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39 minutes ago, SimonK said:

 and the nickname "Jingle Bells" being coined.

I'm nicking that for the next time a colleague thinks it's funny to ask if they can play tambourine in my band!

I'd played several different instruments in the past - piano, violin, marching drums, bugle, trumpet. If it hadn't been for a particularly vicious dental abscess, I might now be quite a reasonable trad jazz musician. But pain of that nature put me off in a big way.

 

I tried guitar when I was a student, but found it really difficult to play chords as my thick stubby fingers kept getting tangled up with each other. I should really have gone for an acoustic, but I wanted an electric because, y'know, guitar. I suppose some lessons would have helped, but the grant (it was that long ago) wouldn't stretch to that.

 

At the time, I was knocking about with the original bassist from the Dogs D'Amour. He tried to get me to take up bass, but me being me and Knowing It All, decided I was meant to be a guitard. Which it turned out I wasn't.

 

I think a seed might have been planted, though. Fast-forward a few years and I was chatting to a friend on Facebook. She was making noises about learning some Thin Lizzy songs and I said I'd be up for learning bass. Don't ask me why - it just seemed a logical step, albeit one fuelled by rather a lot of home-brewed wine.

 

The next day, I wandered into Dawson's Music and mumbled something about bass guitars. Shortly afterwards, I left with my first bass - an Ibanez GSR200. It just felt like it dropped into my hands and it instinctively felt right; I knew there and then that I'd discovered 'my' instrument.

 

The Ibanez has since moved on - it went back in its case when I switched to a five-string Fender Jazz Deluxe. I still have it, although a five-string Sterling Stingray is my weapon of choice at the moment.

 

I wish I'd listened to my friend's advice years ago. And I'm still rubbish on the guitar.

Trade offered - happy to swap this plus my lighting rig and PA (see my other ads) as one lot for a new or as-new rack mount Behringer X32. I have a Line 6 guitar amp I can chuck in, too.

 

This gives you almost enough gear to kit out a venue - add mics, cables and mic stands and you're golden.

 

Any takers?

Trade offered - happy to swap this plus PA and Eden Metro (see my other ads) as one lot for a new or as-new rack mount Behringer X32. I have a Line 6 guitar amp I can chuck in, too.

 

This gives you almost enough gear to kit out a venue - add mics, cables and mic stands and you're golden.

 

Any takers?

Trade offered - happy to swap the PA, lighting rig and Eden Metro (see my other ads) as one lot for a new or as-new rack mount Behringer X32. I have a Line 6 guitar amp I can chuck in, too.

 

This gives you almost enough gear to kit out a venue - add mics, cables and mic stands and you're golden.

 

Any takers?

29 minutes ago, petecarlton said:

This kit looks amazing, but may I ask you: what persuaded you to go the H & K route?

I bought the amps and cabs as one lot from @la bam of this parish as the basis for building things up - I didn't intentionally go for H & K. 

 

They're weighty beasts, but they do sound awesome. And putting the tops on the subs nicely deprives drunken punters of drinks tables 🙂

Of all the things I'm having to dispose of, this one hurts the most. It's time for my Metro to move on to pastures new.

 

This is a 1999 model, with a maximum output of 600 watts into a 4-ohm load. It's not pristine, far from it, but it's served me well. It's had a couple of mods - the crossover plate has been replaced with one that allows cabs to be daisy-chained and the castor holes on the bottom have been plugged. Eden cover and footswitch included.

 

It'll need to be collected from Edinburgh, as it's too heavy to courier.

 

Any questions, please ask.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As well as my PA (see separate ad), I need to dispose of my lighting rig. It's fairly basic but it does do the job. 

 

As with the PA, it'll need to be collected. This should all go in a car, though.

 

Here's what's on offer:

• Two Behringer Eurolight LC2412 lighting desks. One is mounted in a flight case, the other currently lives in an original box which unfortunately has lost its packing inserts. Gooseneck lamp included.
• Lighting stands consisting of two tripods, two T bars each having four Lanta Fireball DMX par cans.
• Two spare T-bars
• Spare set of bolts
• Trusses and connectors to join the tripods to make a lighting bridge. Ideal for DJ work.
• 20-metre and 5-metre DMX cables
• Two DMX terminators.

