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My '73 P-bass is a 4 bolt one, but I've seen a few '73 Strats and Tele's that have 3 bolt ones. It's likely they changed the guitars first, with the bass following.

Our guitarist/singist has to do this with his shure's, albeit with medical tape. My suggestion of staples wasn't taken up for some reason...

Did it interfere with your bass playing?

It's one specific unit that's temperamental (LD U308). I never get the chance to properly test various things with it, as it's virtually impossible getting everyine together at the same time to run tech stuff. The other two units are rack mounted and always seem to work ok, or it might just be that the folks using them don't complain as much.

The biggest difference is that channel 38/70 are analogue systems, whereas 2.4 and 5GHz systems are digital, which brings in some of the potential latency issues which get discussed quite often here. I have digital TX, into a digital board, with monitoring being either wired iem, or wedge (or none at all in many circumstances). I haven't been able to notice any latency when playing, but that doesn't mean others may not have the same problem. Adding digital IEM's may make it noticeable, but I'm tempted to look at a channel 38 system if I go down that route. We already use 3 channel 70 IEM's and one of them doesn't perform that well, so it's a bit hit and miss.

I'm not EBS_freak, nor do I play him on television, but I can tell you that 863MHz is legal. It's channel 70 (863-865MHz) and is free to use, although you are realistically limited to the number of units you can use simultaneously. There's more info here: https://www.mercury-av.com/sales/channel-38-radio-mics-3754-0.html You can also find info on the Ofcom website, although I don't find it that easy to navigate.

There's the Ed Sheeran experience and Vicky Jackson as P!NK. I'd be more worried about "Reef*" Does that mean it's not the full band and the only original member is the guy who had the keys to the rehearsal room..? ETA, no, looks like it means they're playing on Thursday night.

I swap between an A&H QU24 or QU-SB depending on the gig. I have the SB racked up, with splitters, as it's also used with the electronic band. They use it for their monitoring and usually left and right to FOH, but sometimes the house guys want to have full mix control. Overall, I slightly prefer the QU24, as I find the physical faders easier to get along with and it has more useful outputs. That said, I probably use the SB twice as often nowadays.

That's a nice setup! We sometimes use the X-touch at the theatre for our XR18, but usually it's via the mixing station app.

I've found with mine, it's the "shorts" that get the most views.

The band is on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter (although we're not overly active on there now) I'm on those, plus Threads. I mainly use Instagram and Threads for music/band related stuff, photos of my bass, hats, stage outfit. I have Instagram set to automatically post to Facebook as well, which saves a bit of time and effort. My twitter posts vary between band spam and arguments with flat-earthers, with the occasional reminder to Esther McVey that she's supposed to be an MP. Video-wise, I have a YouTube channel, which is pretty poor, that I use to document the various gigs I do, either as a player in the band, or tech stuff for the electronic band. I use all of the platforms to spam that out as well.

Has anyone given the Sennheiser XSW's a go? I'm wondering if they're worth a look as an upgrade to the LD systems we're using (MEI 1000 and U508). They're cheaper than the G4 system, but I wonder if it's false economy.

This was where I got my right angled cable from, I think a few others have done as well: https://www.designacable.com/peavey-and-shure-glxd-wireless-system-lead-for-beltpacks-2.html

Or upwards, with the cable leaving the top. 🤣 It depends where you've got it clipped. If it's to your pocket, then it's likely upwards. Belts and straps could be either way, depending on how you want to position it.

We laugh in the face of specs! I was using the incredibly accurate "about the length of a ruler" measurement, which in fairness, turned out to be remarkably close. 🤣

It looks to me to be slightly under 3ft, I'd be tempted to say 2 1/2. It didn't feel too long, although the output socket on my bass is on the lower edge so with it being a straight plug, it used more of the available length.

On the Shure unit? I don't think it was that long, although I ordered a lead with a right-angled jack, so I didn't use it. I'll see if I can find the original.

I have the GLXD TX clipped onto the strap. The clip is pretty good, plus the strap is quite thick, so it's been secure. Obviously the next time I use it, it will of course fail spectacularly.

Well, it was a big gig for us, but I'm realistuc enough to know most of the crowd weren't there for us. Still, it was great to do.

The front row were on in-ears (2 x wireless, 1 x wired) me, drums and keys were on wedges. It's the best compromise for us at the moment, until I win the lottery and can afford a full rack of sennheiser IEM's! 🤣

Well, that was good fun! We (Fine Lines) played at the o2 Ritz in Manchester, supporting Kiefer Sutherland on this re-arranged date. We were on the full UK tour last year, but unfortunately, he caught covid, meaning the last 4 dates had to be cancelled. We weren't sure if we'd get any of the new dates, so were really happy to get Manchester, as it was almost a home gig for us. We certainly had a surprising number of people venturing from our home town to the show, possibly not all to see us, but it seemed like a good proportion did, judging by the repsonse. The crowd were brilliant, some of the ones on the front row knew the songs (from following thebtour previously) and they were very enthusiastic in their responses. We played with a dep drummer, who did a great job and really put some work in, having had only 1 rehearsal with us. All in all, quite a splendid time was had by all.

Me, or the band? Fine Lines is a six piece roots infused Americana band from the North West of England. The band was formed in 2016 and has been building a growing following ever since. They have released three albums to date . Jimmy B is a short, fat, aging man, who lacks musical ability.

Despite the fact that they've edited me out of the photo, I thought I'd put this here, just in case anyone needs to avoid us! I did propose an alternative poster, but it wasn't well received...

We are, yes.