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Thursday, hosted a jam night in town, was really good and it was really busy with various people playing, including others passing comment saying it was probably the best jam in town Friday, played at Hard Rock Cafe in Manchester. That was hectic, loading in hail with no coat and having to park quite a way away. Eventually at 20 past 10 we could finally start setting up. Not so much fun with an unfamiliar PA where one of the power amps was playing up, and in a panic I'd forgotten to turn on all of the effects rack. Quickly solved by agreeing not to use monitors for the gig and I just pulled the effects rack from the sends on the desk (I hadn't realised I'd forgotten to turn everything on!) I didn't even get a chance to put my shirt on so did the gig in a T shirt, only for some smart arse to make the comment to our keys player about how the band's bass player needs to look smart too! Yesterday was the whopper though, gig at one of the Havens and over 100 miles away from here, to make things easier I hired a van so we could take a van and a car. All booked online, everything fine until I'd travelled 30 miles to the van hire place, it turns out Sixt had put the booking through (I'm 21) and said there were no issues, yet the depot won't rent out to anyone under 25. You can imagine how that went down, obviously it wasn't the depot at fault, it's Sixt and I'm waiting for a call from one of the managers as apparently none are available to speak to on a weekend, and the girl I spoke to one the phone was about as useful to me as a split condom! They did offer me a van from Trafford Park where they could guarantee a van for someone of my age. The catch? I'd have to pay another £70 AND a £250 deposit. Anyway, various phonecalls later we sorted it... we took 3 cars Got there, got lost on the holiday park, eventually found where we were playing and the only place to park was on the wet grass as the other two had got the hard standing...yep, my car got a bit stuck Did the gig, played really well considering we had two deps, and given the distance (120 miles), once played I just wanted to get out of there soon as. We finished playing just before 12, we got the 5 piece band and full PA packed up and on the road and I was in my own bed by 3. I'm now absolutely shattered!

cheers

I like the HK Actor systems, never used one but heard them a good few times. Definitely a nice PA! Alto appear to be quite good too, I'm looking into their desks at the moment as I want something a bit newer than the 1604. There's a few Soundcrafts which I've got my eye on too!

Hmm, I use all sorts. Depends on the gig / space in the car really. Desks: Peavey XR800F Mackie 1604VLZ Soundcraft Spirit Folio Notepad Amps: Ecler PAM 1000 (racked in with an EV SP200a system controller) Peavey CS1000 Bell... something or other Tops: EV SX100+ (pair) Subs: Studiomaster VX115 (pair) Monitors: Home made 2x5 (pair) Peavey 1x12s (2 pairs) Plus a mix of ART and Digitech FX, Beringher Feedback Destroyer and a Peavey graphics. Mics are a mix of AKGs and Beyer Dynamic, and a 16 way multicore too. For pub gigs I'll go out with with the Peavey desk, Ecler amp rack and the EVs. They fit in the car along with my bass rig and it's a very quick and easy rig to setup, as the Peavey's a powered desk I use that for the monitor amp. For bigger gigs (such as this weekend) I hire a van and the Mackie, FX rack, CS1000 and subs are added to the package, and the Peavey desk stays at home. The 1x15 and LH1000 in return also stay at home and I take the Superfly and HX112 as I only need them for stage monitoring

No worries, if you have a look at these links it'll give a rough idea how it sounds combined with a 1x15 (Trace 1153) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu0LL1bf9W0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMvCaCA0ORk

Handles it really well I'd say, it's certainly loud and punchy enough at 4ohms with the Superfly, for big gigs it sits on top of the 1x15, and that adds more than plenty bottom end

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Well I've liked it so much I've only gone and got myself the HyDrive HX115 to sit underneath it... Oops

Here's a couple of clips from my band's most recent gig on Friday with our new line up, trying out the new Hartke HX112. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu0LL1bf9W0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMvCaCA0ORk We've got a promo video coming soon too which we recorded on Thursday. [url="https://www.facebook.com/ElectricLoungeBand"]www.facebook.com/ElectricLoungeBand[/url]

DR HiBeam - They sound great, feel great and last for ages

Hopefully getting my new cab today / tomorrow Needed something lightweight, portable but still gutsy and 4 ohms.... So Hartke HyDrive 112 it is then

What's your budget? That'll determine a lot of factors

Most likely to be 8ohm, I'll ask my dad when I get a chance (probably won't see him tomorrow) as he used to have one. They're absolutely cracking amps! Fred Baker had two and used them in stereo

Cool We only had her for one, I believe she's moving back to Scotland.

[quote name='JakeBrownBass' timestamp='1378906064' post='2206307'] If it isn't little Matt Wilmot!! A great great player that guy. I love him to bits! [/quote] It is indeed (only just seen this ), top keys player. I'm playing with him in a band called Electric Lounge. For our last gig we had Ali Roy singing too who I'm sure you're familiar with