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Only took it off to day to have a shower ( not joking 🙂 )

Sorry yes i meant ovation. iv got novation on the brain looking for another KS, amended the op, cheers

well, iv never seen one of these before, ovation hard body bass its dam ugly but looks sort of cool, and i love all the bits on it it does look old (the auction has nothing to do with me by the way) so... any info anyone ? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135311664689?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D274914%26meid%3D50a918d7ebe04f1a991244da8ef606ea%26pid%3D101875%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D305852381069%26itm%3D135311664689%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DSimVIDwebV3WithCPCExpansionEmbeddingSearchQueryRecall%26brand%3DOvation&_trksid=p2332490.c101875.m1851&itmprp=cksum%3A13531166468950a918d7ebe04f1a991244da8ef606ea|enc%3AAQAJAAABIEK7FTfzsGw0VauxYyX1IOHjsuXJ1NPjVWebvOca%2BJbVzh3VqcrGnLFKHjKk2M42BtfNs8bK1jFneKBZqmubi3LWxShTv9tFU6rRQiW9yyh5%2BGcrZ84DgjHbd0SBiPX117pI7N52FkiBQzlPfEtho5MLbzI3kwjmvrQt84raAoadfGgBbxW0l%2Bfl6zx05%2BObwP1j8DnKN%2FYxCZn6UsjfNiSjk5Pg3Hbl0Xwf%2Bx%2B21KjORgz0T%2B6ZSB6HQcTVZ2uGAfOwtDbbNtYvEUlVDXkzLQT%2FYcT5xLhNoLOViPUKwrYNI7pfaNKx4EutY0pcRJvWf2JsLZh5joKZteNAFLJa%2BiKaTVQ8xOJqNHQ5twPmMy1gh4SnuDlBWZsUqpy9BtkilQ%3D%3D|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2332490&itmmeta=01JAT5E4W8DJKAE0V216Z63YYK ebay listing eBay item number:135311664689

Not sure if this has been mentioned above with only reading quickly scanning through, But i have for 20 + years owned my own big pa which i hire out now and again with me as tec as i dont like anyone else messing with it. As some of you have said already, its an expensive set up, and it is when you take all things into account, its all HK actor rig with full stage monitoring quality microphones, the mic leads alone are all quality and NOT cheap when buying for a 12 piece band with spares, go and price just 20 Evolution mic leads ! then there is a 20 chan desk, di boxes, mic stands, vocal mics/ wireless mics, drum mics, rack fx, multicores, power distribution, flight cases, bla bla bla, then there is stuff like tape, adapters, audio/music, recording stuff if needed, then there is all the bo!!o@ks of maintenance, PAT testing, and so it goes on, its a time consuming expensive game ! and if anything goes pop, you/i inevitably foot the bill... So, what i do is this..... If the band want to use it, then it becomes another member of the band and takes an equal cut of the money. a small price to pay for the amount of time of me getting there early to set up and being the last to go, and getting a consistently great sound. only rule is if i get there early to set up then everyone chips in at the end of the night to help break down and load up. no exceptions, that's the backing girl singers as well as the brass players who have a habit of sneaking off early, tw@s. so sod all that, that's the rule. Now, if they don't want that, they can go else where and hire ( which would mean less money for them at the end of the night) or ... someone else can go and get one as good and cart it all about for free if they want, which (cus i don't really like setting up pa) i would be right up for , who wouldn't be ? but i know it will only be a matter of time before they see the light also ! So it works and all agree its more than fair. as most of the time the pay is crap, sometimes is ok but very rarely its great you take the bad with the not so good, all things considered. BUT.... Again, as said, the no gear singers get off scott free.................. tw@s for the most bands i would say my message to singers is ... as well as your mic, lead and stand, at least go and get your own powered floor monitor.

christ.... talk about stolen gear that would be hard to shift, this has to be up there ! have a feeling it would pop up sooner rather than later ?