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[quote name='crez5150' timestamp='1466867646' post='3079471'] Great live band.... dont think the telly does them any justice at all. I do think they should give their keys guys a bit more credit though..... at least let him take a bow at the end of the set [/quote] They would probably have to pay him more!! A bit like extras on the telly once they get a talking part!!

Turned into a busier weekend than planned. Friday was one of our regulars, the Nightingale in Sutton. Small locals pub that loves it's music. You're crammed onto a tiny raised bay window area which make it tight to say the least, cab ends up on the floor next to it facing the bar which bounces the sound around a bit. Nevertheless it was as usual a great gig there, if a tad loud!! £110 in the jug on top of our fee made for an even better night. So myself and my girlie are in the car having a post gig kebab when I notice a message from a good friend and singer that I know. She's asking if I could do the Saturday night with her band as a last minute cancellation had come in. Bounced a few messages to and fro and by about 11am Saturday it was confirmed. I'd only played with her band once before about 5 years ago and it being a lot different to my classic rock band I'd had a good few weeks notice to learn a couple of sets of soul/funk classics. So it's panic mode, still had stuff to do and on the way round I popped back into home to get my Pandora gizmo and headphones. It was an early set up too so my cramming amounted to about an hour before shower time and off we went. The Keller in Bracknell was the venue, massive place but my newish rig (Markbass LM3 and Shroeder 212) was just ticking over. Sound check done and I'm in a small alcove with my headphones going over some of the songs again. Only a 4 piece too as the keys and second singer weren't available. There were very few slightly dicey moments but it went down a storm, many hen and stag parties all getting down to the likes of James Brown, Tina Turner and many other classics. Very proud of myself walking into that on such short notice and it was really nice to play something different. Walked out with a nice payday too!!! Quiet afternoon down the bingo I reckon!! Unless anyone needs a dep of course.................

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1466060459' post='3073043'] Come on BBC how about Kissmet on Later? [/quote] Good call!

Just watched it, well done!!! It seems so heavily edited, I guess there's only so much you can cram into an hour but would have liked to have seen more of the 5 gig bands. Similar thoughts to others re Kissmet!!

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1465604644' post='3069665'] Ah yes; I've been following them from scratch. [/quote] That tickled me!!

Good two gig weekend including a late afternoon early evening Sunday gig, had to be followed by a nice hot ruby!!! Nice hot ring piece this morning!!!

Undoubtedly this was a speaker problem. Purchased a secondhand Schroeder 212pl yesterday and gigged it last night. Slapped the hell out of it at one point with no ill effects! And.......what a great cab that Schroeder is too!! Filled the pub with creamy bass goodness!!

And earplugs!!!

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1465331733' post='3067327'] Interesting gig, biker bar festival. They had a band playinging outside under a tent, 5-9 and we played inside 9-1 Great crowd, the band was hot. At one point the small dance area was full and 7 people dancing on top of the bar. I love gigs like this. Had so much fun. And to think I get paid to do this. Blue [/quote] Sounds very cool! Are most of your gigs big bars, ie 100-200 people maybe?

And the Spectracomp is programmable too as well as many presets.

Do you think we need to adopt some rules for this? A bit like dogging? Window half open/ fully open/interior light on/off etc!!??

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1465295209' post='3066806'] The other issue could be that the Precision Devices woofers have lower inductance than the original ones, so their impedance won't rise as much at midrange frequencies. The original crossover will be designed to present a suitable load in the 800-5000Hz region when the midrange driver and woofers are all operating in parallel and lower inductance woofers could drop the cab's total impedance too low. [/quote] I'm hoping this is the case, I'm not keen on the cab anyway and don't really want the hassle returning the amp. Cab is a stopgap really until I've sold other gear to finance another lightweight! (Which with the PD speakers that cab definitely isn't)!!

I have a couple of gigs this weekend and I'll give it a good sound check slapping!! Hopefully I'll have a new (second hand) quality unmolested speaker by then, if not I'll default to my TC 2x10 I've in storage. If it happens with either of those I'll get the head checked, it's new and only done about 4 gigs. I don't do much slapping stuff in the set, the odd pop here and there and one two bar intro which hasn't thrown up a problem.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1465163915' post='3065839'] It's karma for slapping [/quote] Totally!! Never again! Oh wait.......there's a slap start on one of our songs!!! Bugger!

