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Or if the two outputs were from two separate power amps.

That was likley to be power compression. As the speaker warms up, the coils increases in impedance so you lose volume. turn up and the speaker heats up even more and you lose more volume. Backing off would not help immediately as the heat chnages lag the That is why you need "headroom" in cab power.

The Bells catalogue, it was a young musicians porn. I poured over the pages over and over again knowing I could not afford most of the guitars in there.

The bass player on many Doors songs was Doug Lubhan, bassist for Elektra stablemates Clear LIght. More at https://ultimateclassicrock.com/doors-bass-players/ The thing that made The DOORS IMHO was that they had such varied musical backgrounds. I saw them only once, at the 1970 Isle Of White Festival but can't remember if they had a bassist then.

The thing with the Beatles is that the best songs were not the singles and the best Albums were Revolver and Rubber Soul.

I was playing my beloved Fender Aerodyne Jazz Bass the other day and thought my technique had gone to pot. Now I don't have the greatest technique so I put it down to the fact that I was not well enough to play bass for several days. The next day, the strings were flat on the frets and the neck was like a banana. I have to say that I was worried. I could not find the correct 5mm allen key so decided to order a supe duper one from my local tool and fixings supplier,. I love WERA screwdrivers (don't tell the wife) so I ordered one of their HEX PLUS extra long allen keys, it arrived the next day and |I adjusted the neck for a decent relief and... all's well. The neck has stayed in possition for about a week. Now this neck has been very stable needing only a small tweek (eight turn) occasionally for 18 years. Has anyone else had a similar experience? Can anyone explain it?

How right you are. I strove for seven years to get qualifications and the experience to become an IEng and a Fellow of Whatever The Sociecty Was Called Then. Next time I got my business cards printed, there is was after mt name IEng FWSWCT. I changed jobs shortly after and they got the letters in the wrong order, I told them just to use my name instead. The novelty of having letters after my name had already worn off.

I had one of the Selmer 1x18 Goliaths although not the T&B, for the life of me I cannot remember what amp was drining it. I also had a Selmer Zodiac 30, their answer to the Vox AC30 ( yes I was a guitard once). I find it stange that there were so namy T&B 50s around in the 60s/70s yet they seem to have almost dissapeared. When they do come up they are silly money though.

True, I usually don't mind but I suppose that, despite all my efforts, I am turning into a grumpy old man.

Also true. I was going to go into a diatribe about why Voltage vs Watts but the OP probably deserves some pece and I will do it in another therad.

I think we are in danger of getting away from the OP's is asking and I am as guilty as anyone. To refine my answer. Adding a second cab will give you more SPL or acoustic output. It will be lower than 6dB (the Elf, like many amplifiers cannot sustain the double the power into 4 ohms that it can into 8 ohms. @Bill Fitzmaurice is right that I was double counting when adding in the amplifier power. I also agree with @stevie that a better speaker is better than just adding another. I owned an Ashdown Mag 300W combo and I don't think you would be happy at gig level with the Elf plus an extra cab solution. Don't get too hung up on cabinet power. The rating is thermal as most speakers (like incandescent light bulbs) produce much mucj more heat than sound. I regularly practice with my amp into an 8" cabinet rated at 80 watts (the amp is rated 350 watts into 8 ohms. As long as you are sensible your should be

Domo arigato.

Oh dear Jack please don't restart the Tonewood wars. Most of those that believe in Tonewood are actively AntiVaxing at the moment and it would not be a fair fight.

Sorry only just seen this but I would not use the Thump. They are bass heavy and not FRFR at all.

You are quite right Bill. My "favourite" knob twiddler uses an overall 😊 EQ into a pair of Mackie Thump 15 tops. Needless to say whatever I send him, the bass sounds shite. I must admit I have switched the DI from Line level to Mic after sound check and turned my amp up when he went for a comfort break. He did not notice. Luckily I have a wireless system so I could walk out front and listen.

I understand the thing that English words can mean many things but the quote above explains the formal route as it is in the UK, even now. The Doctor thing is more complex, my son-in-law is a Dr and my daughter is a Nurse, however I would rather have my daughter treating me as his PHD is in Archaeology. On an aside, I am shocked to see that 11% in the poll voted idiot. I was not one of them. We must agree to disagree on this.

You are quite right that originally Engineers, like Stevenson etc designed and made engines. Which of course counters my claim to be an engineer. Although the creation of sound has a lot to do with fluid dynamics, I rather feel that getting a good mix is an art. Of course someone that mends a kettle is a Technician or maybr a Kettle Mender?

I was with you until you said art is like engineering. I do believe that it is a very skilled job and although I have designed mixers, I could not do a decent mix to save my life.

I have been using the BC112 MK3 for a couple of years and it is as near to an FRFR cab as you will get. So I set mys sound up as I like it. Would it be right to insist on sending a Post EQ signal to the PA? Amps like the Trace Elliot Elf only have a Post DI so unless there is a separate DI supplied, it has to be post anyway.Also with so many of us using pedals the notion of Pre DI seems of little use unless (as is usual) I am missing something.

I think I know his brother Ricky.

There were some punk bands that would have fitted that description. Sorry got to dash, writing a thread dissing guitarists

Damn you have me sussed. In reality I am a little protective of the term Engineer but my real point is that is it not very descriptive of the role. Yes and quite frequently at concerts where other bands are playing. I make a point of standing just behind the desk if it does not sound right ,as it should at least sound good there. Often it does not. However I do have a great deal of respect for those that reall know what they are doing and perhaps I should not have added the last option to the poll.

Hobby Horse warning. I hear a lot of people calling the person that twiddles the knobs, a Sound Engineer or Sound Man. To me both are wrong, I am an Engineer, I studied Mechnical and Electronic Engineering for 7 years before I was allowed to use the letters IEng after my name. So he/she is not an engineer. As a rule of thumb an Engineer designs it and a Technician fixes it when it goes wrong. Sound man is sexist. To diffrentiate the person from the machine that records, the BBC calls the operator of a tape recorder a recordist. So should we call them Mixists or does that sound like a member of Momentum that reads Socialist Worker? Sound Technician? Well that does not fit my rule of thumb but then rule of thumb is not really a rule at all. So if I eliminate Engineer and Man as suffixes (its my thread, I'll do what I want), what shoulkd we call them that accurately describes their job. Please avoid the expletives that I have often emitted when at concerts and the Kick Drum eliminates everything for about a second every time it is hit/kicked,

I suspect you Elf into two 10s will be loud enough for most gigs. You will get 2-3 dB extra from the amp and 3-6dB extra from two vertical cabs. One thing to note is that the Elf's DI is post DI. So your EQ settings will affect the DI feed. Some Sound Techs might ask for a pre-EQ DI. In which case I suggest an Orchid Classic DI http://orchid-electronics.co.uk/classic_DI.htm.