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we're playing a new venue (for us)  tomorrow evening, a very stylish restaurant. We sent the organiser some visuals a couple of weeks ago, but they didn't post the gig on facebook until two days ago and put up a poster outside the venue yesterday. And they have a chalk board inside that gives the time that is wrong by one hour.

If not many show up, it will be so disheartening. OK, we'll get paid but all the effort that goes into it is only worth it if we have a good crowd and a fulfiling experience. It really isn't that difficult nowadays for a venue to get the word out to its regular clients.

15 minutes ago, Beedster said:

 
Canterbury is about to get a whole lot better….

 

 

I wait with bated breath. Or are you privy to inside information?

isn't it easier to use, er, normal amps and cabs and not switch them on?

All Kent is great, Canterbury excepted.

fascinating but I think I'll stick to 12 bars on a saturday night

OK, then why are people spending £100+ up to big bucks on Furmans for their rack?

Can someone who uses one make the case for power conditioners?

29 minutes ago, itu said:

Can you please lead us to that piece of knowledge that we all really want to dive into?

 

 

I thought it was a bit odd too....

But here's the link: 

https://smarthomeprotector.com/best-audiophile-power-strip/

And if you scroll to the last entry for the WAudio AC Noise Power Filter it says 'Can sometimes limit the bass of the sound system.'

I'm thinking of getting a power conditioner for (hopefully☺️) some additional piece of mind and perhaps an even a better sounding amp/pedal board.

I don't use a rack, so I'd rather not get a rack mount one which most of the ones aimed at band gear seem to be. I'd rather have a unit more like the ones aimed at the hifi market so I can cable out from it using IEC extensions to the amp & pedal board.

Some reviews I've read say the bass response might be compromised, so that's a worry🤔.

Has anyone any recommendations?

Two four-lamp 'Birdie' Par 16 bars for sale.

The Birdies are fitted with LED lamps and are equivalent to 200W tungsten per bar. Each Birdie is fitted with an IEC plug and come with IEC splitters and extensions so one of the bars reduces to a single 13A plug and the other to 2x13A plugs (a couple more y cords would take it to a single 13A).

Each bar about 2' long and fitted with top hats to go on top of speaker stands (the stands are NOT included in the sale).

Also a small pack of mixed gels.

All in good nick, ideal for a small stage or rehearsal room, these create a nice cool pool of light.

£120 NOW £80 + £10 postage

she only comes out now for special occasion gigs, being an older lady, although that happened yesterday and there's another opportunity tomorrow (unless it rains).

No firewood jokes please.

I'm a bit late to this party, but here's mine for what it's worth:

tuner - limiter - unichorus - l/hpf with a Harley Benton power supply and a homemade base.

I've owned this cab from new. In very good condition, barely a mark on it, it's done a couple of gigs but never pushed. All works as it should. It comes with a Fender cover (I don't think Fender made a cover for this cab, the one I have was bought for a Rumble combo 500 which is the same size, and adapted with hand holds to the side).

If you want a new one they are around the £330 mark if you can find one, most major shops are a three month wait.

Collection only, Faversham.

good story and amazing right hand technique

The Musicmaster is a great bass to play and it sounds as good as anything I've heard (a bit subjective, I know). I've made a couple of essential (and reversable) upgrades - the pickup is a Curtis Novak, and locking compensated saddles - otherwise pure Californian '71.

Here's my #1 Fender rig: Bassman 500, Rumble 2x10, Rumble 1x15, Musicmaster, tuner and HPF out of shot:

two gigs a month is ideal for me. I'm more interested in the difficulty of travel / parking / get in as I find most pubs (where we do pretty much all our work) are much of a muchness. That said, our gig last Sunday was at one of the loveliest pubs in Kent with the worst travel & parking I've encountered.

That's bad news. Hope you get it all back undamaged and the scumbags who did it are caught. I will keep an eye open down this neck of the woods.

looking at the specs for this unit, I wouldn't rely on it for a two-setter down the pub, when the quoted battery life is only '2-3 hours'.

I bought a Marshall 50w head and 4x12 from a bloke in a pub in Willenhall (the Brown Jug at Lane Head, if you know the area) in about 1973/4, he claimed he was Noddy Holder's roadie and they had been given a load of new stuff by management so the old gear was being sold off. I never checked out if the story was true, but it was decent and well worn gear and the story suited me to believe it. My first amp & cab, it lasted me a fair few years before I foresaw back-knack.

what strings are you using? It could be a simple as changing to a different set.

that's great, thanks for posting this.

I've one of these basses too. It is great to play and probably worth spending on if the sounds available improve as a result. The stock pickup options are humbucker/single as far as I know, but there isn't a massive sound difference when you're strings are flats. I'd be interested to know if there are easy mods that can improve the sounds available, to upgrade this from a great bass to a 'first choice of the rack' for gigs.

Is there a difference from an insurance perspective on whether you are driving to a paid gig or unpaid - e.g. an 'open mic'?

Oh I thought this thread was going to be about Nadine Dorries

going back to the gig bag question, I've got a Gretsch Junior Jet bag which is a very good quality bag. It fits my Musicmonster, LPJT doublecut and, perhaps not surprisingly, my GJJ.