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[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1401810573' post='2467119'] The Bass Doc - on here may be able to help you out, drop him a PM [/quote] Thanks...i will.

[quote name='miles'tone' timestamp='1401810605' post='2467121'] They do, you've just got to order through a Vintage dealer. I got a replacement Tony Butler sig scratchplate through my local dealer for 20 quid. Bit much I thought but you can get them. [/quote] Thats odd as I only emailed them last week and they said they dont offer them at all direct or through dealers.

Does anyone know where I may be able to obtain some scratchplate offcuts in tortoiseshell brown. I decided to buy a new one to replace my Vintage V4 white one but the Vintages plates are way off a standard precision shape. As i am also adding a chrome pickup cover i decided to make the pickup cutout on the scratchplate bigger. However ive made a real cock up of it and although it fits I have two gaps either side of pick up cover. I would say i need two pieces 100mm x 15mm. Ive looked on line and the full sheets you can buy are more expensive than the scratchplates. I could even make do with a small piece of thin plastic as long as it sort of matches but cant find any to match a tortoiseshell brown pattern. Any help would be appreciated. I did email JHS Vintage before i bought this one but they dont offer scratchplates for V4s apparently.

[quote name='bassist_lewis' timestamp='1401047733' post='2459555'] Is that with a full band? Typically we have keys, kick and 4 vocals going through our PA, do reckon it could put those out at a decent volume? [/quote] We are a 3 piece. Guitar bass and very loud drummer. It will easily do what you want. We used them last week at a big pub and left the master volume on zero.

We have the ZLX 12s and they sound amazing and are 300 quid each so well within your budget. We use them without subs for a vocal PA and easily play to 100 people plus

I always take a backup bass but I take backup for everything. As I am in charge of PA too, I have more backup gear than the stuff we actually use. You've probably cursed it now by raising this thread and asking if you need a backup as you will now have a bass fail. A bit like stopping doing the lottery

[quote name='mikebass84' timestamp='1400762087' post='2456724'] I would also like to add that the customer service I received while in PMT was just amazing. [/quote] Yes i think their service is very good for guitars and also the PA dept

[quote name='leroydiamond' timestamp='1400581976' post='2455048'] How would they come with putting a kick drum and bass guitar? [/quote] Ours are actually the 12s not 15s and we only plan to pit vocals through it. We played a pub to 100 people last weekend and hardly had them turned up at all. I would imagine the 15s would be more than capable of taking kick and bass. PMT have them on display in most of their shops

[quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1400524175' post='2454653'] Our PA guru is not a fan of JBL gear he feels it is way too expensive to repair when compared to any of its rivals, he hires out EV gear, our drummer has just brought the ZLX15P as a drum fill, it is a cracking bit of kit and is fully useable as a FOH speaker Link is below [url="http://www.google.co.uk/aclk?sa=L&ai=CVZ6MM0x6U4rDIarSiwac2oDQCozJxvoEvIzAsJcBmO35jNMBCAkQASDezc8eKDZQ2c3drPj_____AWC7hrOD0ArIAQepAgfaStOTPrw-qgQjT9BIpAPOpNnaipJIM22fnSZ1AEbQJIkgB8JrnCMYoHqFdzrABQWgBiaAB6S82jGQBwHgEuqS36Gu56CwlgE&sig=AOD64_3_9P3tQ63TFALL2pARS8GQVwQ4_Q&ctype=5&rct=j&q=&ved=0CFcQ2CkwAA&adurl=http://www.phase1live.co.uk/sound-c16/pa-speakers-c18/active-pa-speakers-c20/zlx15p-active-1000-watt-class-d-powered-pa-speaker-single-speaker-p1126/s1150%3Futm_source%3Dgoogle%26utm_medium%3Dcpc%26utm_term%3Dev-zlx15p-active-1000-watt-class-d-powered-pa-speaker%26utm_campaign%3Dproduct%252Blisting%252Bads"][i]EV[/i] ZLX15P Active 1000 watt class d [i]powered PA speaker[/i][/url] [/quote] +1 We have just bought a pair of these. Very clear sound and amazing value for the money

My current band is a mod revival tribute which works well as we dress and decorate the stage like a tribute band but have the benefit of being able to select songs from a number of bands and not have to act like one specific band member. Works well for us

Thanks for the advice Dad much appreciated. We will get an XLR mixer in next few months so in mean time i will prob just use jack to jack audio cables (not speaker cables)

