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Been a matter of common sense for years that you keep naked batteries away from other metallic objects, as they can become dangerously hot, Lithium batteries or otherwise, including your everyday duracell etc. Nothing new about that

What sound for what kind of music ? Motown aka Jameson ? 80's ? Disco ? Classic rock ? Could be different answers for all of them

That must have been the experience of a lifetime to play that in front of LZ

Start playing jazz. Sound will be bang on !

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1391160968' post='2353866'] And correct the bad posture... [/quote] I'd wager 99% of folk around here don't know how to do this without causing more problems in the process. Yes, definately visit the GP. Also, if you'd like to take things further, you could enquire about BAPAM, they treat performing artists up and down the country and have more in depth knowledge about issues associated with performing artists and their problems than the average GP. Good luck with your health and career

YOu could try Gorgomyte

[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1391018228' post='2352357'] One trick I read and have successfully applied is reducing the number sound sources that are being reflected or reduce the chance of them being reflected. Sounds crazy but by putting both PA speakers together on one side of the stage works wonders. The other would be use a bigger PA and not use individual amps on the back line and use monitors. As I guess you are stuck with what is listed the main thing is keep the volume under control, don't push the hall beyond that point of intelligibility. Another - you could avoid facing the opposite wall, set up in the corner so the sound is going round the angles. Good luck [/quote] I'd be tempted to print the above post off and show it to the band, as a means of seeking everyone's understanding and agreement to keep the volume down Oh, also have a 31 band graphic with feedback detectors to hand Best of British

[quote name='merello' timestamp='1390750897' post='2348955'] 7string on here uses Stewmac a lot. pm him cos I don't think he's ever had a duty problem. [/quote] Top Man, I thank you

[quote name='bumnote' timestamp='1390734980' post='2348700'] You wouldnt save much money even if they did. You would pay 20% vat on top of the selling price if they had a uk branch and you would pay it on an import. Sometimes if you get a small ish and not too expensive an item it slips through the net and you dont get charges [/quote] There's that too. Looks like UK suppliers if at all possible then.

Thanks folks I'll have a look at those sites for the right crowning tool. The angled one I'm using at the moment leaves too many tooling marks, so it's looking like a [expensive] diamond crowning tool [expensive]. Trouble with Stewmac is they seem to have all the right tools and no UK branch

Pretty much what it says on the top really. Is there a UK division of Stewmac that anyone's found ? There must be a way around that import duty, surely ? Cheers All

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Believe it or not, I can't find the previous thread on this. Is there a difference in sound ? Ok, two cabs are often lighter to carry but ...

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Joe sold me a practically new Hercules stand for a great price. Really friendly too We had some fun meeting up at Victoria Station, as my phone died that afternoon. Meeting at Victoria ? don't agree to meet at WH Smiths - there's two of them ! (guess what happened - yes, of course) Thanks Joe, well met Tom

Simon sent me an extremely well packaged pair of Fralin pick ups. Also friendly to have a natter with on the PM's as well It's all been said above and I'm in agreement, I'd definately deal with Simon again Cheers Tom

The Use of The Self by FM Alexander. ISBN 978-0-7528-4391-9 I'm up to page 70 at the moment

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Can be very useful for some people. Can also take some time to do properly, as after all, the technique is all about learning a different way of doing things we already do, in other words, changing habits. We all know how easy that is

Good point earlier about raising the backline amps, always a winner that one. Also relative positioning of mics, monitors and FOH. Were the FOH speakers directly facing any reflective surfaces ? avoiding that helps. Were the high pass filters engaged on the desk ? Acoustic guitar OP ? did you cut the bottom end at the desk from the acoustic ? that could cause the muddiness (and even boom) you mentioned right there A 2x10 OP ? if it's a 2x10 bass cab, it may be biased towards low end frequencies, which may re- enforce the muddiness you speak of. Just more food for thought

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1388775372' post='2325991'] Impossible to say, really, you have to be there, but you may not have been entirely to blame either. We have found that the P.A soundman's answer to this is often to just turn up the P.A when what you should be going for is a mix. This means you both have to concede there is a problem and then decide on the best way to approach fixing it. It the band decides one thing and the soundman another, what normally happens is that both parties give up at some fraught point. The soundman decides he can do nothing positive and may attend only the most drastic noises and the band resign themselves to not hearing themselves and just getting through it. What makes this much much worse though, IMO, is when sounds have to be EQ'd.... as then you are fighting sound as well as levels and most of us don't often get 2hr sound checks for band and support. The way to help here is that you know the band has sorted its own sounds out at some point and know how it NEEDS to sound... The one thing that gets sacrificed usually, is the stage sound, but then your engr better be worth that..and often they aren't... IME. The only thing I can really offer is find a sound guy you really trust and knows what he is doing and put him on the gig payroll and also practice getting the band sound sorted in very quick time...which means that you want to be hearing everything everytime. Gts and keys need special attention because they either have or want full range sounds............. You can't allow this and still get the bass to sound seperated... Basically..IMO..anytime you can't hear the bass, the band mix is shot... [/quote] Excellent post

Thanks all I did wonder if CTS pots were regarded in much the same way as the SM58 microphone, an industry standard that so many people bought because it seemed that everyone else did. However, the CTS pots do appear to be highly regarded in their own right. I still wouldn't mind finding that old thread though where someone tested another high end pot. Thanks again

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1388750829' post='2325521'] Sound is such a subjective thing, and best quality electrically doesn't always equate to a pleasing sound. [/quote] Ok, I'm curious. Can you expand on this a bit ?