Downunderwonder

Thanks. I figured that would be the result that Tim wishes to avoid but not actually recorded since quantising became a thing myself. Hey, the guy doing it in real time enlightened himself by doing it!

Dude, drop the 'tude if you want help. All advice has been given in good faith so far but don't expect that to continue much longer at this rate.... Your amp pushes 300w into two 8 ohm cabinets so dividing by two gets you 150w per cab. If you only took the 15 it would have been getting something like 180w but you never mentioned that case so never mind. It's not on the forum to shop for you but I see the Hydrive series got another reboot as the Hydrive HL115. So try one of their spare drivers. Should be fairly easy to order. I have told you what you need to do so over to you to find it. Sweetwater are helpful folks, try them and for forgiveness sake drop the 'tude. Substitute a few less letters into that f word. They might even help you to change ports on your cab to match the new model. I see Hartke have kept the same external size all through so should be a doddle.

I am amazed none of the singers I have worked with have had their teeth broken in that scenario. Even a raised stage is no guarantee. The better places recognise the hazard and have a corral fence across the front. Monitors are overkill and the PA is simply stage right and stage left angled across for double duty. The 200w of the Ant is plenty to rock the house, best left back on the cab. My cab is a beverage free zone. Anything there after the first warning is disappeared so even drummers quickly learn.

Firstly are you using earplugs to save going deaf? If it's just a monitor you really should be able to hear it either way. Makes me think you are all pretty damn loud and not using earplugs. Next order is get something to tip it so it points up at you. You might be able to turn down instead if earplugs are installed first.

I forget the name but its all over the internet. Hydrive series innit? Similar size cab, higher power handling rating < big grain of salt disclaimer >, same style of aluminum cone presumably similar tonal qualities or at least as similar as you are going to find.

This. If the 150w of pure Trace grunt blew it once it will blow it again. OP may not realise there are precious few North Americans on this forum. Odds of anyone here in his immediate four State neighborhood knowing where there is a good reconing shop for him, very slim. I am not sure he has even done a battery test. Instead relied on 'I know I connected it up right when I did the job'?

Beer has it's own way of hurtling sideways, so I refer you both to the great and almighty authority that is beer. I am merely beer's humble emissary. If your pedal board does not hang around with beer then you have no fear. This product may well be the duck's nuts for you. Since many pedal boards do hang out with beer and the vents are not obvious at first glance I think it's a valid point to raise.

It's a hard road to satisfy bassists. Give them what they want and they complain it isn't what they want. Fan cooling means not at all water resistant. At least most pedals stand a pretty good chance of being ok in an accident involving a drunk and a jug of beer. If you watch the promo vid they are all about the touring and quiet stage folk. It sure does cover a lot of tasks in a small package. If you aren't concerned about roaming drunk jugs of beer it's a good shout as a 'pedalboard amp'.

Down on a pedal board is no place for an amp, especially one that is fan cooled. There are plenty of amps that you can plug a pedal board output into and take the DI out from the amp. Nobody mainstream builds a power block because there is no money in it. They are out there but not certified for hooking up to the grid.

Your cab has been superceded. There are no reconing kits on offer. Option 1. Put the new model 15 in and either hope for the best and retune the cabinet as required or do some of your own research on that. Option 2. Find a reconing shop and ask them if they have or can source the original driver reconing kit out of some secret stash. Best be nice about it. You keep using the word fix. Ain't no fixing unless it is a simple separation of the dust cap or small tear at the surround of the cone that mates cone to the frame. You ruled those out already. So it requires a recone or binning. I already explained the recone process a little but sing out if you need more info. You saw the film Snatch? Analogous to 'fixing' a busted up driver.

Doubtful. I think the cheapest I have seen would be used Barefaced for around 700. Overkill for a monitor. A used 10"RCF active might be around 500 if you can find one?

Any sound person worthy of the title should recognize that effort and endeavour to EQ their PA to the room to save themselves the effort of tweaking everything in the mix. Lots of bands not even using cabs these days.

They make these things called 'young chaps' that deal with that.

Ime just heavy enough to be a pain walking longer than a couple of blocks if the handle is less than fully comfortable.

I'm not talking about splitting it into multiple issues. A consolidated post from OP on what was tried and rejected outright; what partially succeeded before reverting to snafuville, what gear is now in place, is what I would like. The best place for it would be a reboot thread.

