The problem is that that's never a request and is usually laced with a few expletives.My guitarist has a running joke that he uses at some of his gids (he's does solo stuff and is in other bands):
"I just got my first request: TURN IT DOWN!"
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So. Been an interesting 4 days.
Thursday night: gig at a nearby (Stuart, FL) retiree condo dining room. Used the R100, the R40 would've been sufficient. Got fed a lotta corned beef and cabbage. And got paid! Gig was 5 to 8. Was home B4 8:30.
Friday: went to Orlando and my daughter and I went to a local craft brewery/food vendors thing-a 3 day St. Paddy's celebration. Good food/beer.
Stayed overnight at daughter's place.
Saturday night: Elks Club gig in Vero Beach, FL. R100 again. Pretty good size room. R40 wouldn't have cut it. 6:30-9:30, then ~60 mile drive home. First gig there, won't be the last.
Today(Sunday): Noon to 3 gig at a Greek restaurant-on St. Paddy's Day. Outside patio area. Decent breeze wafting through but 90*F w/ ~60% humididity. Not much of a "crowd", but we got fed. And paid.
Around $350 for the 3 gigs. I need more weekends like that.
Thursday night: gig at a nearby (Stuart, FL) retiree condo dining room. Used the R100, the R40 would've been sufficient. Got fed a lotta corned beef and cabbage. And got paid! Gig was 5 to 8. Was home B4 8:30.
Friday: went to Orlando and my daughter and I went to a local craft brewery/food vendors thing-a 3 day St. Paddy's celebration. Good food/beer.
Stayed overnight at daughter's place.Saturday night: Elks Club gig in Vero Beach, FL. R100 again. Pretty good size room. R40 wouldn't have cut it. 6:30-9:30, then ~60 mile drive home. First gig there, won't be the last.
Today(Sunday): Noon to 3 gig at a Greek restaurant-on St. Paddy's Day. Outside patio area. Decent breeze wafting through but 90*F w/ ~60% humididity. Not much of a "crowd", but we got fed. And paid.
Around $350 for the 3 gigs. I need more weekends like that.
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LFCA (La Fayette Club Arcachon) Saint-Patrick fête last night. The band got paid in exposure bucks and the "choir" performed pro bono. The harmonica player played his cajón with his wedding ring still on. Jeez, but that was irritating. Some really vintage amplification devices. The bass player had his combo turned down so low, I couldn't make out anything he was playing on his 5 string short scale no-name-on-the-headstock Jazz knock-off. Anyone recognize his combo? The guitarist had a really good voice and personality.So. Been an interesting 4 days.
Thursday night: gig at a nearby (Stuart, FL) retiree condo dining room. Used the R100, the R40 would've been sufficient. Got fed a lotta corned beef and cabbage. And got paid! Gig was 5 to 8. Was home B4 8:30.
Friday: went to Orlando and my daughter and I went to a local craft brewery/food vendors thing-a 3 day St. Paddy's celebration. Good food/beer.
Saturday night: Elks Club gig in Vero Beach, FL. R100 again. Pretty good size room. R40 wouldn't have cut it. 6:30-9:30, then ~60 mile drive home. First gig there, won't be the last.
Today(Sunday): Noon to 3 gig at a Greek restaurant-on St. Paddy's Day. Outside patio area. Decent breeze wafting through but 90*F w/ ~60% humididity. Not much of a "crowd", but we got fed. And paid.
Around $350 for the 3 gigs. I need more weekends like that.
The bassist's amp is a Roland Micro Cube Bass, 4 X 4, 5 watt battery powered amp.LFCA (La Fayette Club Arcachon) Saint-Patrick fête last night. The band got paid in exposure bucks and the "choir" performed pro bono. The harmonica player played his cajón with his wedding ring still on. Jeez, but that was irritating. Some really vintage amplification devices. The bass player had his combo turned down so low, I couldn't make out anything he was playing on his 5 string short scale no-name-on-the-headstock Jazz knock-off. Anyone recognize his combo? The guitarist had a really good voice and personality.
... ... The harmonica player played his cajón with his wedding ring still on. Jeez, but that was irritating. ... ....
Tell the harmonica/cajón player that metal rings are now passé and considered dangerous. Silicon rings, in many different colors and designs are now the safer thing! Plus they will not give that annoying 'click' on the cajón.
It broke Mrs. Dog's heart, and mine, when swollen fingers made the sawing off of her beautiful Hawaiian wedding ring necessary. In solidarity, I removed my matching ring and we both have silicon rings in their places now. Hers was very stretchably easy to remove the next time the swelling came back.
I couldn't believe how many people I noticed wearing them when we started looking for ours. Seems everyone in the ER that removed hers, and our family doctor's office, were already wearing them! Most people I asked cited the safety aspect of not getting irretrievably caught up in anything, with unseen safety perforations, as their primary raison d'être. Though I've never caught my wedding rings in anything, I have met people missing a digit to that situation!
