JapanAxe

I thought you were a Les Dawson tribute act.

You only got 5p because I had no copper coins.

So that was you? Wish I hadn't wasted my 5p now...

I don't mind 'em, as long as you don't call them 'Jimaroquai'...

+1 to MT Power Drum Kit

It's bad enough adding up the cost of the kit that I stick in my boot when I go to play a gig!

Maybe the kid has been instructed not to be too pushy and has taken it to heart. I can't understand why you didn't ask to have a look and a try-out.

I can see kit is mic'd up - what other instruments were going through the PA?

Well it's looking like I can make this - woo-hoo! I'll be bringing everything in my signature, plus of course my easily-ignited GAS (and I'm not talking about the effects of curried eggs either...)

You know what, I think I might do that! (Gig offers permitting, as ever...)

That would be interesting to hear, though I fear the limitations of online AV might scupper our chances of hearing the system properly!

No, just heard him sobbing.

'Bassic coding skills...' 'If your interested in the position...' Bloody hell.

Bring on a 100W Little Stubby!

I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it.

I was wondering the same.

Not quite, Bill. In the Bose L2, the HF line does indeed slot into the top of the LF cab. The L1's HF line slots into the 'footprint' that houses the amp, but the LF cab(s) is/are connected by a 4-pole Speakon cable, so you can separate the elements by a couple of feet, or more if you get a longer cable. The reason I know this is that I have owned and used an L1 (Model 2) for some 7 years. The main issue I have found is that when you raise the volume, the LF cabs (which are pretty conventional 'point source' units as far as I can tell) can't keep up with the HF line array, so the sound becomes thinner. Bose will happily sell you more LF cabs and a little 'Packlite' power amp to run them - a friend of mine did exactly this to avoid losing the bottom end of his keyboard! To me the Bose is a reasonable compromise between portability (entire system weighs 50kg) and convenience (hardly any cabling to run) on the one hand, and cost on the other, and the sound is good within limits.

Depends what you mean by 'full band'! I used a Bose L1 Model 2 system just for 2 vocalists in a 3-piece country band. Drums were unamplified, electric guitar and bass used their own backline. This was not a loud band, so it worked. I then joined a 4-piece country band, where everybody sings, and the lead singer plays electro-acoustic via a combo plus a bit of PA reinforcement. When the band heard my Bose system they wanted me to bring it all the time, but they eventually went back to a boxes-on-poles setup. I think that was too much for the Bose, which was originally conceived of as a 1-per-player setup!

Good buy - I paid a fair bit more for my near-identical '73, but that was from a dealer.

I had the Rob DeLeo model in black a few years ago. It wasn't one of my better buying decisions...