Woodinblack

Just because I am curious - I am from Portsmouth (but now in the west country) and have never heard the term 'Portsmouth pier' before (as it has 3 and they are all in southsea), was this at South Parade pier? Interesting if they are doing more there now.

Well, todays were interesting. We had a 1 hour gig 20 miles out of town from 2:30 to 3:30 and another 3 hour gig 20 miles out of town the other way from 5 to 8 today! First was a liitle pub that we had played at recently, they were doing a festival thing and got us on first (they wanted us later, but we were already booked). It was going to be tight going between them to break down the PA and get to the other one, whcih had a PA, but got there and it turned out the last band had a big PA and decided to set it up straight away, so did the sound for everyone else - so my PA had a free trip around the area today. The first gig started with a wedding proposal, which was good, (we had a yes and no song lined up to start - we got to use the yes song!), but all went down well, then a mad dash to the other one. Also in a field but with a stage built, and a big PA, but so hot, was really flagging by half time. luckily after a break, got a bit of second wind, so the second half was good, and by then at least there were a lot of dancers and people were joining in. Not a bad day as I am home by 9!

Well, that is why they said they had that name on their website about info!

Because they made hand made boxes.

Yeh, that is far too much. It can be a problem when you want to sell something and you base it on what you paid for it originally, but that is irrelevant to what someone else can get one from now. Plenty around under that price. You can even get them from reverb for £100 less then that, and if something is cheaper on reverb you know you are asking too much.

And when I used IEMs, I got tinitus, but I got better when I stoped using them and went back to sticking my head in the drum kit

Yeh, the last thing a guitarist wants is to hear what is playing to the back of their knees like everyone else has to

Always the best choice with a new group - if you wait until you are perfect, who knows when you would agree to that.

Thats what I thought when I got it!

Same here!

Press the little 3 way knob and hold it for far too long - if you press it for a bit it just flashes blue, but if you hold it longer it starts flashing much faster, then it will appear in the bluetooth control panel on the iPhone.

I got my B-Stock but new from PMT for £375

Which is of course a rip of of a grolsch!

Round these parts, there is just pubs, village halls and community centres, so originals or covers, you have a PA or you are very quiet!

Poor quality rip of of a Basschat one!

the drummer uses my powerplay p2 (as he isn't moving) and I have an XVive iem - all works well for us.

Yeh, didnt' work out so well so everyone agreed to forget about it. It should be - in my group it is mine, and I am not sure why, but it is at the moment. However, I wouldn't be interested in a 'share' of a PA, that doesn't seem like it would work out well.

Mine looked exactly like that, I sent it back and got it repaired for a reasonable fee. However, since the pandemic I seem to have lost the transmitter!

Indeed - but I wasn't being sarcastic, I genuinely meant the boxes looked nice - I like the engraving on the side, that is a nice touch.

I saw a "Bowie tribute seeks a new Bowie", which I thought was amusing. But the singer having their own PA, not so unusual. Dave Lee Roth got into Van Halen as he had a PA, and I believe Ozzie did too. Frankly, without a singer, who needs a PA?

Well, the boxes look nice!

Interestingly, I have only ever gone down a motorway once to a gig. And it wasn't closed. Either way.

There are loads of threads on this here. Currnetly just use a pair of alto TS212s, a behringer 12" sub (don't bring that everywhere) and we put the 3 vocals, bass drum (although not much if not with the sub), sax and guitar through it, although the guitar is only to spread it around a bit more. Flat out it works fine but there isn't much spare. Just picked up a RCF Evox 8 to see what that is like. Don't have any monitors, me and the drummer are in-ears., the singer is always out the front in front of the PA and the guitarist seems to cope ok.

Is it any good for garage?

Since the lockdown it seems that all the gigs we have done have paid more than they used to before the lockdown. As they are almost all local, there haven't really been any increase in costs on our behalf, so it seems positive here. Not sure if this is a rebound of people wanting more music after being locked up or we just got braver asking for money!