You do realise you are only on the start of the slippery slope that leads to a garage full of amps and cabs? It's not too late to hop off. When I started golf setting my gear I got to three rigs and started selling extras. For a while I was good. Then a bargain came along. Still I was good. Then another, and another... presently at 5 amps and 3 cabs which I can all justify for liking the sounds and the hefts and the looks and the practicalities. But nobody would complain if I went down to 1 of each, until something broke, and I could still cobble up a rig out of PA gear if all the bass stuff was stolen. Slippery slope I tell ye!

Hopefully you don't get taught any lessons the hard way. Not knowing what hours are involved I am guessing the 2 hrs 9 to 11 for headliners at Old Farts MC party. I would run with 1.5x what you charged for the pub party plus travelling expenses and accommodation and meals. From the sounds of the 300 Squid 6 piece PA toting 50 mile travelling band, they may not pay anything like what you need.

I'm stealing that.

Wherein the Devil resides. If the first opener of the email isn't technical enough to realise they are are of their depth then it can go two ways. Either it will be more trouble than it's worth to get the detail sorted or they get turned around by a sharp "Thanks for getting back to us, unfortunately we will be unable to participate unless someone who understands the details can be involved in making arrangements. This is another of the reasons why we suggested you engage a sound provider, someone who can liaise with the bands on technical requirements. Any number of things can go very wrong with putting on a multi band event so the best thing to do is have someone in charge who knows one end of a mic cable from the other".

It's too hard to remember the updates and then someone else jumps in and the whole thing gets to be a 7 page mess with not a helluva lot apparently achieved. I would like a pt2 thread that goes to fixing it from where he is at now. It can easily be joined back up when it is resolved.

Everyone is playing to a beat. Groove is someone or everyone not necessarily playing on any particular beat for some or all of their notes. I think Tim is wary of letting just anyone mess with the particulars to suit their own interpretation of what was played or should have been played a microsecond sooner or later than recorded.

Pretty darn sure the 2nd run is 4 semitones from Ab but will have to wait until home time again.

The steam powered motorcycle never really got much of a following. Over here bikers dance with their partners and if the band is any good the mammaries will appear. The UK Harley Owners Club sounds like the last bit might be off the card but I wouldn't discount the possibility of dancing. A marquee is essentially outdoors as far as low end is concerned. If the drummer has a good right foot and you have a bass amp that can keep up you will be ok with a vocal PA. Lots of t crossing and i dotting to get done before you can commit to a price. I wouldn't be too keen to deal with whoever is suggesting all the bands set up their own PA's. Maybe they just need to be steered right or maybe they are an idiot. Hard to tell by email. Better odds going straight back to the committee. Dear HRCUK Rally Committee, thankyou for your invitation to headline your shindig. We are surprised that you would have all the bands provide their own PA. Perhaps you are not aware of the amount of time that would be dead air while bands set up. There are many other good reasons multiple band shows have a sound system with engineer running it, from the smallest of festivals to major events. You really would get much better entertainment value by engaging a local sound provider. Bands will give you much better prices so it may even cost you less in total that way. Our band will give you a price for showing up and playing 2 hours 9 to 11pm as headline act, Hotel accommodation provided for <bandmember list>, of XXX0 squids. We would bring stage amplifiers and drum set for our exclusive use. Vocal PA to be provided by HRCUK. Alternatively our band would be happy to provide a pub venue style vocal PA that other bands can plug into and our sound person will operate. For us to give an accurate quote on that a few details need to be ironed out. No drums or bass will be put in the PA. Bands would need to bring their own microphones and microphone leads as these are high wear personal items. Likewise drummers must bring own snare drum and cymbals. We would provide guitar amps X and Y and the bass amp which other bands are welcome to use. Power of XX kVA must be provided for the exclusive use of the stage. If the other bands are willing to participate under those terms our fee would be an extra XXXX squid. (Make sure there's enough for a new set of drum skins for your drummer in whatever you decide to charge). I assume your PA has a good HPF on board in case someone wants to plug in piano / synth/ band in box tracks.

Groove is not contained in the click unless your groove is straight 1 2 3 4.

You may find that a little hair on your tone is actually what you wanted all along. I know I did and it only took me twenty years to discover. Still clean but definitely hairy. To try that on for size indeed turn up the gain until it sounds bad and then turn it back down a little. Add volume with the master output. @Russ knows what I am talking about.