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    PA shopping, I was suggested this....thoughts?

    our band has a pair of 12" thumps and a pair of SRM450's Version 1. i hear you on the weight the srm's are heavy enough but MUCH better sounding than the thumps and get more than loud enough for pubs and function rooms we run vocals only through them, the thumps are our monitors, just about loud...
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    New to live sound: stage monitoring

    to add to scott's good advice i can tell you how our band operate we are the same as yourselves doing it for fun but we have supplied our own pa which i have accumilated over the last 2 years. we play small bars so dont need to mic drums or backline, we do as scott suggests about washing the...
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    I have my first live gig in 12 hours!

    trust in the work you have put in to rehearsing, you will be fine! If you fluff anything just keep going you'll find your way back in try to enjoy it! there is no feeling like it!
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    Kelly Rae Band at Corona City Hall/Sun and Sail Club 7/17-18/14

    So you do play four strings on occasion!!! :thumbsup::)
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    "Check In" here before and after your gigs, set 3 - everyone's drunk now!

    hat's off to you! serious voice on you aswell! don't know how you can hold the bassline and sing.......i need to practise more !
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    Dave Mustaine Slams Bass Players-Says Bass is One Step Up from Kazoo. Discuss...

    come on ladies and gents! recognise a spoof when you see it! that video is a spoof. on his worst day he is not that bad! He is a lunatic but he is also talented! and full of sh1t at times, Ellfson knows this too. Just look at the players he has had in the band! He can play. But his statement...
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    The 215 Mains Club!!!

    you are correct i apologise, it's a different club altogether i belong to....the ignorant! :-) we are aspiring to a umix device and an active sub though! And i have a plan to build some BFM designs in the near future!
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    How Loud is Too Loud

    I remember rehearsals like above, where everything was louder than everything else! IMHO get the drummer to play reasonably, not slam thunderhide! get the vocals just over him and everyone else fall in between. it should never hurt, and ears should never ring afterwards! Thats how we do it...
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    The 215 Mains Club!!!

    we only rock a pair of 1 x15's srm450's so i guess i'd have to go get a thread of my own :-( two thumps for monitors which are too big really.....
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    the definitive book on truss rods!

    shoot him an email, he is very obliging!
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    the definitive book on truss rods!

    for a free offering i thought it very good, he might get his ass in gear now and document his many years crafting good axes! he is one of the few go to guy's in Dublin, ireland. And i do believe Mr Bonassama himself has one of his creations! Nice to see someone giving back and sharing hard won...
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    the definitive book on truss rods!

    Had to share with you all a FREE ebook on truss rods my local luthier has put out, i for one learned a few things! it's a free download no adverts or rubbish attached! http://hazeguitars.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=75c6d6b11203f6428d56e8ae6&id=10bd7048b8&e=69e1d9367c
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    Kelly Rae Band at Tustin Ranch Golf Club, 06/19/14

    great report as usual Cliff! I see you DI'd your bass? was that needed? asking to learn BTW not being a smartass! keep 'em coming!
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    "Check In" here before and after your gigs, set 3 - everyone's drunk now!

    shame they won't turn off the damn tv when you are playing, disrespectful i think!
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    Kelly Rae Band at Disneyland 06/14/14

    cheers for sharing Cliff, you sure play all the best places!!!!!