Stub Mandrel

Again today...

We were told the space for a band was tiny in a small pub. And we are a 5 piece... So, we gambled and just took a digital mixer, four mics and my two 'fun generation' powered 15s at just 150W rms each. Sounded fine according to the punters, but the videos people made suggest the guitars and bass were too quiet for the vocals and unmiked drums... I had struggled to set my volume as a touch one way too loud, a touch the other - silence. At least we know we can go really pa light if necessary.

Congratulations!

I would imagine you get a very dark sound, possibly with a big hump at the port tuning frequency as you suggest. No harmonics or top end to speak of... The port resonance affects the driver so dont expect more bottom end than you'd get from micing the speaker - just less top. For reggae my instinct would be to set crossover frequency high, mic the speaker fairly close to the dust cover. Maybe mix in a bit of di. I’m not a reggae bassist but my impression is that the sound is more in style/technique than in eq settings despite the reputation of just being bottom end.

I have a few nice guitars, made this using a squier neck and a Northern Guitars body blank. Got some secret sauce (e.g. di Marzio stacked humbucker from about 1985). But I'd probably choose my recently refretted 1976 Epiphone jumbo acoustic or my brother's 1962 SG Junior.

Too late... 😬

I'm always claiming great things for the classic rock band... so in the interests of full disclosure... In our defence this was third encore after about an hour's second set so we were cream crackered. Sound isn't great on my phone. VID-20240804-WA0001.mp4

Sound bigger than the one we did for them in the south! If they are just as welcoming you'll have a great time.

Ditto.

Would love to be on the bill with you one day Daryl.

One of my bands has a ridiculously talented blues guitarist, and he's only 22. But he's a modest and self-effacing as you can imagine. His other, indie band, were at number 3 in the UK physical singles chart and he's almost embarrassed by that. For me and his long standing drummer the only frustration is his reluctance to push the band as hard as he could despite much encouragement from working musicians. Hexs more likely to tell you how he's working on his vocals in response to praise. As the 'rhythm section' it's insanely easy to play with him as he can telegraph what's happening so we stick in a fair bit of improv, yet my ear and playing individually and as a unit has come on in leaps and bounds. I know I'm still way short of his standard - I'm so used to it, then sometimes I'll realise he's kicked up a gear... So yes, it's horrible to be stuck with a prima donna frontman, but if you find someone good who puts the band first, it really will lift you all up.

It's actually bathroom tiles. I know because a mate of mine rented the flat Jerry Dammers used to live in...

https://cool.culturalheritage.org/waac/wn/wn25/wn25-3/wn25-305.pdf Seems it may lose most of the solvent quickly and keep drying for years...

Not definitive unless we know what proportion of tuffcab is solvent that evaporates? Answer from the MSDS, it's 45% water by weight, when dry 1kg probably becomes closer to around 0.6kg, plus Tolex needs adhesivewhich will account for a few tens of grams, so the real world difference is probably negligible.

If I had to choose a rig from my collection on tone instead of power...

Luxury, when I were a lad, you were lucky to get a used napkin to shleter from the rain.

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Just back from a Bendricks Rock gig at the Lamb in Newport. Much more room than we were expecting. A few friends as well as enthusiastic locals. We felt a few songs were rushed and/or scrappy. How did we manage to butcher a song as simple as Sex Bomb? But we went down well and the bar staff loved it. Major plus point was finding my cheap and cheerful Thomann powered speakers were more than adequate for a pub gig (4 vocals). Drummer Paul from Bluesfire was there and is practicing with us on monday ahead of a dep in September. After that NOTHING! until September: (

I have the sunburst with matching sunburst(!) Headstock. Not as pretty as a CAR Bongo though.

Buying what is a bad idea? A carbon fibre cab? I'll remember to book my next flight on a deHaviland Comet...

Just a thought, the kinetic energy in a moving object is proportional to mass, so a cab that's much lighter doesn't need as much impact resistance.

Hoof glue for all I know... it is unlikely to be more environmentally unpleasant than the polyester resins used for carbon fibre.

I know I'm comming across as a GRBASS fanboi, but they do bamboo cabs as well....

I just have their lightly padded slip cover.

GRBASS use a laminated construction with a foam between the carbon layers. Presumably this has a big effect deadening resonance. If you tap it it doesn't sound much different from a traditional cab. Odd I thought I was quoting @Chienmortbb... Also, I would say that when my cab finally dies, I'd be likely to go with their bamboo version, if only because I am an environmentalist by profession...