Engineer required for 10 day NW centred tour - Sept 2012 : any suggestions?

[The Admiral]

Guys (and gals)

Need some help finding a good live engineer with his/her own van and PA.

Some USA based friends are looking at touring here in September - based mostly around the NW and for just 7 gigs in 10 days. 3 of the seven venues have house PA, and the engineer will be required to run the desk, whereas for the other 4 - it's a supply the PA and run it gig.

Venues are mostly 100 - 150 capacity max pubs/clubs and the band is 2 guitars, bass and drums. Very simple set up - 4 man rock & roll band : guitar and bass off the backline, bass drum and snare mic'd, plus maybe an overhead or two, and guitar/bass cabs mic'd if the engneer fancies it, plus lead vox and BV's x 2 : hardly Glastonbury.

The guy they used last time over can't do it - so they need a new engineer. It's effectively a 'man and van' gig, and as they will be based in Manchester, there will be only 2 overnights in hotels in the 10 days - so a NW based engineer who can go home every night would be ideal.

The guys are all in their 40s - have major league experience, and this is just a quick 'holiday/hang out' tour. Very low maintainence guys and as funny as hell (they are from New York - you can imagine I'm sure).

Anyone know a reliable, likely candidate?

Cheers

A

[winterfire666]

you could try andy at doa studios, bolton
http://doastudios.com/newsite/
iv not spoke to him in ages but he has a good rig, loads of experience and is a thoroughly nice bloke.

[BassBunny]

I have a mate who runs a PA Hire Company and is a terrific Sound Engineer. He also deps for one of my bands on guitar. Will give him a shout and post details if he is up for it.

[The Admiral]

Thanks for the contributions guys - BC comes up trumps again!

Cheers

A

[Monckyman]

PMd

[mike257]

PM coming your way!

[guildbass]

What's the pay???