roonjuice

Met Beedster in Aber for the changing of the guard for "the Beast", (bought his double bass.......)
What a true gentleman. He sorted out my crazy sat nav issues, and was thoroughly helpful both regarding starting to play upright and regarding the deal as a whole.
Genuinely caring, and chris will be a first point of call on learning to play and techniques.
A dude and now a friend,
Cheers Chris
r

Hey andy!
The monitors should be what you need to hear, and as the guitars and bass generally have amplifiers, the monitors should primarily used to amplify your voice in this situation I would have thought.

I have landed a much needed Trace pre from Dr Loz
A true pleasure to deal with, and even with my phone trying to replace every word I typed with unearthly gibberish, he dedicated translation time to deciphering, and made the transaction as simple as turning ice to water.
Super friendly, and funny too!!
Take care mate, and thanks!
r

Yeah please don't fleabay it. Anyone who has not played thru one of these should. More balls than a fat man at a sweetmeat eating competition!!!!!

is the hot hand and envelope still available?

A lesson well learned I feel.....

Watching v closely. Working on a biiiiiiiiiig fishing line to land this whale if noone else lands it........

Want want want.

I am genuinely surprised and humbled by the responses. In all honesty I was never expecting any financial compensation and was merely posting to vent my spleen. The thing that really REALLY got my goat was the fact that there was not even a fricken thank you. I probably will still lend my gear out, because the circles I play in tend to be with folks who are decent and know what they are doing, but a lesson has defo been learned, and I will be far more discerning in future......

I would like to buy:)

lets talk

At least we have dialogue.
If i'm honest, i'm more pissed off that ran directly after our set and didn't even say thanks, let alone offer me a drink!

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[*]Conversation started today:-
Hey, guys it's roon from rising high water, I hate to do this over Facebook, but I don't have a contact number. It seems one of the speakers has blown in my cab during your set:(

Hello, XXXXXXXX the lead guitarist here. As you have said, bit awkward - what makes you think it went during our set? i only ask as i cant remember anything sounding off and i heard you guys playing and cant say i noticed either etc. Why didnt you say anything when we had finished?. Let me know fella..... not good as you say.

i didn't realise because the bass was going through the pa via D.I for your set, and u had left as we started. i went for my normal setting and it sounded thin and i looked and one of the drivers has frozen:(

Hi Roon, xxxxxxxxx here - bass player. With the greatest of respect mate. I am very, very confident that no drivers blew during my usage of your cab. If the driver was blown it was blown before I started. The sound from the amp did not change throughout our set.
If I thought for a minute I had trashed your gear, I would be A) f***ing mortified and looking to sort it out cost wise. Meanwhile, is the driver actually blown or the cone - or indeed is it a wiring issue ? the thing is intended to be a b ) by the way
[*]defo not a wiring issue. Its a frozen cone which would indicate thermal damage to the voicecoil which would only present itself when the cab had cooled down AFTER usage. I really look after my gear and the cab has never been driven by me.

Righto. I should have thought if a coil had been driven that hard (which they weren't I have to say) both drivers in the cab would have exhibited damage (if they are in parrallel which I assume they are being a 4ohm cab) and that it would have been very audible as it shut down - unless its a dodgy driver which has been on its way out for some time, and has decided to cark it at the least opportune time. Please don't think I'm trying to evade any (real or imagined) responsibility here, just mindful of the fact that I heard nothing change during our set either SPL or tone wise, and am sure that I was not driving the cab or putting any nasty peaks through.
[*]As i said, the fault would present when the driver had cooled...





Fault would present in terms of being frozen possibly when it had cooled, but mishapen voice coil / rubbing etc would have been audible long before that I would think. Speaker design by the by anyway - so you think it needs a recone ?
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And the drivers were nowhere near the point of failure before hand...
If i want to move air, i got the tools;)

Just to add....he didn't even offer to buy me a fricken beer!!!!!!!

Thanks for all your input guys,
I will wait to see if there is a response before taking any action, and I won't name and shame, but the more astute of u will be able to narrow it down quite easily.
The reason i carry an overated head is simply because i use the gb in situations where i might power an 8x10 (mine) and the gig was little hike, so a MB2x10 is perfect. (played the gig before, mons, stairs, and i use as a monitor rather than pushing to the room) and i wanted a beer so taxi travel is easier.
Also the gig is a blues gig so i didn' t expect the previous band to be mega loud..
That being said, the gig could have now cost me £££. An expensive lesson for my generosity
balls

My gig last night:-
The band before us asked to borrow my bass amp.
I obliged as the chap was supposedly a sound engineer and i am easy going
i explained that the head was massively overrated for the 2x10, (GB9.0 at 4ohms)
i then found out he just didnt want to lug his TE rig up the stairs (after i said he could use my rig......)
he thrashed it then the band didn't even stick around to watch us.

what would u guys do?
r

hairy spheres. have fun loz:0p

I really need ti sort my predicto text......

if its dtill here ill take it. i van aort cash after my gig tonight;) if it has gone then..... shucks; )

are u selling the 2001?

to befair I know a few women with a beard an or tash tho.......

The bass I have been gigging most recently is a slightly redder hot pink jazz power special.. It plays and sounds like a fricken monster, and I got it for a song because of the colour.. My missus like it too coz it's "so 80's!!!

does sound a bit shady......

i would make a list of questions, in the form of a friendly email, asking exactly what is payed for and provided, including your fee. This gives u a record and also allows u to make an informed decision to take the work or not.
There is usually room for negotiation too.