flyfisher

[quote name='Tony Goggle' post='942117' date='Sep 1 2010, 02:18 PM']I used 13 SVT heads through 27 8x10 cabs back on the 'Electric Sandwich Bifurcation' tour. The biggest sound ever heard in bass history!!!! FACT[/quote] I hesitate, nay tremble at the thought, to contradict the legend that is Tony Goggle, but I've always thought Disaster Area was the loudest rock band the galaxy has ever heard, although I don't believe the bass player's rig has ever been adequately documented. [url="http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Disaster_Area"]http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Disaster_Area[/url]

Depends. Paid rehearsal studios for 'full on' rehearsals. A band members house when working on new material, usually without drums.

You might well find that the wire to the internal speaker connects to the main board with a connector of some sort. If so, you can slide out the amp for access, unclip the connector and then fully remove the amp. The farnell part is sort of the sort of thing you need, but your amp part has an integral fuse so get a similar replacement. I'd be wary of spade connectors because there's a lot of vibration in a bass combo - which is no doubt why the Laney photo shows soldered wires to spade connectors. Screw-terminals are less common but even then I would use crimp-eyelets on the end of each wire and shakeproof washers. Perhaps even some threadlock as well. Again, think of vibration. Good luck!

Nah, with the exception of the Ashdown LB, those are all double entendres that Grandma could be forgiven for in the music shop. Let's cut to the chase . . .

As and when in my case, which happens to mean tonight with one band and tomorrow with the other in final preparation for gigs over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Yep, Jennifer is right, it's a general electrical repair, nothing particularly specialist about it, assuming it's easy enough to get inside the amp. Local TV repair shop, or similar, should be able to do it. Otherwise, I'm sure your local music shop will know of someone. Soldering is a handy skill though and can save a fair bit in terms of basic repairs and making up leads.

The Beatles - Taxman

[quote name='Rumple' post='933189' date='Aug 22 2010, 10:34 PM']Sorry you did mention RS and I must have missed them when I first had a look, they are in their 'extended range' section.[/quote] No need to apologise, I only posted in jest, hence the Actually, I'd agree that component catalogues are not the easiest things to navigate. They have so many items that it can be difficult to find what you want but, as you've seen, they can be worth the effort. Anyway, you're now sorted and that's the main thing.

[quote name='Rumple' post='932777' date='Aug 22 2010, 02:13 PM']Well I went all over the web today and find these in the US, I did a search on the part number and found them hidden away on the RS site! £10 for delivery bumped the price up but cheaper then the Sasowsky ones.[/quote] Ahem, what took you so long? [quote name='flyfisher' post='918976' date='Aug 8 2010, 07:35 PM']Electronic component suppliers are a good place to start looking. [b]RS Components[/b] Farnell CPC[/quote] Seriously though, glad to hear you found something suitable, and thanks for the update.

[quote name='chris_b' post='931991' date='Aug 21 2010, 04:27 PM']Charlie Watts' comment to David Hepworth sums it all up: 25 years of the Rolling Stones, 5 years playing and 20 years hanging around.[/quote] Yes, but didn't Charlie just regard the Stones as his 'day job' that paid for his 'big band' passion? Not a bad life is it?

[quote name='Al Heeley' post='931077' date='Aug 20 2010, 04:13 PM']Yep deffo ohms on left side of graph,[/quote] Doh! The image isn't very clear to me and I was reading it as 100m to 500m OK, ohms vs frequency makes much more sense . . . but what's the right-hand scale?

[quote name='Doddy' post='930171' date='Aug 19 2010, 06:52 PM']I'd really try to avoid the whole 'band PA' thing. I don't believe it's a good way of handling things,as often it is likely to cause arguments down the line. If you must all go in on a rig,why not split it up, ie. one of you buys and owns the lights,another buys and owns the monitors etc. At least then,everyone knows who owns what and it makes the inevitable split easier.[/quote] Yep, that's my feeling as well. I suppose it could open up an argument about how to share out any band income in terms of the individual member's capital investments, but I think we're a long way from having to worry about that.

