taunton-hobbit

A long time ago, I used to site Juke Boxes for a major operator. I was sent to a well-known Council Estate to chat to a (very) Irish Landlord. He wanted two separate jukes, one in each bar - with different records. It took a while to work out that one side catered for Catholics, and the other for Protestants. ...Wouldn't happen now?....I'm not convinced.

Following on from my original response.... cabs (trying hard to get it right)..... Home-built box with two wharefdale 12eg Two Selmer experimental 1x12 + horn (fairly 'orrid) Two Orange 4x12 cols (greenback Celestions) Two Goodmans 18s (sold with the Marshall Plexi) Two Selmer pa tops with horns Four Celestion 18s plus two Vitavox 4cell horns (with socks)(used with the 4x12s) Two Rowe-Ami HUGE juke box extension kit (interesting experiment) Six Tannoy Monitor Golds Pair Celestion SR1 + Celestion bass bins Pair Celestion (KR2) on poles Two Barefaced Dubsters + Two Mackie C200s (present) All of which suggests that I'm far more of an amp freak.........(just)

Umm - Grampian 50watt Selmer stereomaster 100watt Linear Conchord 30watt Marshall plexi 100 (yes, yes, I know...) Original OrangeMatamp 200 2x Vortexion mosfet(?) 100watt Original OrangeMatamp 200watt pa amp Soundcraft 1000 mosfet thing (Swedish?) Marshall 200watt rackmount (still here) Crown 2000 D class (still here) Two Matamp series 3000 valves (still here) Matamp 300watt valve slave (still here) OrangeMatamp 100 watt (Still) Orange remake limited 30/50 (still) I think that's about it (14?) Time to stop, I think.

In a multicultural society where the 'practicing' Christian population is somewhat outnumbered, the term 'Winterval' may not be totally off the mark. Without wishing to dive into religion (or politics), I can't be the only one who found the annual (and somewhat short) speech from Maj to be a bit patronising & over-pro CofE? Whatever, my best wishes for 2017 to everyone on Basschat.

Metal is the way to go - stick cloth to it (if you must)

Back in the Day, we had huge plant like EMI Hayes pressing the latest Beatles single 24/7 That sort of capacity is just not needed now - smaller plant=longer lead time It's just the nature of the beast. Vinyl is uber-trendy at the moment, I'm watching this with interest (and a smile).

Something silly ? Duff speaker jack socket ?

Matamp make a very good 200watt valve amp............

We'll be back to Golden Guinea lps yet.....the price cutting is yet to start, when it does there will be blood everywhere (as usual)

Digital Signal Processing ? ( but I suspect that's not the answer were looking for..................)

..........valve watts have more 'heft' ? ,,,,,,,,,,,, oops

I could spend the rest of the morning trying to explain - it's a whole different thing, just as trying to logically define 'heft'. For this reason (among others) I stopped running a 'disco' a long time back and called it a Sound System instead: people seemed to get what I meant..........

I hated gigging with stuff on poles - the sound was simply wrong........ I had some trouble in convincing Alex that I REALLY wanted two Dubsters (it's a different ethos) to get that 'grunt' out of a 'disco' system. (hate that word, it sends out all the wrong messages)

Apart from a 'ta-da' mail and pic (which I stupidly deleted), Alex has gone very quiet. The original offer (ten only) was almost too good to turn down - had I still been actively working I'd have gone for that without a moments hesitation. I don't think anyone who bought blind at that price will regret it..............

'Professional' is often used to mean that they play for money (sometimes?) It's not the same as earning enough to live on......... I wish you luck, I hope this works for you.

Old Eddy Grant compilation - creaks a bit 'round the edges (but then so do I ) - still very competent stuff.

Back in the day I worked for a company that built & covered cabs - we used Copydex - it's very forgiving.........

I used 18s for over fifteen years - interesting that Alex has gone this route - I can't find anything on the site about crossovers, but I daresay something will materialise - anyone care to mail Mr Claber ?

I started a thread on General Discussion yesterday on this - just a 'heads up'

With the advent of the B/F pa range - " [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]If Alex were to make a combo, he'd either have to find an amp manufacturer that would be happy to assist or go in to the amp making business himself. "[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Alex already has an amp, now all it needs is a preamp (not difficult or heavy) -[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Watch this space ?[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color]

Just have all Excrement Bay stuff diverted to spam - then block........

........ ^ ^ Very wise - 'last nights' have a certain reputation that seems to attract yob idjits - good luck,,,,,,,,,

Mm - I'd got there, it's an interesting departure, all this PA stuff....face it, the average band isn't just a load of peeps playing bass.

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Cash - cash - cash works every time