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[quote name='vmaxblues' post='879554' date='Jun 28 2010, 09:22 AM']How can anyone call Stevie Wonder and The Eagles 'total s**t'? wow[/quote] Quite. I'm not particularly a fan of either but it's clearly ridiculous to call such huge and successful artists sh*t.

Meant to include this link in my previous post: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_%28The_Kinks_song%29"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_%28The_Kinks_song%29[/url]

[quote name='thepurpleblob' post='879273' date='Jun 27 2010, 09:54 PM']Somebody said the higher the power rating the less need for a heatsink. I think you'll find that the opposite is true. You can work out a rough guess at the power dissipated by the resister using Ohm's Law but it all goes as heat and if it's a lot you might need a heat sink.[/quote] It's not the power [u]rating[/u] that determines how much power is disspiated. The circuit configuration will determine that and, yes, you can calculate this if you know the relevant figures. My point was that there would be no harm using a higher-rated resistor than necessary and it might be mechanically advantageous. Say the circuit design was such that the resistor would dissipate 1 watt, then it would do no harm to use, for example, a 25W resistor - it would still only dissipate 1 watt and it might be able to do so without requiring an additional heatsink (you'd need to do the thermal calcs to be sure), but it would be physically larger and probably have good mechanical mountings as per the link in Alien's post.

Well, whatever the real inspiration, the words were certainly appropriate, given Quaife's recent passing. I have to admit to a bit of a lump in my throat as he sang them - no-one will convince me he wasn't thinking of Quaife during that performance.

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='879351' date='Jun 27 2010, 11:21 PM']It's great but the mix is terrible. No bass whatsoever.[/quote] Really? I've just been enjoying the bass playing and could hear it perfectly. Maybe more of a reproduction problem than a mix problem? I'm not a Stevie Wonder fan but I thought it was good stuff.

Was it my imagination or was he holding back a few tears as he sung "Days"? Hard not to be thinking about Pete Quaife, I'd imagine. I've seen him a few time in recent years and, apart from his undisputedly (surely?) great catalogue of iconic songs, the thing I really like is that he seems so proud of them (as he surely should be) and really seems to love playing them.

Yes, those are the type of resistors I had in mind. Good solid solder tags (as Alien said) but also solid mechanical mountings as well. The OPs resistors might not have mounting holes but don't forget that it will do harm to use a device with a higher rating if mounting holes are important (but keep the ohms the same though!). Also, the higher the resistor power rating, the less need for a heatsink. With a convenient mounting hole it might be possible to bolt the resistor to the speaker somewhere.

Probably a daft question, but why is the ashdown logo on the cabs described as being upside down? Couldn't the cabs be upside down?

Sad news. [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10415297.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_a...ts/10415297.stm[/url]

+1 on the mechanical considerations. You don't mention the resistor wattage but they can be quite physically large. The bigger ones will have mounting holes specifically to provide mechanical support and it's a generally good idea to use them but even more so in a strongly vibrating environment like a bass cab. If you're worried about anything burning then use a decent heatsink. If you're really worried about things burning then choose a heatsink with the correct thermal characteristics to keep the resistor within its working temperature range even at maximum rated dissipation.

See? I said different people were, er, different.

Different people are, er, different. What seems reasonable behaviour to one person won't seem that way to another. Put such people together in almost any form of collaborative project and there will be disagreements. That's life. If they want to leave the band, for whatever reason, what is the point in trying to persuade them otherwise? OK, a little chat about how you feel might be in order but ultimately they'll do what they want (assuming they're not under contract) so why get all upset about it? Let them go and start looking for another band. If you all want to get back together when they return from Crete then fine. If not, then fine. Coercing people to do what they don't want to do never works out in the end anyway. Life's too short to bottle these things up, so just move on.

Check the policy cover very carefully and if you have any doubts call the company in question. I'm not sure original receipts are necessary, depending on your type of cover (again, check with your company). Anyway, you don't really care about how much you paid for something, you care about the cost of replacing it. Photos of the item, with yourself in the picture, are always a good idea. My wife recently lost the stone out of her engagement ring - we had no receipt (what do they expect after 30 years!!) and we had to rely on photos to prove our ownership and the value of a replacement diamond. I suppose it helped that we still had the ring itself. Insurance claims can be tricky things.

£60 for a wheel sounds rather excessive. Have you tried Machine Mart? [url="http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/range/guid/05601417-41DE-4946-85C8-D292CF4181F2"]http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/range/gu...C8-D292CF4181F2[/url] [url="http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/search/filter/jockey/type/any/page/1"]http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/search/f...type/any/page/1[/url]

Dead right - that's the most difficult part of the recruitment process. But there's no fixed answer because one's own characteristics and the company (band) they are joining are part of the equation. It's the interaction that counts and is difficult to define but I think most people could tell if they liked someone after a couple of hour-long interviews, with the second one being rather more informal than the first because the decision has almost been made. The fallback is a 3-month (or whatever) review. Fortunately, I've only had to use this condition to 'let someone go' once. I wasn't looking forward to breaking the news but the person in question opened the discussion by saying that he didn't really think things were working out. He agreed he'd look for another job, I agreed to keep him on until he'd found one. It didn't take him long because he was a good guy, he just didn't fit in and he knew it. We parted amicably. Life went on.

[quote name='Toddy' post='867937' date='Jun 15 2010, 12:28 PM']Lot of mileage in a quote from Guy Pratt on getting the Pink Flloyd gig,,,, When a thousand geezers can do your job,,you might as well take someone thats a bit of a laugh !! [/quote] A very good summary, which applies in all walks of life. I've recruited loads of people in my (non-musical) professional career and, after eliminating the people who don't have the required skills, you're left with a bunch of people who are all technically capable of doing the job. At that point, I've always chosen the person I reckon would be the easiest to get on with in a working environment.

[quote name='molan' post='860693' date='Jun 8 2010, 09:20 AM']Alesis SR 16 any good? I've got one I don't need now as I'm running a PC based app instead. It's in near perfect condition and cost me £50 a couple of months ago [/quote] Are you offering it for sale? PM sent.

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Perhaps you're not using the right sort of gold-plated mains plugs or oxygen-free, uni-directional, unobtanium-alloy interconnects?

Now it has been mentioned, I've been considering a drum machine for a while now, mainly for practice but also for some recording. Would the SR16 fit the bill? I know it's a pretty old design, but it must also be pretty good to still be in production.

[quote name='barneyg42' post='860170' date='Jun 7 2010, 06:34 PM']OP, to not upset anyone perhaps you could tell the promoter that your gear is in the repair shop . . .[/quote] Yeah, being fixed from the last time it was lent out.

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='860105' date='Jun 7 2010, 05:24 PM']One option would be to get insurance which would cover you for accidental damage...[/quote] Possibly, but I'd check any policy very, very carefully for exclusions concerning wear-and-tear and lending/hiring, even for no reward.

Seems easy to me. You either lend out your gear with good grace until the inevitable night when someone breaks it then denies it, you have a big row about it, end up with simmering bad feelings and have to pay to repair/replace it out of your own pocket and become forever paranoid about anyone even standing close to your gear . . . . . . . or you just say no and avoid all the worry and eventually inevitable hassle. I suppose there's a third way in which you have loads of spare cash and just don't care about replacing broken/abused gear. Personally, I'd hate to borrow a rig in case it genuinely broke while I was using it.