stingrayPete1977

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1469698254' post='3100355'] You know, I was thinking about this statement - I can't actually recall a single instance where I have been at a gig, playing or otherwise, where a PA has failed. I've witnessed plenty of guitar and bass amp deaths though... and countless pedal board failures! Just how common is a PA failure nowadays? [/quote] We've lost a few passive tops over the years (speaker, cross over, bad connector)but carried on with just one,amps and pedal boards etc far more often.

You can always log into the xair mixers with any smart phone up to four users at once, being the bass player and organised I take my phone charger as well as my tablet and charger! I've actually got a Mackie pro fx mixer that I throw in for proper paying gigs as it doesn't take up much room and would work fine with our powered PA, I also take a spare micro head and all my amps have a di to go through the PA in an emergency if it wasn't already. I can't understand why people think a modern PA with powered speakers is more of a liability than a conventional PA, worst case scenario we could use amps as back line, lead vocals straight into a powered wedge pointing at the audience and finish the gig with the damaged speakers.

We take a spare marquee and electricity generator to every gig including a fully stocked bar, tables and chairs etc, we set up two stages and take duplicate instruments for each tent plus a spare PA for each tent, come on you are being paid guys!

Just because YOU didn't pay that price doesn't mean the seller didn't get the asking price, I wish I'd bought every 60s P bass on the market 15 years ago including the 'overpriced' wishful thinking ones!

Maybe his bass tech just paints them between songs? Route for the single coil behind the pickguard!

Lol

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1469644098' post='3100028'] Me too... I'll use it every day and expect to get 6 months plus life out of it... possibly a year but I'll retire the battery before it fails on me. I also have passive options on all basses..just in case. [/quote] I've only got one passive bass! Master Blaster by Stevie Wonder might be a stretch :-o [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01/20150105_201850_zps9am97dvx.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-01/20150105_201850_zps9am97dvx.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1469640875' post='3099996'] I'd do away with my rig if I was guaranteed a decent PA system and a sound engineer with good ears on every gig. The singer in the cover band has been using in-ears for his vocal which was an improvement for him, but as he is also the guitarist and the guitar wasn't in his in-ears he was "disconnected" from the guitar and the balance was "problematic" between the instruments. The other problem was, they ate batteries. [/quote] So he puts his vocals in the in ear mix but not his guitar? How do you do one of those head bang wall emoji things?! Lol

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1469644255' post='3100029'] That's what most people do , but if you played obscure or unliked music , you'd still be a covers band [/quote] Ah you have seen my band then! damn

I am liking all these Stingrays he keeps pulling out , how many has he got?!

I unplug any bass on stage between sets, saves big hoofed drummers hooking the cable and dragging basses off their stands!

Once a year I do strings, battery and general check over on each bass.

I did one of these a few years ago,they want you there as they set the tent up before they use it for the main meal at lunchtime, then for background music until around 6,mics for speeches as and when etc etc etc with the band appearing by magic at 9pm all for £100 a person.

It sounds like a great plan to me, I might do the same at some point.

I just don't see the 'released' part as relevant?

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1469571610' post='3099542'] He let Mott do it before he'd released any recorded versions of it himself. [/quote] Where are you drawing the line between making a demo in the studio and a global number one hit? He must have made some form of recording of it that Mott used as a reference?

You know what when posting about my Classic I'd forgotten about the two pre EB versions I'd gigged regularly before, I didn't notice the slabs on them either,my '79 weighed about 13 lbs but man it sounded awesome!

It got from there to production with the normal electronics in only a few months.

My wife's mini Mayfair has the original tape deck, I've cleaned the heads but I've only got a Pulp album and a green day one, I went on eBay to buy some red hot chili peppers ones for her,Jeez they fetch a lot!

The Beatles- Chains was written by Carole king, in fact she has written so many songs maybe it would be easier to just define bands into two categories, ones that do or ones don't play songs written by Carole king!

[quote name='ivansc' timestamp='1469434373' post='3098159'] And when it all comes down to uit, prices quoted on stuff for sale are generally the sellers most optimistic take on what he hopes someone will pay. Anything being sold is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. Sadly an awful lot of sellers think that just because THEY want a certain price, a seller HAS to pay it. (heh:) [/quote] Well in truth if the seller sticks to that price and the buyer really wants it then the buyer will have to pay for it.

I own a few of both, don't notice it during a gig tbh.

So no overtime at the biscuit factory then!

I agree that it was the fake speakons rather than wire size but even with proper quality ones the thin wires dont get a very good connection as the terminals are designed for much bigger cables ime.