mrtcat

Defo keep it. It's a beautiful amp and the 2nd hand market is terrible right now.

Hear hear (you see what I did there?) ACS are indeed most excellent and I wouldn't leave home without mine. Not cheap but more than worth the money if it protects the most valuable sense a musician has.

I can also get very close to the Zender sound on my spector without the need for any dirt. Roll the pickup blend so there's more bridge pickup than neck and then boost the bass by about 30%. New strings and compression really help too.

I'm using flats on my Jazz bass right now. I haven't changed my amp eq at all (totally flat) but if I occasionally will boost treble on the guitar (East J retro pre) if I want to add a little clank but that's only on the very rare occasion that we play something semi rock like.

[quote name='Dropzone' timestamp='1469012227' post='3095037'] I think it will be ok with one big screen and other members with phones??? [/quote] Yep just make sure they all know to change their own monitor feed and not foh because on a small screen it can be hard to tell the difference.

If they practice once a week and gig once a month. For me there has to be about 4 gigs to every one rehearsal at the most.

Thanks everyone, all great advice. Its a venue that's been doing weddings for two years. The whole thing is in a marquee and the site is actually a working farm. The Pa is new though and as a result of a noise complaint from the only neighbour just over half a mile away. It seems they had a dj earlier this year who was a bit of a tool and just wouldn't turn down. We are actually going to be the first band to play there following them getting the Pa installed this week. I totally understand the noise issue and would be devastated if we caused them a noise complaint. My main concern is that the farmer running the venue knows nothing about good live sound and the bride , groom and band were only informed yesterday of the new rules. I'm going to go in ears for the night and the rest in the band will sort themselves out monitor wise. Luckily we have a behringer x-air 18 so there's six aux outs and each member can do their own mix from phones. That way I don't have to worry about doing a monitor mix for everyone. We have explained everything to the bride and groom and they are taking up any complaints with the venue. Im sure we'll be fine as all the band are pros except me and the singer so they'll all cope.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1468859906' post='3093853'] I prefer to use my big Samsung tablet to my phone, Apple looks different to Android and laptop is different again with LOADS of extra features. [/quote] +1 it's better to work with on a bigger screen. We use a fairly cheap android tablet which works fine. Doesn't need to be too fancy as all the processing is happening inside the xr not in the tablet.

Poor drummer.

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1468869237' post='3093946'] Also, no bass amps on stage, but also no monitoring provided? Edit: Is this all that's been said about the bass amp? As my reading of that is you have to DI rather than mic your amp, otherwise my point about monitoring stands. [/quote] Yes I questioned that too but apparently there are no bass amps allowed. I will probably take one of our RCF 745s as a wedge then. That's as good as any bass amp anyhow.

I think our contract says 20% upfront then if they want to pay the balance by cheque or bank transfer it should be with us 14 days before. If they want to pay cash it should be before the first set. We've done 30+ weddings this year already and only one paid cash on the day. The rest all did bank transfer in advance. Contracts are king in this game.

We are deep in the thick of wedding season at the moment and all is good......busy but good. Today we got an email from a venue we are playing at the end of this month saying that they have just decided that in order to control volume they have now bought their own PA. No biggie I thought and a look at the spec says it should be ok (they have some tasty power amps). We however have to bring our own mixer and run sound ourselves. This concerns me a little to be honest. The PA has also been set up with a limit of 95db which ok isn't that loud but our drummer is good and can do restrained if necessary. They have also added that no bass amps are to be used and that only DI'd bass is allowed. This concerns me a little more as there's no engineer. Now I understand volume is an issue in lots of places but this is a marquee on a farm over a mile away from the nearest neighbour. Is 95Db in a marquee any different to 95db in a club? I guess it depends where they measure from. If its 1m from the speaker then that's really quiet. If its measured at the back of the tent then it's probably biblically loud on the dance floor. My question is - would this type of venue control worry you? I'm a little anxious about using a strange system whilst trying to play and not having a bass amp. should i be worried? PA spec and some rules below: [i]PA: we have our own PA system which all bands and DJs must use. The system will be set up on the morning of the party and has 2 x XLR inputs for you to connect your mixer to (see picture below). The system consists of: [/i] [i]○ dB Technologies 15" Loudspeaker x2 [/i] [i]○ dB Technologies 18" Sub Loudspeaker x2 [/i] [i]○ OHM CFU A3 Power Amplifier x2 [/i] [i]○ Symetrix Prism 8x8 ­ open architecture digital signal processor inc. wireless remote functionality. This process limiter limits the output to pre programmed Dba. We have undergone acoustic studies to identify the correct limits for each frequency which averages out as an overall limit of 95 Dba.[/i] [i]● Bass: all bands must Direct input their bass.[/i] [i]● Lighting: We supply lighting in the form of dimmable 8­arm chandeliers. You are welcome to dim these to your requirements and to bring and dance floor lighting you require. [/i] [i]● You are required to meet with a member of Huntsmill Farm (Huntsmill Weddings) before starting your music. This is so that we can ensure that this policy has been passed on to you and fully understood. It is usual at this point to perform a sound check and to discuss any issues. [/i] [i]● There is a noise limit inside the marquee of 95Dba. This is limited through our PA system output. This is NOT an automatic power cut­off system. [/i] [i]● We also monitor the noise from a number of other locations outside the marquee on an hourly basis to determine if the level of noise is too much (ie. is traveling to our neighbours). While using the decibel monitor is useful some music or vocals travel more than others so please bear with us if we ask you to turn down certain aspects. [/i] [i]● No kareoke please. [/i] [i]● No amplified music before 7pm. [/i] [i]● Live music limited to 11pm, after this time recorded music (DJ) only please. [/i] [i]● There shall be no more than 1 DJ without prior written permission. [/i]

This old chestnut comes up fairly often on here, so I'll pull up a seat. Up to you at the end of the day but whatever you do make it entertaining, engaging and get vocal harmonies nailed if you want to stand out because there's a lot of people doing that stuff in a very mediocre way. Personally I'd go for the "give em what they want" approach and do your best job of it and you'll be fine.

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1468446549' post='3091054'] How do you find the 1126s now you've lived/gigged with them a little? I'm considering them Do you use them without PA support at all? Si [/quote] Ive done probably 30 gigs with them now and they're really great. With my GK MB500 Fusion I had to roll bass off a bit because they have lots of bottom on them. Not boomy mind just present and sometimes it conflicts a little with a mic'd kick drum. Surprisingly I haven't had to do this with the DB750 so I guess they were simply reproducing what the GK was giving them. With the Aguilar they have really impressed me. That combination has heaps of weight and a really nice thick and defined tone that you really feel. I once owned a Hartke Kilo and a berg nv412 and after the demise of the kilo I sold the berg on and since then I always found everything else lacking. This rig has got that magic that my Hartke/berg did and then some. Basically I think I'm saying that I love the cabs but they will sound different with different amps. You're very welcome to come try them before committing to buying some if you're ever up this way. I do use them without Pa at smaller gigs and at bigger gigs I only use one cab. They sounded far better without Pa when using either the SWR SM900 or the Aguilar because they stay solid at volume. I found them a touch more boomy and less weighty at high volume with the GK.

[quote name='JPJ' timestamp='1468435228' post='3090951'] You think that's heavy? [url="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JPJ/media/IMG_0864_zps17e5864c.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Now there's a thing of beauty. I don't care about weight - that's bloody lovely.