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[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1398165392' post='2431023'] It can, but I have a blanking panel in the space. [/quote] One of those special airtight ones yeah?

[quote name='skej21' timestamp='1397239459' post='2422188'] My MIJ 1985 '75 RI Jazz, refinished by our own BassDoc (Howard). [/quote] Beautiful colour.

[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1398109774' post='2430599'] During the summer I do quite a few outdoor festivals and have a bigger rack for that which holds all of the above and a wireless receiver. (7U - I leave a 1U gap between the amps to help cooling.) [/quote] PS, leaving a 1u gap above an amp, can actually be a negative move. For example, the airflow from a poweramp that has front to back cooling, can end up pumping air in from the front and then drawing (the warmer) air in from the top of the amp back into the front...

Cracking piece of kit. You'll love it!

Having another play around with monitoring setups and was looking at running my existing IEM transmitters in mono instead of stereo and running the packs in focus mode to effectively double the amount of monitor feeds available running the existing transmitters (obv would need to up the number or receivers.) Would be interested in Tony's experience of using his stereo transmitters for 2 mono feeds because the PSM900 doesn't run that great as a solution for two mono feeds. Whilst I still think it's the best out there for stereo, when running in focus mode, there is still a bit of leak between channels. Shure stipulate in their documentation, that it's only ever intended as a "more me" mode as opposed to a true mono mix. So there you go... but after some research, I found that the db difference between channels for a P9R is 20dB and that is increased to 60dB for the P9RA. I was aware of the gain option difference between the two packs (you can run a P9RA for longer cos you can run the gain lower but still maintain the required power to drive your inears) but this was a new one on me. I run a mixture of the two packs and whilst the the P9RA's seperation is better, I still think the Sennheiser EW300s I have are better for seperation to use two packs for mono IEMs. This may not mean a lot to a great people - but it could be useful when determining your bands IEM strategy. Got another PSM900 incoming - but now at the point where I'm struggling for spectrum. Channels 38 and 70 are looking rammed right now... adding any more channels is going to bring with it a whole host of intermodulation issues I can tell! Any more monitoring feeds are going to have to be wired! (that's what comes from running a ruck load of wireless mics, wireless guitar transmitters and wireless IEMs I guess :/ ) EDIT: aha. Been doing some reading. True seperation of stereo for two mono feeds not entirely possible! I get it now.

Whats happening with the Bass Centre. I was there on Monday... and I seemed to be in an alternative world where they were attentive, wanted me to play everything and were genuinely being top guys. I was looking round for the ghost of Beadle.

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1396919857' post='2418821'] Alembic with the obs body shape [/quote] See?

Tony's new toys look amazing!

I only roll out the big rig for visuals. Otherwise, I'm happy with letting the PA (feed in via the preamp of my EBS amp) do all the work and have monitoring via in ears.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1397379161' post='2423259'] [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/sony_dwz_b30gb_guitar_set.htm"]http://www.thomann.d..._guitar_set.htm[/url] They're back! [/quote] They're gone!

http://www.thomann.de/gb/sony_dwz_b30gb_guitar_set.htm They're back!

Never had a problem. Have used it for charts, control FOH PA mix, monitor mixes, everything. Never let me down.

Huh? Now that is weird. That is the very first report I have come across as something untoward happening on the Sony. Keep us informed of any other strange occurrences. As you say, it's nigh on impossible for a freak channel change...?

FFS man, this is inexcusable. What I would do at this stage, is contact Line6 in the States - HQ and inform them of what a poor job that the UK is doing in representing their brand. Image is everything and this is doing nothing for it. If they are trying to do build their rep as a credible pro alternative to Sennheiser and Shure in the UK, then this is not the way to do it. Line6 is slowly building up its market in this sector but they have a long way to catch the likes of Shure and especially Sennhesier... For example, look at this - http://spares.sennheiser.co.uk/evolution-wireless/sk-g3-100-300-500-tx That is how you cater for spares in this market... and I can get this next day.

[quote name='marcus bell' timestamp='1396110252' post='2410046'] A sunburst jazz [/quote] Bloody hell, you change your mind every couple of days!

I'm with you. The live performance element is the pinacle. Being skilled enough to do your art "live". No studio trickery. The interaction between you and the audience. That's what makes it all for me.

I couldn't possibly steal Tony's thunder... but there's a great pic of him out on the interwebs with his ears full of gunk! (with a tampon string hanging out)

Man. This is not good. Where is good customer service these days?

Tony - is SCS using an SPD?

Personally, I'd get it to Bernie. It's dead easy to blow the LEDs with a short, especially with the older GB Controller that is in this Status. When you see the amount of strands coming off the circuit board, you'll see what I mean.

Glad that it's exceeding your expectations... they really are wonderful units. Just a shame that it looks like the Thomann Sony DWZ dream is over

The Sony's transmission delay is sub 3ms - so any delay you get when you are further away is not due to the unit itself but the fact that it takes time for the sound to travel to your ears from further away! Glad you are enjoying the unit, it's a monster, especially for the Thomann price

PS the ambient sound from the ACS is really good - it sounds just like your normal hearing... but obviously with bionic capabilities. Great for eavesdropping. And of course, the pack has a built in limiter and the like so no need to worry about transient spikes deafening you!

[quote name='ubassman' timestamp='1395321975' post='2401069'] As I progress gracefully into mid life my hearing certainly isnt as clear and crisp as what it used to be and some gigs are just muddy as hell with sound bouncing all over the place. Not come across the ACS Live but have just looked it up and it looks really very interesting. For ease , heres a link I just googled [url="http://www.acscustom.com/uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=117&Itemid=91"]http://www.acscustom...d=117&Itemid=91[/url] Dumb question - but what do you plug the 3.5mm jack into? As you can tell not my area of expertise ! [/quote] OK, what you have is your In Ear Monitors (IEMs) - the things that you stick in your ears. These IEMs have a microphone on each of the earpieces. There is a multipin jack on the end of the IEMs, that provide the connectivity to the microphone and the balanced armatures (the loudspeakers in other words) inside the IEMs. This multipin plug plugs into the live pack. At this point, you adjust the volume level of the signal coming in through the microphones (so the signal from the microphones goes down the cable into the live pack, is amplified (at the volume set) and is then sent back up the cable to the loudspeakers in your ears). The 3.5mm jack input is to typically receive the monitor mix from a radio pack. The radio pack would be typically receiving a signal from the radio transmitter which has an monitor mix going into it. Your monitor mix can be tailored to whatever you wanted it to be... So it could be a full band mix, or it could be just a signal from your bass. If you want to cut out the radio bit (which can be expensive to do well) you could use a small desk and take a DI out of your bass amp into the mixer... and then from the desk, probably using the headphone socket, connect the headphone 3.5mm out to 3.5mm in on the ACS ambient pack. The level of bass you then hear is controlled by the headphone level on the desk (as the ambient pack just does a straightforward pass through). If you bass amp has a headphone out, even better, you can ditch the desk and control it straight off the amp (assuming it has a headphone output control, or you don't mind the speaker being silenced on stage) Just shout if you want more info. I use this setup pretty much every gig (albeit with a radio pack) and I think this will transform your life.

Also got these guys in my favourites who appear to do ambient vents. Can't vouch for how good they are though - [url="http://www.inearz.com/"]http://www.inearz.com/[/url]