 

Lighting desk:

 

 

The other desk is still boxed and is identical to this one. I don't have a PCMCIA card, but you can pick these up on Amazon or fleabay. You don't need the card for normal use - it's provided to let you back up settings and chases. The DMX cables live in the flight case.

 

Lighting bars:

 

 

They're both cabled up and just need to be linked and connected to the desk. As mentioned above, DMX cables are included.

 

Stands and trusses:

 

 

 

This is what it looks like fully assembled. I never used the bridge, as I lit the band from the front, but this set-up would be fine for DJ work. Two spare T-bars and a spare set of bolts are included, as well as all the connectors.

 

Any questions, please ask.

I'm less than chuffed at having to dispose of this, but long story short, my band commitments and financial circumstances have recently changed and I can no longer justify paying to store equipment that is now only being used about twice a year. I started putting this together during the pandemic, with most items being bought from folks on here, and although it saw a bit of use when things opened up again, it's now just taking up expensive space.

 

To be clear up-front, delivery is not an option - it'll need to be collected in a van.

 

Here are the specs:

• Two Hughes & Kettner 210 tops, 500 watts each
• Two Hughes & Kettner 212 subs, 600 watts each
• Matrix power amp, 600 watts per side, used to power the subs
• Matrix power amp, 500 watts per side, used to power the tops
• Citronic crossover
• Furman power conditioner
• The amps, crossover and power conditioner are all housed in a Gear4Music rack unit and internally wired to a patch panel at the back.
• Peavey PA20 mixer in new Swan flight case
• Two Wharfedale powered wedge monitors, each with EQ. XLR and jack inputs.
• Eight-way XLR stage box, new, never used
• All cables to connect mixer and speakers.

 

The gear is in fair condition, although the speaker cab coverings have some scuffs and marks. However, everything is working as it should.

 

Apologies for the quality of some of the pics, but I had to drag everything out of storage to photo them.

 

Any questions, please ask.

 

Mixer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amps, crossover and power conditioner (front and back lids included, naturally):

 

 

 

 

Cabs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scuff marks and handles:

 

 

 

 

Stage box:

 

 

 

Monitors:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 minutes ago, aeonspromise said:

Lol....ya just can't help yourselves..

That's what the security guard said when I tried to leave Tesco without paying.

 

He was wrong.

5 hours ago, aeonspromise said:

I like fishing for men too..lol

 

Fender Jazz Deluxe V

 

Number of strings: 5

Number of frets: 21

Scale length: 34"

Number of pickups: 2

Number of controls (switches/knobs): 7

A very belated +1 for Dylan covers. Peter, Paul and Mary's covers of Blowin' In The Wind and The Times They Are A-Changing are sublime.

 

Not forgetting Janis' cover of Piece Of My Heart.

Just back from the Audio Lounge in Glasgow after a gig with the punk band. We were second out of four and went down really well. Quite a small venue - it certainly isn't the Barrowland - but I'm really warming to more intimate spaces.

 

The Stingray acquitted itself well, although it's getting a bit clattery. I think it's going to have to go to Chris McIntyre for him to work his magic.

 

The backline was deffo old skool - SVT plus Workingman 810. Awesome sound and it was great to feel the air hitting the backs of my legs but completely OTT for such a small room. I wasn't complaining though, as for once I had enough oomph to hear myself over our volume 11 guitarist!

 

21 minutes ago, Woodinblack said:

Yes, over time you get to realise that their standards aren't the ones of any community that you would want to be part of!

Social media's 'community standards' are just American cultural imperialism. As long as you remember that the only racial slurs that might get pulled are those seen as such over there - the N word comes to mind here - and portraying the destruction of life is fine but its creation is verboten, then you won't fall foul of their malgorithms.

 

If I didn't need Faceache for band promo, I'd have ditched it long ago.

 

14 hours ago, Woodinblack said:

I am so unlikely to buy (and retain) a 4 string bass, I often get annoyed that the sales area doesn't have a filter to filter only 5 strings, then I remember it would have to be me that did that and I let me off

 

I'd find that a handy feature too. I'm impressed with folks like @40hz who can easily switch between the two. I have to stop and think for a moment whenever I have to do that.

