channel, which repeats the previous week's show, here:

If people do the Sky tv thing, there's a series on Sunday afternoon which goes under the heading of "All about the music".

One of the programmes included is "Live from the Edge", which is a series of streamed gigs recorded at the Edge recording studio in Cheshire. It was put together by a group of touring tech's, who've obviously been out of work for a year as a way to showcase new and unsigned bands.

I'm declaring an interest in this, as our band has recorded a session there, which hasn't gone out yet, but will be at some point in the future.

I cut my teeth mixing sound for musical theatre with a few amateur companies. 2 1/2 days of get-in, room balancing, pit setup, tech rehearsal, band calls, dress rehearsal and the rest. Almost invariably you'd get the comments from some audience members that it was a lot of equipment to use just for playing back a recording. It was quite a compliment, although they didn't realise it at the time...

How we woud laugh when the actors decided to miss a few pages of dialogue and totally mess with the cue list!!

As for what I do when I'm playing, I have enough to worry about making sure I'm playing the right song, never mind obsessing about whether or not the audience appreciate the nuances of my slap-dash tonal choices. By the time it's mixed with the other 6 people in the band, all the audience will ever hear is dum, dum duh dum anyway.

6 hours ago, Bart Funk Bass said:

Nice try! 

I don't understand what you mean.

A quick glance at wikipedia shows:

"Nothing compares to you" - Skinhead O'Connor

"Killer" - Adam Ski and Seal

"World in motion" - New Order

"Ice Ice under pressure Baby" - Vanilla Ice Cream

Amongst others. It also brought us those modern day classics "Hangin' Tough" by the New Kids on the Block and "Turtle Power" by Jumping on the bandwagon/Partners in Kryme

1 hour ago, TheLowDown said:

I don't need any more basses. I have 2 six strings (fretted and fretless), 1 five string fretted, now 4 four strings (1 fretted, 1 fretless, 1 long in the tooth and the other, a boat anchor to be sold after covid). I may buy an inexpensive HB or Gear4Music short scale for experimental purposes sometime. Other than that, no potential GAS.

There could still be some purchases on the horizon, such as some recording equipment.

You might need a fretless 5 string...

😈

It's very good that you're being this considerate. However, when you discover that your new neighbours are nocturnal and bagpipe enthusiasts, you'll probably wonder why you went to so much effort.

I like it for mixing, but I'm less keen for tracking.

They usually have a couple of offers a year where you can pick up mixbus for £19 and the 32c version for around £89.

It does help if you've got a fairly large monitor to use with it, as others have said.

3 hours ago, EBS_freak said:

I can see negative reviews in Thomman's future - when it's not actually their fault.

There have already been criticisms on their Facebook page, despite them fairly clearly pointing out there wasn't anything they could do.

I had notification from UPS that a parcel of Playmobil (not for me this time) was delayed and would be delivered tomorrow.

It arrived today, although the tracking system was showing it as still held up at Standford...

My fretless has just shipped from Thomman, so that's going to be another adventure.

Bump, although it's fortunately gone quite quiet.

Bump

This was £132 on the 29th November 2020. I have no idea what the final price is going to end up being.

Sounds like he's just down the road from me.

Musicman pretty much only build to order (or at least that used to be the case), so if a store hasn't got one on order with them, there's going to be a fair wait.

33 minutes ago, MartinB said:

Completely ignoring the rhythmic and melodic aspects 

Yes that's the part I play in our band.

I'll give it a shot. When my November order finally gets here, that should keep me ticking over.