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Been working on moving the band onto in ears. It started out mostly to minimise equipment as nobody will store any PA equipment apart from me (I have no room either!) So far, most members are willing. I can understand not wanting to but the last gig we played, the volume onstage was ridiculous. I didn't have the chance to set up in ears. We were on with no soundcheck due to time constraints. Multi band thing with in house rig. It honestly shouldn't have happened. I've have never experienced anything like it. I could feel the pressure of the volume in my ears. Everything sounded out of tune even though it wasnt. I've experienced that before but not to that extent. The volume onstage was a joke. That was a month ago and I still hear a ringing in my left ear. My hearing is damaged as a result and that's it as far as I'm concerned. Since then, I've been trying to sort out the in ears properly but still there's reluctance from a couple of members. I wouldn't mind so much but I store and maintain our own PA (the Mrs is not happy as I've got PA stuff all over the house!). Sort out its transport to and fro and setup (now reluctantly). I've asked those not willing to use in ear to take and store the monitors they would need to their houses but to no avail. They have no room apparently. Aaaaaagh! OK moving on. I've bought a Jamhub to try and rehearse silently through headphones as even our rehearsals are far too loud. Everybody can have their own mix. Any member can be as loud as they like. It will protect our hearing and it will improve our performance as we will be able to properly hear what we are playing. We could rehearse at mine or anywhere for free too. We have a really nice Yamaha DXT electronic kit, which the drummer loves but will use an acoustic kit live, a BD for the bass that sounds great, a Line 6 Amplifi guitar combo that has a really nice emulated Fender Blackface for the rhythm. All will go straight into the Jamhub and allow an almost silent rehearsal. Unfortunately, the lead guitarist (who is a star really), appears to think he has to be trouser flapping loud. He doesn't like E kits either. He thinks he will just sound sh*t without valves and a cab. I don't think he has any faith in emulators etc. This is all without even trying it. Kid gloves are needed to even approach the subject. This is for rehearsals after all. Our drummer is a fireman and said there is no way he would have passed his medical after the last gig as he was deaf for days after! Even when we use our own rig we all complain about the volume of the guitarist. Our engineer constantly has issues as he is that loud onstage he is louder than the PA out front. I really want the Jamhub to work, to play live at a comfortable volume and to save my hearing. Yes this is a rant but I only want folk to be a bit more flexible and understanding! Is it just me?

Sold a TC footswitch to Kev. Easy transaction and a nice guy to deal with. Happy New year KeV! Cheers Dunc

I wonder if his next door neighbour Liberace helped him out?

Did some poking around on TB and found this thread - https://www.talkbass.com/threads/the-funniest-musician-wanted-ad-youve-ever-read.6614/ I see their website is no more... On page 2 ZanderStarr replies to defend his Band!

With "full tool" kit. The new owner will certainly be described as this

I'm back to Ashdown after 10 years! Nothing elaborate. Just a little Mibass combo. Tiny footprint. Great sound for what it is and suits all my needs.

Trust me. You are ill.

As any BC'er knows. We buy ourselves presents, love them, think they are the bollo*ks and then sell them at a loss as we get GAS. Again!

If Chavez had really ventured up Mount Vesuvius and held this under a lava flow, I would suspect that bits of Chavez would also be part of the finish! Maybe he needs to raise money for plastic surgery "Generally I ship within 24 hours but I often travel throughout the US to acquire the guitars". Personally I'd just chuck it in the Atlantic.

Just bought Mark's Ashdown. Great communications. It arrived superfast too. Mark's a great guy to deal with. Wouldn't hesitate to do so again. Thanks again Mark. Cheers Dunc

[quote name='DarkHeart' timestamp='1482105189' post='3197732'] and? [/quote] Don't quite understand what the "and" is about?

Unfortunately no. We haven't recorded an actual gig (there's never been an oportunity where we have had enough time to set everything up properly) but we also use the desk for rehearsals, which is basically the same thing apart from in rehearsal we use an electronic kit. We have recorded rehearsals before into Logic and it has worked well. We do covers so I've never actually felt the need to save them! The next time we rehearse I'll record it, save it and post.

We use one live. Never had a real problem with the wireless as sometimes is claimed. It has gone off once but the sound carries on and any competent engineer can reconnect within seconds. Possibly a bit more difficult if a band member is mixing onstage but as said, the sound does not cut out and carries on. We can play live and record multi track into Logic with ease. Also, 6 individual monitor signals and 31 band graphic on everything. Our engineer is over the moon with it. It does everything we ask of it. The best bit of tackle we ever bought.