EBS_freak

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1499004914' post='3328501'] Hmmm had to leave this while i had kneed surgery and now Mike is on holiday... Any other suggestions, Bernie is only interested in EBS as far as I can tell. Surely there is someone else in or around Brighton?????? [/quote] Have you spoke to Bernie directly - there is a guy who looks after all the vintage gear he's got... forgotten his name but he's not too far away from Brighton...?

Ive seen springs soldered into place to bridge the gap between the tip of the jack and the sockets contact. Don't know how well it would stand up to abuse though!

Wedge some polystyrene in between the amp and the case to stop any noticeable flex if you are concerned. Just make sure that you don't restrict any vents/airflow and make sure that the case isn't going to get hot enough to cause a fire risk with the polystyrene.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1499169216' post='3329634'] Most bands will be pulling more than a home studio all from one cracked socket behind the gambler soaked in beer in your local tickled trout [/quote] ...and that's not taking into account the power consumption of the television on stage showing the football/boxing whilst you are playing.

Have to agree, that for inear protection, ACS are amongst the best you have to choose from.

[quote name='MikanHannille' timestamp='1499072698' post='3328895'] Hi guys. New to in-ear monitoring here. I'm looking to switch but not everyone in the band is plugged into the PA(I don't think the whole band is open to the idea of in-ear monitoring). What are my options? EDIT: I suppose I could get a really small mixing desk to plug the main mixing and ask the guys to plug it on my small mixer so it won't go out of FOH, just for my IEM? Is this doable? [/quote] Don't want to come across as rude - but if you read through all of this thread, it will give you everything that you would ever require and you'll get a good understanding of what you'll need. I guarantee all of your questions are likely to have been answered and much more. In short - everything that you want to hear needs to be plugged into the PA. You main FOH PA needs to have auxes available... or you have to split the connections between the FOH mixer and your FOH mixer using XLR splits. (Assuming you aren't going to do all this digitally). OR - you have to mic everything you want to hear and be completely independent to the the FOH.

Here's my err... DI... http://www.waves.com/plugins/ssl-g-channel To be honest, I'm only toying with it... I pretty much use just any DI (I'm not fussy and sort everything else out at the desk) or nowadays, I tend to go straight out from the Kemper. I recently played through a Chandler LTD1 - trying to track a profile for my kemper. Sounded freaking amazing.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1498671097' post='3326266'] Ah what about the stage bleed though...... [/quote] I only play with top name, pro, all star musicians. Stage bleed is not a problem.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1498665508' post='3326219'] What a sound guy! [/quote] Indeed. Had a great pair of strides too.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1498664165' post='3326209'] It's a shame because it looked like they'd gone to quite some effort with the PA, especially the monitors [/quote] Yes, some kind gentleman had hired his personal stash to the venue for the evening.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1498662878' post='3326199'] I did tune in but to be honest I was totally distracted by the footy in the background - watching live TV on live TV - I kept looking around for the cameras pointing at me [/quote] They did tell me that they would turn it off when we started playing... but it turns out that they were worried about losing the crowd if they did. They muttered something about an unfortunate clash with the footie or something. Ah well.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1498662279' post='3326190'] How cool to be televised! Was that the charity all-dayer at the tickled trout? [/quote] You saw it? I thought nobody had tuned in! My wireless failed pre DI1 too. Thems be the breaks.

I've been in a few situations where the sound man has insisted on pre rig / pre pedal DI... One being a massive function where we were running through 2 hours straight and another which was a live television show. It kinda makes sense - when I asked the TV sound guy about the reason for 3 DIs... he said, if anything fails along the line, I want to make sure I can get something out as opposed to silence. "DI3 is my favoured feed (with amp model), DI 2 is post your pedals, DI is straight after your bass. If you modelling sounds sh*t, I can do something with DI2... and if your pedal board goes to sh1t, I've always got DI1. If anything else were to fail, start looking after your gear more mate or consider another career..." (was something like how the conversation went).

The P16ms are great pieces of kit - in true Behringer stylee it's pretty much a rehash or the Aviom and A&H ME1s. Great because you don't use up auxes as you say.

This is where a RTA and 31 band EQ on your PA can work. The rooms that you are in have resonant peaks - the 31 band eq will help solve that. Then, if there's any hot notes, which there shouldn't be because the RTA and tuning phase should fix that, you can then apply a separate notch filter (either back on the 31 band eq or a separate EQ pre the output) to the problem note(s). This should give you a lot more volume before feedback. With regards to the bass, plugging the sound hole as suggested would be a good start. Ive seen guys with 335s fill the bodies with newspaper... that could be an avenue to explore if all else fails.

In addition to what tonyf has said... the UE900 cables are not reusable on a reshell (different connectors) - so allow another 80-100 pounds for ear impressions and cable. I know it sounds a lot - but you'll effectively have a set of UE custom quads at approx half the price... so defo still worth the investment. I would whole heartedly recommend going custom over sleeves too. Tips never really worked for me - comply tips are pretty much the standard tips that you will mentioned again and again... but foam tips tend to disintegrate as you have found... and they can be a pretty expensive consumable in running IEMs. The silicon tips last a lot better - but again, it depends how well they fit for you. People with sweaty ears may struggle with them staying in, especially if you tend to move around a lot. Save for the custom moulds... it's night and day and you'll wonder how you ever gigged without them. I keep saying it.. but consider your IEMs as a replacement for your cab... less than 500 quid for a cab doesn't seem that unreasonable does it?

Thats going to take some epoxy and fine maple wood dust to get back to looking like original. A good luthier should be able to make it invisible/near invisible. If it's a lacquered neck, you're have to have the poly reblown in.

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1498223605' post='3323256'] Schack are/were German weren't they [/quote] Schack are German. The son (Nico) is now the builder... and still immense basses.

[quote name='GarethFlatlands' timestamp='1498166777' post='3322973'] I'd guess they're a split mono output, they're really just headphone amps to plug and instrument cable straight into but that suits my purposes fine. As long as the output is a little better than my Zoom B3 and it's reasonably transparent, it's a winner for me. [/quote] Sound good to me! Let us know how you get on!

[quote name='GarethFlatlands' timestamp='1498073314' post='3322395'] In my ongoing attempt to go fully ampless but on the cheap, I've just pulled the trigger on an EHX headphone amp. Not overly keen on the downward facing input jack but I might just have to run the cable under my strap to keep it under from popping out. I'll post my thoughts once it arrives and if I remember! [url="http://www.ehx.com/products/headphone-amp"]http://www.ehx.com/products/headphone-amp[/url] [/quote] I've looked at these before - but I'm pretty sure that they are mono (with the signal split between the two ears on the output) Cool pedalboard attachment though.

What do they look like? Have you got a pic?

Man, I know I'm a fan anyway... but this may be one of Bernie's finest looking ever. I'm not usually big into single cuts but wows...

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1498032511' post='3322042'] Completely off topic but in old Black Widow speakers the glues tend to break down over time. The glues are used to hold the dust caps on and fix the corrugated surrounds to the speaker frame. It's a simple repair to ease tehm off then stick them back with a latex based glue like Copydex. just be careful not to pull the cone off centre when you glue the surround. [/quote] Is that applicable to Pavey Black Widows? Or is it just Peavey Black Widows?

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1498034277' post='3322058'] A car designer doesn't care which make of tyre you put on his car [/quote] Well....

Should find something here - http://uk.farnell.com/c/fasteners-mechanical/knobs-accessories/prl/results?shaft-diameter=6.35mm