SuperSeagull

We already do Rio, Dakota, Don't You Forget About Me so I think its more he has a blind spot on some bands.

Guitar x 2, me, drums and singer. I think that is the way it might work but the guitarist seems to have always had a veto - its been going 15 years so I'm a relatively newbie at three years.

The singer 😃 who is not the guitarist.

I'm interested in how those of you in covers band go about selecting new material. My band has an aspiration to refresh our set list but we (I!) keep banging up against our guitarist and band boss who simply dismisses anything by artists he doesn't like eg Fleetwood Mac, Oasis, Killers, or genres he similarly doesn't like eg anything vaguely punky. He is a lovely guy, a very good musician and he works very hard on managing gigs, rehearsals etc but has what I think is a blind spot in this area. I'm of the view we are entertainers, need to give the punters what they want which is stuff they recognise, can sing along to rather than more obscure numbers from 50 or 60 years ago. How do others do it?

Glynde. Near Lewes in Sussex and close enough to me that I should really go one year.

I love my TE Elf but it’s just not got enough headroom to gig with - does the TE1200 sound like an Elf just louder ‘cos that’s what I fancy!

Just down the road from you in Burgess Hill. Agree re Horsham and Crawley is also good, we play there often. But Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath and pretty much anywhere east across to Eastbourne is a bit more challenging. We play one venue in Burgess Hill other than that it’s a struggle. Doesn’t appear to be any rhyme or reason why.

Am I the only person not to love a RM head? I had one for a while, seemed underpowered and lacking in character compared to my MB, TE Elf and old Ashdown ABM combo. Moved it on quickly. Each to his own I guess and there is clearly a lot of love for them here - maybe it’s my old ears 👂

Last weekend we did an afternoon set at The Bull in Horley for their annual bands and bbq event. Was disappointed to realise that we started at the same time as the FA Cup final kicked off but it went well including easing our new, soon to be, lead vocalist in with half a dozen numbers. Plus a photographer snapped a nice pic of my bass (and me!)

Very experienced, most styles. Currently playing in a gigging rock / blues band but ready for a change. Mid Sussex, Brighton, Crawley area.

An update. Back in the country and been exchanging emails with the ever helpful Rob at Status. After about 18 hours of playing the new Duracells were at 8.8v He hasn’t yet commented on the mA reading but asked me to check there were no volts registering without a cable in which there wasn’t. Also asked to look for any stray cables, twisted Jack socket connections - none that I could see. He has also asked for photos of the control cavity.

Nice venue. I do like that part of the world, we keep looking at whether to move New Milton / Barton way.

Pub gig last Friday. MB combo and 1x12 cab. Always take the Elf as backup. Status plus a Fender Flea J.

No! Been playing 45 years - still good to learn stuff! And appreciate people taking the time to share their knowledge.

Again, thanks. Every day a school day!

Update - there isn't one. Family life has got in the way of sorting anything over the last week and I know Rob was away from the office at Status. Gigged last night, voltage on both batteries was 9.27v pre and 9.02v this morning after a 2.5 hour set. Next week we fly to SE Asia for a few weeks so I'll get back to it when home again. Thanks again for all the advice.

I will although sometimes they are tricky to get hold of. A call on Monday I think.

I’ll give the control cavity a good check before I take it in. If those readings are broadly within tolerance then perhaps it is the Jack socket gone rogue. Thanks all for your help and advice - much appreciated.

Just spoken to the guys at Badlands in Brighton. He said it’s the third Status they have had with similar issues in the last few months, one just last week. One needed a new Jack socket, the other a new preamp board. I’m hoping for the former! Will pop it down next week.

After a quick visit to my Dads who has a much better meter than I do, I was getting a reading of 1.3mA but after I pulled and then reinserted the batteries dropped to 0.8mA, then another check had it at 1.5mA. I also checked the voltage on brand new Duracells put in pre gig last night and both have already dropped 0.5v. Your instructions were superb, thank you. I’ll speak with Status next week to get their view on those readings. Intermittent fault maybe?

That’s really clear and helpful, thanks. I need to think about how to deal with step 1 as there are two batteries for the pre amp and they each sit in a flip up compartment rather than using the simpler clip on connector.

Thanks all. I've a multimeter but little competence beyond that - how do I measure the current preamp drain 😬. My thought was to do that and then give Dawn at Status a call to check with them.if it sounds right.

Yup!