mrtcat
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Our agents have us doing 3 video shoot days a year. On each day we shoot 3 videos and then they spend weeks tinkering with them to make each new one pretty much identical to the last. I understand the need but find the whole process mind numbingly tedious.
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Yes it pairs brilliantly with the Greenboy F112. The Aguilar is very different to the trace but I love it so far. -
Really good to hear some of its history. It really is astonishingly loud and is a wonderful sounding thing. I always wanted one because, as a lad, I used to watch a band called the hamsters in various pubs and the bass player from that band had one and his sound was absolutely massive.
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I have had cramp in my fingers towards the end of a gig when playing a lot of finger style stuff. Like cramp in sport, there are things you can do to reduce chances of it happening. Being properly hydrated and avoiding salt / caffeine etc prior to gigs can really help. Your symptoms sound much more like cramp than focal dystonia to me. I am completely untrained to make this comment though and would definitely advise seeking proper medical advice if it becomes a frequent thing.
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Absolutely wonderful amp. The best Trace Elliot I've ever owned. Sounds absolutely huge in a way that no class d head can. Really good condition with absolutely no issues. £1 per watt but these aren't any old watts, they're old school Trace Elliot Watts. Comes in the flight case. Collection from South Northamptonshire but I gig all over the country so may be able to meet up.
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Picked the Aguilar up at 5 this afternoon and it had its first run out this evening at a wedding. Sounded as good as you'd expect.
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Would you sell the head separately?
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If it wasn't so far away I'd have this. Glwts. -
I've done over 400 gigs with my shure psm300 (with the upgraded receiver pack) and it has been faultless. If mine got nicked I'd buy the same again.
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Just bought a pair of RCF subs from Nick. Excellent communication, really helpful with meet up arrangements and a genuinely nice guy to buy from. Thanks Nick.
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Neither would my band to be fair.
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Could be the best £56 I ever spend.
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Myself and the guitarists usually go for a wander around the dancefloor mid song when there's a big guitar solo. Absolutely kills my soul when we vacate the stage and some drunken woman jumps up and starts trying to sing into my mic. She can't hear herself as its a silent stage so she just screams louder. I like my vocals to be loud in my in monitor mix so it can be utterly deafening.
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I haven't ever experienced hissing or clipping of any sort in over 5 years of iem use. I was therefore going to suggest people use the Shure PSM300 setup I do until I saw how much the prices have gone up. I paid about £400 including the uprated receiver but they're touching on double that now. That seems utterly insane.
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I like loads of bass and kick in my mix and my singer doesn't want much of either. Guitarist wants tons of kick and his guitar but none of the singer's guitar. Drummer wants a balanced mix with more bass. All of us want our own vocals to be pumped in our ears. There's absolutely no way we could ever work with a single mix. Currently using the same mixer as you. It may cost more but ultimately you're saving your hearing and for me that's worth the extra outlay if it means we will stick with it long term. Individuals would soon get hacked off with it if the mix was no good for their needs.
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Good stuff Blue. Congratulations
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As has always been the case, there is lots of new music and some is incredible, some is terrible and there's a whole spectrum of quality in between. The individual listening gets to decide where on that spectrum they personally want to put each piece of music. To expect it all to please everyone is ridiculous. It's has always been the same and will continue like that until the end of time. My grandparents almost certainly felt exactly the way the op does when I was a teenager. I wouldn't expect mainstream chart to try and cater to my tastes as I get older.
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Andy Billups (I may well have spelt that wrong), who I believe is a member here, used thumb picks to great effect in The Hamsters who were my absolute favourite touring pub band as I grew up. It was due to a medical condition and I believe he adapted them so he could use his pick of choice. Absolutely wonderful bass player and the reason I picked up a bass as a teenager.
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I've done 6 gigs with my lugs reshelled UE6s and have to say that my experience is the opposite to yours. The clarity is noticeably better than the original ue6s and the sound is detailed and clear with a really nice balance.
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Bass, small pedal board, mic and iems. 100+ function / wedding gigs a year. Really couldn't cope with having to lug amps about. Soundcheck is a breeze and my monitor mix sounds pretty much identical no matter where we play. We have a really decent pa and therefore absolutely nothing is lacking so it doesn't feel like a compromise at all. Our guitarists don't use amps either and with them both using top end modelling fx units (Neural Quad Cortex) the guitars sound massive but without blowing the mix.
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You won't go wrong with a sansamp. There's a good reason they've been around for years and they do the Ampeg thing very well.
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New live studio video. Quite happy with this one and the Sire is sounding nice.
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It depends how busy you want to be. If you aren't after more than a gig a week in pubs in your local area then i wouldn't worry about a website. Phoning around or speaking to landlords face to face will yield greater results as most pub landlords don't go actively seeking new bands. Landlords can be notoriously slow or flakey when it comes to commiting to a booking and you have more chance of getting in their diary if theyve met you or spoken to you. If you want loads of gigs, I'd be more inclined to use a decent agent who will add you to their website and do a lot of the leg work for you. It'll come at a price but a decent agent can make a huge difference. A website for a pub band won't make much difference at all.