[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1465190916' post='3065889'] ACME's are notoriously inefficient and power hungry, a consequence of being designed for such good low extension. [/quote] Tbh this speaker is not floating my boat anyway, the original speakers were knackered so I had a local guy put some Precision Device 10s in it and it's all mid range. Worked well with a 15 underneath using a power amp to balance the sound but as a standalone it's not great. It's just to get me by as I sell some other gear to fund a decent one speaker solution. It's bloody heavy too!!

[quote name='bigjimmyc' timestamp='1465155409' post='3065701'] I will be there if humanly possible, might bring some lefty love! [/quote] We can have a Bluejay/bigjimmyc corner for leftys!!!

One knob compressor!!!!????? Oh wait.......that's the same as mine!!!

[quote name='Painy' timestamp='1465129069' post='3065458'] Recently I've been getting the sound I've been looking for for years full, warm lows, tight punchy mids and clear defined highs. Sounds great in the mix out front and from where I'm standing on stage too. Unfortunately my bandmates are not enjoying the experience quite so much. They've agreed it sounds great out front but on stage the low end is seriously mudding out the sound where they are which I can only put down to the rear ports in the cabs (which we have no option but to position close to the back wall pretty much everywhere we play). I'm thinking of blocking off the ports to try and eliminate the boom on stage but I'm worried about how much I'll lose the low end out front. These are Aguilar DB112 cabs which have twin ports so I guess I have the option of just blocking one of them as a compromise but again not sure of the effect I'll get. I'm also wondering if anyone can suggest something designed for the purpose which would fit rather than using a cushion or a balled up pair of football socks. Any thoughts? [/quote] Problem is it's likely your great sound out front is enhanced by your rear ports, I'm no expert but that is my first thought!! Sorry for the band but we all suffer some sort of discomfort unless we're all plugging straight to the desk with in-ears.

P.S. Strange how most people say it's while they're slapping that this problem happens, trying to tell us something I reckon, there might be some small print in the MB manual........*not suitable for slap*

[quote name='machinehead' timestamp='1465127750' post='3065446'] I've seen this happen with a LMII (only when running at 4 ohms) and I've read of a few others with the same problem. Have you got the gain set as per the manual? That might be worth looking into. Frank. [/quote] [quote name='skychaserhigh' timestamp='1465129787' post='3065464'] I had one of these too. With the master at 12 o clock it was pretty much running at full power as it never got louder after that. They tend to go into protect mode if pushed hard. [/quote] Hmm, a bit worrying as I'm almost about to pull the trigger on a lightweight 4ohm one cab solution, more health based so running two 8ohms is not really an option I want. I'll have a good look at setting up the pre gain properly, even though I was hammering the E and low B when I checked it last night to ensure the clip light was out I'll maybe knock it back a tad more. I'm thinking maybe the current cab (acme low B ) which has been played about with might be problem, possibly the ohmage is a bit out? The speaker I'm thinking of getting is a non molested straight out of the factory (albeit secondhand) jobby!!

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1465120598' post='3065377'] There's a thermal protection circuit in there to stop it overheating. Sounds to me like you've got the master volume running to high for too long and that's making the whole unit overheat. Pushing the pre gain shouldn't have this result so it's the master you need to watch. There's a fan in there to help I think. Could be this isn't working properly and that's causing overheating as well. If it happens again maybe feel the amp chassis to see if it's running hot. [/quote] [quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1465120806' post='3065379'] I've never heard of this, and neither has it happened to either of my Mark amps- LMII and Blackline 250. There may well be a fault I'm not aware of, but other possibilities are overheating (is the fan clear and the room cool? Any dust clogging the fan or other internals?) or an impedance mismatch. Anything below 4 Ohms might cause cut outs. [/quote] I'll check on the fan, master was running at 5 so not being pushed. Cab is a modified Acme Low B with a couple of precision device 10s in it running 4ohms, this could be the problem and hopefully it's being replaced soon anyway as I'm not keen on it. Amp is brand new so shouldn't have any dust build up problems. I might default back to my TC 2x10 if the cab is the problem although I'll have to crank the master as its only 8ohm.

Really useful replies guys!! 😀😀

So I've read about this phenomenon but playing in a classic rock band it's never crossed my mind when I got a new LM3, until last night when a little impromptu jam between songs turned into a slap fest by yours truly and a total amp cut out! Switched off, switched back on and all was good! Anyone else had this? I'm pretty sure I wasn't lighting up the input gain, I use a Spectracomp that that limits quite nicely too! Am I destined to never slap my bass whilst I have this amp!!!!!?????

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1464859049' post='3063156'] The unprofessional practice that bugs me the worst is leaving cases all over the stage and floor for band members and punters to trip over. Grrr! [/quote] This!!!!! Grrrrr!!!!