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I see quite a few venue cancellations on the various FB pages - Somerset musicians, Bath musicians, Bristol musicians etc - you get the idea! Definitely saw at least one today: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bristolmusic/posts/7337323739640067/

Thankfully managed to get my hands on an Xvive U4 wireless IEM from a friend which seems to be doing the job!

Thanks Stew - fingers crossed!

Totally random question - I’m doing a musical and the band can’t hear the cast vocals. The venue doesn’t appear to have any wired in throughputs from the tech booth to backstage and it’s too far for cables (and for a few nights). The digital desk has a load of unused aux outs and I presume we could get a feed of vocals out if needed. One idea was to use a wireless IEM system to get the aux out to a monitor backstage at v low volume, but we have no budget and I don’t have a system. I was wondering whether I could use my wireless bass system to send the signal instead. Is there any reason not to use it (range notwithstanding)? I mean frequency wise etc. Assume I have all the right cables to convert jacks to XLRs etc.

Sorry, that was directed at Owen - I misread his first post and thought he said he was using compression, but he said he's going to experiment with some compression.

Thirded. Could it be your compression is too heavy and it’s squashing the arco much more than the pizz?

Thanks. Worth knowing a dedicated spray place could add a tinted poly. I suspect it's a 2K as the previous owner told me it was clear coated by a car spray place. Some good advice there, thanks v much.

Thanks - I only ask about the Osmo as I have some knocking around that would give the perfect tint. Sounds like you’ve prevented a very messy mistake though, thank you!

So, say someone has just acquired something that had been professionally finished in a polyurethane clear coat which didn't match something else which has aged due to a nitrocellulose clear coat. Short of stripping off the poly in its entirety, tinting and then refinishing (either in poly or nitro) is there any way of 'tinting' the poly finish? For example, is it possible to shoot a tinted poly clear coat on top? (I know poly coats stay separate when cured, unlike nitro ones which 'blend' into one another). Does such a product exist? I know you can get tinted nitro clear coat for 'aging' guitars - is there a poly equivalent? Could I just spray tinted nitro on top of the poly (taking all necessary safety precautions of course)? Could I just wipe on something like a tinted Osmo oil? Would that cure on top of poly?

Rehearsals sound like they'd be a laugh...

Hurrah! Good news, everybody! As @Matt P suggested, it seems there is a captive nut on the underside, and on closer investigation for some reason the screw had simply come undone to the point it could pull out of the nut. Thankfully it would still thread and so all it needed was screwing back into place, this time with a judicious application of Loctite. Hopefully that will hold it! Also did the other one at the same time. Fingers crossed!

Likewise, I have one of these - branded VonHaus or something, was about £15. I can manage combo amp + extension cab , gear bag, pedals all on it (I use a bungee around the axle) so it can make it one trip from the car (if I’m not playing DB!).

Thanks for the heads up - haven’t had a chance to check yet but will do.

Thanks - I have some dowels so should be reasonably straightforward (he says...). Watch in a week or so for a CMD121P going cheap because the handle spontaneously caught fire..!

Not seen this before! Carrying my MB CMD121P back to the car after playing, one of the handle mounting screws suddenly parted ways with the body of the cab, leaving the combo dangling from the other end. Never seen this happen to any other cab! And it continues my run of bad luck with MB stuff… Has anyone had this happen to them, and if so, how did you fix it? I haven’t been able to look at it in detail (it was dark) but the pitch of the screw seemed pretty fine for something supposed to grip into wood. I was thinking I could either pack the hole with epoxy filler and screw it back in, and hope that it holds it when cured - or fill the hole (either with aforementioned epoxy or a dowel) and use a more aggro screw. Thoughts?

I started off with a Radial I/O, which allows for different input levels, but quickly realised you need separate EQ settings as well. I was after an EBS Microbass 3 but ended up with a Radial Tonebone OD - it has a switchable HPF for each channel and a piezo boost on one input if required. Separate EQ for both channels, and an 'always on' tuner output - useful if like me your intonation can be a little iffy.

Bath - location should be showing under my username?

So, I had a Tenda Nova MW6 mesh setup at home. I ordered a pack of three in 2020, and then an add-on cube in 2022. Product details are here: https://www.tendacn.com/uk/products/11ac-mesh.html I suspect these are an earlier iteration as the LED colours are green, yellow and red. They look like this: They're supposed to extend your wifi around the home by working as little 'nodes' to provide seamless connectivity. And they did. For a while. They tended to work fine, but every now and again (once every 6 months or so) they'd just drop out. The Tenda app doesn't provide much in the way of functionality, so if they dropped, there was not really any way of telling why. There's been a couple of times more recently when the whole shebang just stopped working, for no apparent reason, and it all needed to be rebooted and set up from scratch. Frustrating, and time-consuming, but ultimately resolveable. However, on Tuesday they just all dropped out, again with no apparent reason, and whatever I tried I couldn't get them back up and running again. Tried factory reset, tried reconfiguring the network via the app, the works. The last time this happened, I told myself that I would get rid and replace with something supposedly more reliable, and thus that's what I did. The app appeared to have been updated (I had to re-register and log in again) so I'm wondering if there has been a firmware upgrade which hasn't worked properly. Looking online, this appears to be a common complaint. I don't know whether they're working or have been bricked - I'm just going to throw them out. However, if anyone wants them to take a punt on and see if they can get them working again, they're welcome to them. I don't want to post them, so it's collection only. I do have the original boxes for all of them though. I'm not going to keep these around indefinitely, so let me know ASAP if you want them. I'll update/delete this post if no-one wants them and I've binned them though!

I know next to nothing about the specifics, but I'd have thought a DMX foot controller such as this might be what you're looking for? https://www.thomann.de/gb/stairville_dmx_foot_2.htm Or this if you need something more sophisticated? https://www.thomann.de/gb/eurolite_dmx_move_bigfoot_footb_stock.htm

Ooh that might work, I could do it DB too…

Hah, maybe for 2027!

For the last few years, an ensemble I play in has hosted something of a variety concert (sounds hideous, isn't) where the ensemble plays the second half of a concert, but the first half is made up of members of the ensemble in smaller groups - for example, a sax quartet, wind ensemble, string quartet etc. Last year as part of the more uptempo stuff and for a rhythm-section focus, I did Dean Town with the drummer and keys player, which (despite a couple of flubs) went down really well (surprisingly!). I've been asked if we want to do something again this, year, but I don't really have any ideas beyond another Vulfpeck tune, which is unlikely to be as recognisable. Does anyone have any recommendations of tunes which are bass and drum-centric? Bonus points for anything that's already transcribed! The obvious one is Teen Town but I suspect my ability isn't quite there yet (!); any others gratefully received.

I had an XR18, but the lack of any physical control meant I went for a ‘hybrid’ desk. I now use a QSC Touchmix 16 which is great - does everything the XR18 did and more, such as auto feedback control, room setup wizards. User interface is much easier and it has channel gain knobs which can be grabbed in an emergency, as well as a master knob - and programmable hot keys which can be programmed to suit (I have one as a kill all mics but leave the iPod inputs on, for example).

If this is who I’m thinking of, definitely thirded - had some great service off him.