[quote name='JTUK' post='929927' date='Aug 19 2010, 03:32 PM']Why would you play with a vocalist without his own P.A.?[/quote] Fair point, but the band already had a vocals-only PA when I joined, which they had paid for among themselves. I'm not really sure of the arrangement between them. So I'm thiinking more about any new gear we buy as a band from now on. Personally, I think I'd prefer to buy whole items myself and retain ownership whether I leave or get sacked. Seems like a better investment that way. But some interesting comments nevertheless.

Can anyone understand that graph? Specifically, the left-hand scale of, presumably, cable length. And, in a typical band situation, what's the point of a scale showing characteristics of cables between 100m and 500m in length?

Interesting point, I hadn't thought about the vocalist angle. But what if a 'vocal-only' PA systems needs to be upgraded to include a sub-woofer, remote mixer, stage monitors for all, snakes and other bits?

I guess we all have our own bass gear and wouldn't want it any other way, but what about general band equipment such as PA systems and lighting? I'm thinking in the context of a 'mates' band who gig for fun and get paid with beer and food, so there's no income to fund new gear. If all the band members chip in to buy a PA system, what happens when one of those band members leave (or is sacked?). Just wondering how other bands manage this sort of thing.

[quote name='BassBod' post='929665' date='Aug 19 2010, 12:31 PM']Did a cave recently...never done that before.[/quote] Sounds like an acoustic nightmare - did it work out OK?

In addition to the technical advantages (as mentioned above), the thing I like about them is that they are different to jacks. This means it's impossible to confuse a guitar lead with a speaker lead. Yes, speaker leads are generally heavier but that doesn't seem to make any difference when well-meaning bandmates are 'helping' to set everything up. Speakons avoid any confusion, which can only be a good thing in my book.

Just out of interest, how can anyone be sure that someone has two accounts? I know IP addresses are often used but they are not particularly reliable as few people get fixed IP adresses from their ISP and a dynamic IP address can be easily changed - and, indeed, re-issued to someone else. Also, IP tracking is not much use if people have access to more than one PC (on a different router, obviously), e.g. work and home. Just curious.

[quote name='risingson' post='928561' date='Aug 18 2010, 12:50 PM']Who cares if Keith Moon can't play drums or if Lennon was a bad piano player? They're superb musicians.[/quote] Absolutely. And it's the superb musicians that rise to the top of the public consciousness and actually make a difference to people's lives, hence The Beatles, Abba, Queen, The Stones etc etc, unlike the technical genius posting YouTube videos from their bedroom. The world needs musicians, not technicians. Emotion not science.

Full marks to the guy for practicing. Half marks for videoing it so he could check where he was going wrong. But actually posting it for all the world to see . . . . . ?

New battery for the gig, old battery(s) for practice and rehearsals.

[quote name='Truckstop' post='921095' date='Aug 10 2010, 10:54 PM']What travels faster? Sound or a digital/analogue signal from a transmitter to a receiver? I was only wondering because some wireless users complain that after they stand 50ft away, there are latency issues. Surely, this is just because at that distance it takes time for the sound from your cab/PA to reach you. Like, a noticeable gap between you doing something, and then hearing it. Not necessarily a latency issue is it? More a sort of... physics issue i guess! Truckstop[/quote] Sound is effectively a pressure wave. A radio signal is an electromagnetic wave and (more-or-less) propogates at the speed of light, i.e. a lot, lot faster than sound.

Might be a physicist: [url="http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/forschung/mm/cv/"]http://www.theorie.physik.uni-goettingen.de/forschung/mm/cv/[/url]

Why were you buying the stuff abroad? Probably because it was cheaper? Now you know why it was cheaper. [i]If you drive a car, I'll tax the street, If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat. If you get too cold I'll tax the heat, If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.[/i] More correctly, Customs & Excise in this case, but it's the same result.