Downunderwonder

Marty has been around the block!

I thought I gave you a pretty robust set of options that you could use.

Not a silly idea at all. Of course it could already be out of phase somewhat, even 180°, so it would be a total gamble. Still, shaking the riser in opposition to the monitor could get you out of the woods if you got it balanced for power.

How very curious. Will the 2nd one go down the D5 hole never to be seen again? Will both turn up in two days? Either seems just as likely an outcome at this stage.

I once made a very poor living playing. Gigs were well paid but just too few. It didn't take long to go back to 9 to 5. So if I was you I'd work like hell at being saleable as weekend warrior and forget about ditching the regular career.

What are the odds? Never ever saw one myself.

They must have some great bulk deal going with their shippers and pass it on, looking at the modest charges.

You can become the local barefaced Messiah.

Seriously? Under over and mini cable tie it. Make a little caddie for it to roll on roll off? Pocket pen protectors are in Aisle 5.

Under over coiling puts an invisble geometric twist in that is removed when the cable is straightened out, dead straight. The cable itself doesn't twist. Why anyone would deliberately wind up their cable and have to deal with untwisting it every time is beyond me.

Was it sent with you prepaying calculated duty and VAT and the Customs clearance included?

That or Thomman didn't fill in the docs correctly, which would be unusual but if it can happen on the returns end it can happen on the sending end.

Is what it's all about. Jim Marshall would never have got an audio lackie job in a TV production company.

Even a regular guitar cable is way nicer to use when stored per A. I don't have ties though. What is this natural twist you speak of? Cables develop twisting from being incorrectly coiled.

Outdoors, hunting and fishing type stores also carry deep cycle batteries. Figure on twice the capacity to avoid fully discharging as they last longer that way.

This.

I think it's more actual 'blah blah' as it's some weird cab design inside according to the blurb. The proper driver is 197USD plus shipping plus VAT when it lands but you might get it less for it being exported so no US state sales tax. I think I might have done the conversion the wrong way last night. Closer to 200 quid to your door? That's what I would do. There's a talkbass thread about using another Eminence 10 with a crossover and compression driver to get same enough sound but a lot of shagging around and probably cost same.

Simple. Neutral means requires no external EQ to get to where you need to get with your cab. Clean means an absence of introduced distortion. Sterile means "I don't care for a clean sound I need some introduced distortion".

No doubt. I guess the MC didn't introduce it properly or the couple weren't fussed about doing the whole 1st dance thing or it was a bunch of rednecks and that's how they do it in them thar parts.

If your driver is toast you can get a drop in original replacement at no little expense from Golihurs in US. They are great at shipping but you're probably looking at 300 squid to your door after tax. Might as well get two as the last 13 in stock are all there are in the world.

You can take the driver out and test it with a 9v battery on the the leads. It will either pop or just sit there. That's what I would do only because I am pretty confident from your description of how it went down that it's toast. Popping in a replacement is then the opposite of taking out the busted one. If it does pop you have some more investigating to do but I am betting it won't. If there is a jack panel you can take off that could be a better 1st move. Be on the lookout for burnt smells. It might save you from having to remove the driver if you find a lost connection.

I am a firm believer in big name bands not taking gigs that are beneath them. Leaves more gigs for me.

Were you wanting to diagnose / fix it yourself? There's not a lot you can do without taking to it with a screwdriver or two. By the same token there's not a lot more than that to having it up and running. You could save a fair amount on paying a shop if you're into that sort of thing.

Wot, you don't carry a spare guitar lead with you?

That's why you start off with a slow one for the B&G, then bring in the bangers.