Just back from another outing at the Reivers Sports Bar in Galashiels. A bit quieter than last time but we still had a few folk up and dancing. It was someone's birthday, so the Altered Images song made an unscheduled appearance.

 

This was the first gig since I added the Thumpinator to the pedalboard and it made a hell of a difference. Tone was much more punchy and clear. Deffo money well spent.

 

Rig: Sterling Stingray 5, Eden WTX264 into an Eden 210 cab. Pedals as shown:

 

Footwear by Primani:

 

My first pro instrument was a five-string MIA Fender Jazz. It's a lovely bass - plenty of bite, perfectly balanced, looks the biz and is dead easy to play. I'll never part with it, even though my current weapon of choice is a Sterling Stingray 5.

14 hours ago, Sean said:

I think we should have a rule/guideline where we don’t post people’s names in the subject of the thread without some context. 

Concur. I had a huge 'oh shit no' moment when I first saw this.

I've been pondering the idea of a video wall. My 80s band played a gig in front of one a few years ago, and our frontman's daughter very kindly created an MP4 of instantly-recognisable 80s films. We'll pass lightly over the licensing fee issue...

 

It worked really well. I'd have liked to include some more political footage - the Falklands war, the miners' strike, a few memorable Spitting Image sketches and so on - but the link between the music and the footage made quite a difference.

 

Video wall controllers aren't as expensive as they used to be, and second-hand flat-screen TVs could be used instead of pricey monitors, but including one involves (a) more gear to cart about, (b) a longer set-up time, (c) whoever is rigging the video wall needs to be done and dusted before the drummer and bass player need to set up and (d) most importantly, the video wall support needs to be stable enough so that it won't tip over and fall on the band. And it needs to be easy to fit-up and strike, too.

 

Not a simple ask. But if I can find solutions, it'll solve the problems with having to have projectors out front in just the right place.

The Clickbait Adverts.

10 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

Now when you say "queer punk gig" it creates a rather odd image in my head. 

Dave

Oops, missed a word out. The promoter is called Queer As Punk. They arrange queer-friendly events, including gigs.

Queer punk gig last night in Edinburgh's Wee Red Bar with two other punk bands. Great atmos, plenty of people dancing, including one of my students from this Girls Rock School term. It was the first chance I'd had to make full use of my wireless rig - at its previous gig, I'd been literally backed into a corner at the Reivers Sports Bar in Galashiels with the 80s band. The stage is tiny and surrounded by railings, which meant that getting a six-piece band on was a very tight squeeze and once the bass player's on, she's staying there. But last night, I was able to wander out front and dance along with the audience. Big grins all round. We premiered a new song, too! And to cap it off, the headline band invited us over to Belfast. World tour! 😅

 

I took my trusty Sterling Stingray along and it acquitted itself very well through the venue's Peavey backline (I don't know the model - it was a combo with "Peavey' on the front) although it didn't have the clout that it does through my Eden rig. I had been thinking about adding my new sfx Thumpinator to my pedalboard, but then I remembered that fiddling with one's pedalboard just before a gig is officially Asking For It. I had a play with it today and it seems to work best when placed just after the wireless receiver / tuner. Next step is to see how it sounds in the studio as opposed to through a wee practice amp.

 

No pics yet, as we're still waiting for the photographer to provide them, but we had a great time!

Oh dear. Tier 1 fail.

 

At least I lasted longer than last year.

 

19 hours ago, tauzero said:

Prohibit amplified busking.

Absolutely this. Up to the end of last year, we were living on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. When the festivals came back after covid, every wee guitar hero prick turned up with an amp cranked to eleven. By the end of the first week, we'd given them all names, none of which were polite. Acoustic secondary glazing did manage to reduce our stress levels from 'imminent homicide' to 'annoyance' but of course that meant we couldn't open a window in summer. The street performers got in on the act too, last year. Every one of them had a wireless headset and an amp whereas before they just used to talk loudly.

 

I absolutely loathe amplified busking.