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Mine is seafoam green also and it's a really nice colour in the flesh. Sadly still no word on my neck which they have had for over two weeks now. I emailed for an update yesterday but have had no reply yet. Very tempted to send the body back and ask for a full refund. If i was a custom builder and had messed up someone's order I would be bending over backwards to rectify it quickly and keeping the customer in the loop at every stage.

Oh hell no..

Trust me, that crosses our minds most days.

Only thing that bugs me is our singer. He used to complain gigs were too infrequent and under paid. Guitarist and I have worked so hard to get us on the books of a decent agency. Now that decent paying work is flying in singer continually says "hmm I'm going to have to see if my wife will let me do this one".

I'd say it was better than using standard foam tips but not as good as proper custom moulds. That said I was also impressed with the comply t600 foam tips. My wife helped me do the diy moulds and that made life easier. The best bit is that as soon the second ear was filled with putty I couldn't hear a word she was saying for 10 mins.

I can't actually remember (was a few years ago) but it wasn't the stuff in the video, which clearly works fine, as it was more skin coloured. Might have been this stuff https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ahead-ACME-Custom-Molded-Earplugs/dp/B006LPKXKA/ref=pd_sim_267_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S7A8G1XYTV5C1X7DF9D6

Definitely not stupid. I did this with a pair of budget off the shelf iems and it worked very well.

As long as the engineer has enough aux sends on the desk and is happy to spend the time sorting out a decent mix for her. She's unlikely to get a stereo mix but you never know. Personally I prefer to have my in ear mix set up just to my liking with compression so I take quite a long time when setting up with a new or unfamiliar desk. It would definitely be wise for her to buy a decent system with a limiter function.

Many congratulations, she's gorgeous.

When I get home the van gets parked in the garage, I don't unload anything, I'm in bed within 5 mins and asleep within 6. Any "buzz" has usually subsided by the time my bass is back in its gig bag.

I think it's probably a different thing in the states. In the UK rocky pop bands are very much in favour for weddings at the moment. Many people are opting for bands that look and sound like a rock / indie / pop band rather than the now slightly dated "shirts, ties and waistcoats" type clean cut bands that were dominating the wedding scene a couple of years ago. No not all bars are cramped but ime there's almost always more space at function venues.

No backline here. Whole band on iems and both me and guitarist using helix. The helix is overkill to an extent but I love it live and its also currently acting as my iem preamp.

Beautiful!!! About 3 days to mainland UK so probably the same for you. Should come with FedEx i'd imagine.

We do all sorts of private parties including over 40 weddings last year. We also do pubs at times of year when weddings are quiet. It's not about specialising it's just about being really mainstream. Classic rock may be popular in pubs, festivals or bars but it's pretty niche elsewhere. Mainstream pop and pop rock is where the crossover is. I'd take a wedding or a private party over a pub gig any day of the week. Nice venues, better money, food provided and a packed dancefloor full of happy people in their best party gear as opposed to the usual cramped pubs, angry drunks, low pay and playing to a bunch of blokes.

Agreed 100%. Any price rises have been down to exchange rate rather than any significant changes made by Maruszczyk.

No, you're not missing anything it's just that in some bands a "set and forget" sound doesn't work. You clearly know the sound that works for you and your band and whether you learned what it was at a gig or at a rehearsal the bottom line is that you now know what that sound is and how to make it fit. If you are using different sounds for different songs / have changed your signal chain significantly or regularly trial different sounds then it's clearly far more sensible to tweak in the rehearsal room than leave it until you are at a gig where time is tight and it would be unprofessional to spend hours tinkering. I use a helix and have one virtual rig for rock stuff with a pick another for fingerstyle stuff, another for mellow acoustic feel stuff. Is it entirely necessary? Maybe, maybe not but my band love it and guitarist does exactly the same and we have spent time at rehearsal working on fitting everything together. You may not know where BRX gets that idea from but I think he's absolutely right to use rehearsals as a time to make sure his sounds fit.

Excellent tip. I'll be pinching this.

The prices haven't risen dramatically from what I can see, maybe 10% over a few years. In my case I've still paid around £1400 for a very highly specced passive jazz (swamp ash body, carbon neck rods, mop block inlays, aguilar pups, matching headstock) built to order with equivalents from fender or musicman coming in a lot higher. I think it's the classic "rapidly growing business" issues I've encountered with waiting time that has increased considerably and basics being missed when reading the spec sheet. I've had no word on the neck yet and I'm guessing that to fit luminlays it's going to need refinishing so might be a while yet. I'm out of pocket for the £20 odd it cost me to send it back at the moment but will sort that with them. Adrian is going to send some new neck screws with it. Unless there's some gesture to apologise for the pink torpedo up then it's very unlikely I'll order from him again tho which is a shame as my Elwood L was beautiful and this one will be fine too but I just don't have that confidence anymore.

Hey, nobody dates my sister without asking me first!!!

Also why you don't let the bride or groom pick the set list. Let them identify a small handful of their favourites from you repertoire but even then tell them you'll only work them in if you can without losing the crowd. Usually not a problem but occasionally you'll get clients who'll try to tell you exactly what to play and when.

Pretty sure that @EBS_freak has experience of using a Kemper. Might be worth giving him a shout. I came close to getting one but opted for a helix instead and love it for live and rehearsal.

I picked up a yamaha gigmaster kit (their entry level kit but solidly put together) two years ago for £60. Changed the heads to some nice Evans ones and tuned it up so for £130 I had a solid sounding shell kit. Unfortunately to get the cymbals and hihats it cost another £400 but does sound great for what is essentially still a very cheap kit.

Thanks, it's taken from the mixer because we don't use backline. Makes small spaces so much easier to work in (both size and volume wise) and also helps make foh much cleaner.

Some crazy woman booked us (via an agent we have since parted company with) to play a 60th bday party. The address was something like "Fawson Hall". Turned out that was the name she called her 2 bed semi in milton Keynes. We arrived in pouring rain to be told we would be playing in the garden which was approx 5m x 8m. We were shoehorned in under a pergola but as there was no cover anywhere else in the garden all the guests (about 20 max) stayed in the dining room with the patio doors open. She paid over £800 for the privilege. Tried to book us again this year but luckily we're already booked on the date she wants. Video evidence :

Little live in session style video we did last week at The Silk Mill . We all look a bit knackered cos it was a silly early start to get there and we all have kids except the drummer who just doesn't do early starts. Apologies for the song selection lol.