Stub Mandrel

Maybe you saw the movie 🙂 We played around the Rugby area from about '93 - '95

For my first band all the rehearsals were at the top of the fire escape in this google streetview clip:

Just make sure you don't pop your g-string in public...

That's helpful, thanks! I had a look and the XLR socket did seem to be just wired across the jack (which has been replaced - proper chrome one on order). The speakers fitted are definitely 8R. Adding another cab is more about extending the bass response, I suppose a 1115 would have been ideal for me! Plus I like having a 'stack' - what's the point of playing rock star if you can't have a stack? 😎 That ECI thing is good to know about

The three bands I've been in: Drastic Action (covers band playing a fair bit of, you've guessed it, Dire Straits) Head in a Helix (slightly psychedelic indie rock, I thought of that one, pun on Hedera helix, latin name for ivy...) Two Moon Junction (Sounded like the Beautiful South/Housemartins, from a b-movie with 'adult' content, I have no idea why - named before I joined)

Sadly true. I'm rapidly realising that the audience for unsigned (unsignable) originals bands is not what it was in the 90s.

Rock doesn't live in stadiums, it lives in sweaty back-rooms with sticky floors.

OI! I resemble that remark. My radio is permanently tuned to Planet Rock on DAB and Radio 4 on FM. I have much gratitude to Planet Rock for bringing things I'd missed to my attention - especially Phil Alexander for introducing me to High Tide and The Monks (60s American one) as well as encouraging me to buy Slade's first two albums. I was going to claim to being bang up to date by liking Muse and Clutch... That said I enjoy house and trance more than sludgy-death-core-djent-trash-gore-metal; but that's because dance music hits some of the same buttons as, say, Space Ritual for me, not because I want to dance to it... The big question for 'rock is/isn't dead' debate is the Greta Van Fleet question. Let's skip over Josh's appalling re-interpretation of hippy fashion; the big issue is that (despite now getting fed up of the consequences and rowing back a bit) they are the first band that has shamelessly established itself as a pure Led Zeppelin pastiche. Yes, back in the 70s lots of bands owed a huge chunk of their sound to LZ, but they were all overtly try hard not to be Zeppelin. GVF have (had) no shame having all the appearance of a tribute band playing the tracks that fell on the cutting room floor. What this means raises some interesting issues: Just what are tribute, pastiche, imitation and inspiration? You could argue that what GVF do to LZ is more original than what SRV did to JH... Does rock music have to innovate to be valid? Are we old farts right to get upset because a new generation are cl;aiming our heritage and serving it up again in their context?

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Or Fender Rhodes...

Clear Air Turbulence would be great for a Jazz-Funk outfit, but it's already the name of a Gillan album.

I'll talk to myself - I appear to have discovered a few things: It's actually a 1110 Combo (GP11 V5 is just the preamp). It would originally have had four Celestion drivers, so the Eminences are an update (not sure if an upgrade or not?) The Eminences Alpha 10A are 8 ohm speakers so presumably series parallel, as I opened it up and the cab has internal spade connectors and the resistance is 5.8R which is right for 8R impedance. So I can add the sockets for an external 8R cab - that should get my trousers flapping. Inside discovered excellent shielding and a super quiet fan for the power amp.

I couldn't resist fretting with my thumb only for a while the other day 🙂 There is a video but I won't see quite how embarassing I was until 4 June...

Don't... the evil thought of having Laney probass one side and Trace Elliot the other has already crossed my warped mind. Who needs windows?

Two separate power amps! Unfortunately this document is too recent to cover the one I've just got properly 😞 trace-elliot_GP11-AH350-AH500-MK-V-BASS.pdf

Try giving away a piano on gumtree... "You do realise you will need at least two and probably three people to move it?" "No, it won't fit in a car."

Black trilby, nothing to do with Phil Campbell 😉 I'd been looking for a decent hat for years (decades!) and I finally found it in Sports Direct! It's also useful for keeping sun out of my eyes and rain off my head. I also have a penchant for wearing unbuttoned plaid shirts over a t-shirt. I've been a Neil Young fan since I was a schoolboy - it was only recently I was reading 'Waging heavy Peace' and suddenly realised we have independently arrived at the same style (or lack of it).

Paint logo white, then apply the black. Trust me! <edit> Too late! I see it's been done and rejacted! Looks good, very retro/steampunky feel with that wood and aluminium panel.

Rock won't die, it will just evolve and absorb. The 'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame' has got rappers in it, by 2030 there will be Grime and Drill artists there as well... By 3019 it won't be odd to class Hendrix and McCartney with Vivaldi and Bach.

I've just got one of these! For less than the going rate for the four speakers (Eminence Alpha 10A) s/h! It's the early version which hasn't got a visible heatsink at the back; instead it's got the larger cutout and L-shape back panel. It was making a bit of a rattle I worried was a damaged voice coil but it disappeared when I took the front grill off - obviously a bit of TLC should cure this. I have some questions: There are no jack sockets in the holes on the back panel, just rubber grommets. I assume I could add one or two (with B wired to disconnect the internal speakers) for an external cab but I don't know the impedance of the speakers or how they are wired. I'd rather not disconnect them and risk getting polarities wrong etc. The speaker fuse is just 3.15A; this seems ridiculously low unless the speakers are 16R (would give about 150 watts) which seems high. If used with the apparently appropriate 4 ohm speakers that would be right for about 30 watts - surely not! Out of curiosity how powerful is this amp likely to be (with gain and volume at 12 o'clock you can feel the air blast two feet away, so this is a bit of an academic question - whatever the power it's LOUD) What does the EC1 LED signify? It doesn't seem to be power amp clip? Is there any benefit in using the balanced input with a bass? Looking at the wiring diagram for a later version of the GP11 (I think, it has three level LEDs at the business end) it appears that teh slave send and return can be used for a 'post-eq' effects loop is that correct? The model name appears to be 1110 Combo does this tell me anything useful? Finally, has anyone got a link to a manual?

Fair enough, but maybe the 80s was when that innovation and diversity spread beyond a small core of big makers at both ends of the market.

I think the weight is exaggerated a bit, plus they have decent handles! I might add some castors though. It's nothing compared to the 1x18 cab I had years ago.

Funnily enough he had brought a mate to help him carry it. I picked it straight up, carried it to the car and popped it in, while his mate made a suitable comment 🙂 It ain't being strong, it's knowing how to lift... Old guys rule 😎

Just picked up a Trace Elliot GP11 V5 4x10 combo for £130 🙂