Richard R

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https://guitar.com/news/industry-news/pmt-placed-into-administration/ Another news link. PMT in Brum were generally OK, the bass players were always helpful, and we've bought a bit over the years. Sad times for the staff. Still have Guitar Guitar and Fair Deal Music in town (plus Hobgoblin for those times when 19 strings just aren't enough.)

I have spent the last few posts wondering why punk bands were playing a Donald Fagen song. Off to Spotify to find that UK Subs also have a song of that name - which makes a lot more sense 😄 @mikebass456 - a tenner if you open your set with this one:

Superb workmanship @Grainger guitars.

Sadly I didn't get to play the actua service as this Lurgi is getting the better of me. Especially gutted - this is a bit of what I missed: 💃 https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxlefBzSV-1qGvE5SpIrUt91kmbbISTSwC?si=Fe32n0kqr1c6uDXe

I don't think f-ck all can be four, so it must be zero, and the same as sod all. Just noticed the alliteration: Square root: Sod, Five: F-uck. At the risk of a complete thread derail and the wrath of @scrumpymike*, are there any other expressions for nothing that have equivalent additions? The wrath of Mike is a terrible thing - you are denied any crumble!

Is that more or less than 5/10 of f-ck all? Asking for an engineer friend.

I have a friend in SD who often comes back to the UK in the summer. I'll see what he's doing and PM if there's a possibility of couriering "the package."

Tried this, didn't work. 😬 Now paying for lessons - on the basis that if I don't then practice what I'm told I will be p*ssing money away as well as time. Let's see how it goes by Christmas....

Strange one at church last night. New songs,I'm fighting off a cold, the IEMs were playing up and the sound engineer was relying on me to sort them out, and so the band couldn't always hear themselves. Fab drummer though, so all I did was play a rhythm with roots and thirds while squinting at the chord chart and try to hear myself from the FOH. Finished up one of the most groovy rehearsals we've ever had! 😃

👍 I had forgotten that I had the resistance of the cab as another known quantity and so the current could be calculated. I wondered why anyone would quote a cable rating in W not A, but I guess it's easier to read the amp specs which quote power into a given speaker and buy a cable to match the power. Which is of course @jezzaboy's very sensible suggestion 😀

I had worried about the size of the wires onto the terminals. I may have some 5A wire somewhere. I shall have a look and report back.

I know that, but it doesn't mean I won't absentmindedly earth the tip, or solder my fingers into the signal path*. Check and check again. *That might save all that mucking about with proper technique though...

True, but I have the cable and connectors sat in the garage.

It's not flat twin-and-earth, it's mains cable from an appliance- should be flexible enough. The amps rating is relevant - 200W at 20V is 10A. That would melt a 3A cable which at 250V would handle well over 500W.