I didnt realise this would be so difficult. Called into a local music shop today to buy some adaptors to turn some of my spare XLR-XLR leads so that the female end becomes a jack and the guy behind the counter said I would have to take the leads in and also the mixer so he could see which way it as wired. He said the jack can be wired in two ways and he needed to see the mixer to establish which way to do it. He told me to avoid the ones Maplin do as very often they are wired the wrong way round and wont work. Why on earth do they do mixers with only jack outputs!!!! I may just use jack to jack cables instead of XLR as its too much hassle

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1399325712' post='2443216'] Thanks for that. Thats where i am going wrong because I was forgetting that the amp is in the speaker so the leads I need are signal leads. i like the idea of using XLR to Jack adaptors as I have plenty of XLR to XLR leads lying around Thanks for the quick replies folks Yes, you'll have to clarify your terminology with the new system. With 'active' speakers, the cables from the mixer will be signal cables, not 'speaker' cables. Ignore totally your previous set-up, with speakons, and use ordinary jack-to-jack signal cables between the mixer and the new active PA cabs. That'll do for now. [/quote]

Our band have just bought an active PA and as I have the most experience in PA's I am taking on the roll as sound engineer too. In the past I have only used separate Power amp and passive speakers so only used Speakon leads. Now we are using EV ZLX12P active speakers I am a bit confused. The speakers take XLR or Jack inputs. We have inherited a seconf hand Alto mixer which will do us for the time being as next few gigs will just be vocal PA for 2 mics. The mixer only has Jack outputs so the leads it came with are TS Jacks one end with Male XLRs to connect to the speaker. When looking to buy a spare cable (I always like to have spare everything) I am finding that speaker cables that have Male XLRs at one end, which is what I need, have TRS Jack sockets at the other end. But as I said the ones I have are only TS, not TRS. I dont actually know the full difference between TS and TRS other than how they look (single and double ring) so am confused if the leads that came with the mixer are incorrect or not. The mixer came from someone whos never used it so I dont have faith that the leads are right. But on the other hand I dont want to use TRS adaptors if that can damage the speakers. I tried to google it but have also read speaker leads are always TS not TRS which doesn't make sense as I have seen them, so am now more confused. Would it be easier just to buy TS Jack speaker leads at both ends, as my EV's will accept either and not bother with an XLR input Any advise would be appreciated as I do not want to damage any gear. Thanks

I would put should I stay or should i go in second set. We play it late on and it goes down well for the dancers

Seems like a little is the way to go. Will try backing off a bit more than normal at next rehearsal

Afternoon all We have taken the plunge and bought our own active PA today. When I used to sing around the social clubs I always used to use a fair bit of echo on my voice switching it off between songs to talk to audience. The other two members of the band I am now in prefer very dry vocals and drummer says he actually prefers no reverb or echo at all. Just wondered what everyone else preferred. One of the reasons being our new ZLX active cabs have two XLR inputs as well as adjusting bass and treble. Therefore if we were just using it for vocals we could bypass mixer and put both our vocals direct into speakers. Only problem being we would have no effect unless we bought a separate unit. Just wondered what people preferred.

Suppose it depends on rest of the band but I personally adore jamming. I could spend hours jamming in my 3 piece band. Just get lost in the music

I use a 410 transporter along with a 115 with my Hartke HA3000 and love the sound i get

Just wondered if anyone has used the above as part of their band PA and if so what they thought? We are looking to buy 2 active speakers to use as a vocal PA for pub gigs and these come in bang on budget for us of £300 each. (we already own a mixer) I know for a decent active speaker you need to be spending more but we cant at present. Similar priced ones dont seem to have the decibel levels and from what Ive read these seem pretty good value but I cant see them anywhere to go and listen to. Our usual source of hiring a vocal PA has dissappeared and we have gigs next week so I am looking at getting them asap so we can try them out before next gig. We cant go second hand as our guitarist is putting them on a BNPL finance deal via GAK

Thats a bit of a downer but at least you know now and you can move on, and not waste any more time playing in a band you're not happy with. Good luck!

Give it a couple more rehearsals and then decide. Its all down to enjoyment so if youre not enjoying playing then you wont have the passion so may as well leave. I personally dont particularly like playing in bands with two guitars anyway but thats just my opinion

[quote name='Bassman Sam' timestamp='1398121224' post='2430764'] Gear4music have them at £209. That's a lot of bass for the dosh and they only weigh in at 7lbs. GAS attack (again). [/quote] DJM music have them for £205.00

Can't beat black/black/maple IMO