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    Finding replacement female singers

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    What sort of songs are you looking to play, is it dadrock covers, original modern, throwback pseudo 70s stuff etc?

     

    All but two of the bands I've been in have been female fronted, never really had any issues although I imagine if it's dadrock covers you may struggle. I wouldn't write off the ones who don't have much stage presence either, that's a skill they can develop - everybody has to start somewhere.

    The IEM (in ear monitors) Bible thread

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Muppet said:

    I use exactly this - P16M - a brilliant bit of kit. A lot quicker than using an app and you can adjust eq for each channel too. Give you stereo monitoring via the ultranet Cat5 cable from the XR18. This then goes out to my IEM transmitter and hey presto. 

     

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    That actually looks a lot better as you can eq individual channels, the A&H only had a basic 3 band eq for the entire mix. I did like the screen and overall size of the A&H though. Probably wouldn't be any quicker for me as I have a 10" Windows tablet running the full X-Air clamped to my bass stand with the screen always on so any adjustments are super fast, can imagine it would be much better than messing about with phones etc though.

    The IEM (in ear monitors) Bible thread

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    Posted

    As a side note I did a midweek function on Tuesday where we used the A&H ME1 personal monitor setup, was all hardwired into the house PA and was extremely easy to use. Makes me think the Behringer equivalent would be a nice option for those who want mid set adjustments but don't want to use a phone or tablet or are a bit reluctant  relying on an app. Can learn the interface in seconds.

    The IEM (in ear monitors) Bible thread

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    2 hours ago, dave_bass5 said:

    To be fair my lot are helpful, it’s just that they don’t remember to do things like run cables or set their own mic stands up etc. Not sure it’s laziness as such, or forgetfulness. A bit of both I imagine. The drummer does most of the running around for them. He is clued up on all this so runs around with cables etc, but I wish he wouldn’t. 

     

    Was the same with us as me and the old guitarist used to do everything and when he left I explained that there was no band dad any more and they'd have to run their own cables, do line checks etc. There was no animosity in it, they just didn't see it as their job and also I suspect they'd been gigging so long and were a bit embarrassed to ask what everything did. Just used to having it all done for them.

     

    The IEM (in ear monitors) Bible thread

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    I sit our 12.5" tablet on its stand on top of the rack with our main mix clearly visible, all inputs and aux are named. Every cable on the XR18 is XLR so we just have the big Thomann cable bag (which is fantastic btw) full of different XLR cables. Still for a good few gigs I got the following questions:

    "Which cable do I use?" and "Where do I plug this into?"

     

    After multiple "They're all the same" and "It says on the screen" they just do it themselves now, it's brilliant.

    Is 5 String pointless?

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted

    Unless you need a 5 then just use a 4 if you want, I had to move to a 5 ages ago and didn't really want to, was a necessity for me though due to the music we were playing.

     

    Same thing if you need the higher strings as well, use a 6 or whatever.

    Template Agreement for buying, sharing and splitting cost of PA - has anyone got one I could use?

    in General Discussion

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    19 hours ago, Dan Dare said:

    I'd suggest it's better for members to buy different parts of the PA as individuals. You can normally divide things roughly equally (not exactly, but close enough). One owns the mixer, two others the FOH (a side each), another the monitors and so on.

     

     

    This is the best way IMO, I've done a few PA shares where members leave and want buying out which can be a PITA. At the moment we have the big items owned by different members, only the XR18 is group bought between 5 of us so an easy buyout if someone leaves.

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    Mazeti

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by lemmywinks

    Zombie thread revival!

     

    Mazeti are from KHL Guitars I think, a Korean OEM however they have outsourced production outside of Korea. The Mazeti branded instruments used to be all over eBay but it seems like there's a seller who still has some (possibly NOS) and is offering them at inflated prices. They were always budget but decent IIRC, nice woods but the market is crowded at that price point and depreciation will be considerable.

     

    KHL were also sold under the HK brand here for a while and also Wolf in the USA.

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    FLEA and MUSIC MAN - 1983-1996

    in Bass Guitars

    Posted · Edited by lemmywinks

    5 hours ago, Misdee said:

    Thinking about it, Flea's patronage didn't manage to keep Modulus afloat, so on reflection maybe Sterling Ball is a very shrewd CEO.

     

    A lot of people still associated Flea with Musicman though even though he was only really pictured with his Modulus live basses during their heyday, if they had done a Stingray sig and later produced cheaper OLP and USA SUB versions in the mid to late 2000s they'd have sold a ton, especially the OLP. Modulus being an small operation won't have helped them either.

     

    A pal of mine bought one of the USA SUBs when they came out purely based being a Flea/RHCP even though he only listened to them from BSSM onwards.

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    How do we get ourselves and our rigs to rehearsals or gigs?

    in General Discussion

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    We're quite lucky in that two of our band members are workmates and have the use of their work transit vans whenever they like so essentially we run a van at no cost and don't even have to worry about storing it. The vans are replaced every 3 years, must admit after a lifetime of using knackered old vans it felt weird shutting the rear door on them and it feeling/sounding like a car rather than that familiar clank. Had to open and shut it a few times to make sure!

     

    I have a Fiat Qubo which is basically like a downsized Berlingo VTR/XTR and has adaptable seating, can turn it into a van in seconds.

    Stands that don’t break!

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted · Edited by lemmywinks

    Is it the gripping mechanism on your Hercules stands that's breaking? There's a few videos online which detail how to fix them.

     

    I have one of the older Hercules stands which seems to be much more durable, had it knocking on 15 years now and still works as new. One of the arms stopped working but it was easy enough to fix this in a few minutes, been fine since.

    Gig Bag for a 122cm Long Bass

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted

    Just measured my Gator Pro Go Deluxe, looks like it can house 122cm and more with the lower cushion removed.

     

    Also measured my Gator Pro Go X (same as the Transit I think) which can just about do 122cm again with the lower cushion still in place. There's a removable bit of padding around the headstock area if you need more space.

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