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Anyone in a trade job where they use their hands, and especially those who work with electricity, would be well advised to remove their metal bands or use silicone rings. Look up “degloving” aka “avulsion” injury. It’s frightening. My job is now primarily supervisory, but I spent some time running core drilling rigs. I still train new operators and write up the JSAs on new equipment. We strip off jewelry, tie back hair, and allow no loose clothing on the equipment. One of the worst offenders are those cheap leather gloves with loose open cuffs. Those catch on everything.
Eww, Ott! I could have done very well without those lookups this morning! [shudder]
I recall in junior high metal shop class lotsa guys making very thick finger rings out of large heavy nuts. But, of course they couldn't wear them in that class.
Then, in a supervisory job over a large industrial machine shop, I got to wear my wedding ring, and even point to it as a safety reminder to the machinists there! (Seemed insensitive to me, but those were the rules at the time.) I recall at least one machinist there missing a ring finger, and he was an extremely convincing trainer!
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Looks like Patrick Stewart was their guitar player, so I guess he did!LFCA (La Fayette Club Arcachon) Saint-Patrick fête last night. The band got paid in exposure bucks and the "choir" performed pro bono. The harmonica player played his cajón with his wedding ring still on. Jeez, but that was irritating. Some really vintage amplification devices. The bass player had his combo turned down so low, I couldn't make out anything he was playing on his 5 string short scale no-name-on-the-headstock Jazz knock-off. Anyone recognize his combo? The guitarist had a really good voice and personality.
I had to get my band cut off; we just left it cut in case I ever have that bad swelling again. It's made it much easier to remove any time I play percussion. It always comes off for cajon, djembe, whatever.
Our high school metal/wood shop teacher was missing 2-3 fingers on each hand. I always wondered why they didn't hire a teacher who still had all their fingers...
Sorry in advance, but the material scientist pedant in me would like to point out that a silicon ring would clatter just as badly as any other metal ring (at least until you hit it hard enough and it breaks).
Silicone rings on the other hand (oh, an unintentional hand-ring placement joke there) are flexible, multi-colored, and far more quiet on the cajon.
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It was a good night for lookalikes. The French doctor sitting across from me was the spitting image of Phil Lesh.
So. Been an interesting 4 days.
Thursday night: gig at a nearby (Stuart, FL) retiree condo dining room. Used the R100, the R40 would've been sufficient. Got fed a lotta corned beef and cabbage. And got paid! Gig was 5 to 8. Was home B4 8:30.
Friday: went to Orlando and my daughter and I went to a local craft brewery/food vendors thing-a 3 day St. Paddy's celebration. Good food/beer.
Saturday night: Elks Club gig in Vero Beach, FL. R100 again. Pretty good size room. R40 wouldn't have cut it. 6:30-9:30, then ~60 mile drive home. First gig there, won't be the last.
Today(Sunday): Noon to 3 gig at a Greek restaurant-on St. Paddy's Day. Outside patio area. Decent breeze wafting through but 90*F w/ ~60% humididity. Not much of a "crowd", but we got fed. And paid.
Around $350 for the 3 gigs. I need more weekends like that.
How big is your band and what kind of music do you play where you have enough volume with an R100?
I'm in a 3 piece cover band and have to set the volume of a Rumble 60 to about 2-3 o'clock, and our drummer doesn't play super loud so I'm looking at my upgrade options - likely an R500 (without an ext. cab) or two R100s.
Wedding ring safety: replace it with @KindofBlues71 's 3 piece band. 
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Anyone thinking about either 2xR100 or R500, IMHO should take a close look at the R800. The price differential is small, the 1/4 power switch makes it equivalent to a R100, and the weight is similar. And then if you need louder, flip the switch. Even louder? Plug in a cab. Very versatile.
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Anyone thinking about either 2xR100 or R500, IMHO should take a close look at the R800. The price differential is small, the 1/4 power switch makes it equivalent to a R100, and the weight is similar. And then if you need louder, flip the switch. Even louder? Plug in a cab. Very versatile.
Wedding ring safety: replace it with @KindofBlues71 's 3 piece band.
Actual content:
Anyone thinking about either 2xR100 or R500, IMHO should take a close look at the R800. The price differential is small, the 1/4 power switch makes it equivalent to a R100, and the weight is similar. And then if you need louder, flip the switch. Even louder? Plug in a cab. Very versatile.
Great points. The only advantage to 2xR100 is you have a backup readily available, not that we've seen many spontaneous failures of our Rumbles (knocks on wood, crosses fingers, and everything else I can think of to avoid this happening to me during a gig).
Trust me, no one is more convincing in shop safety than someone who's learned the hard way! Especially when they start explaining their own personal “degloving” aka “avulsion” injury in gory detail!! Really smart schools might even pay such teachers extra, and well worth it! (It can also be incentive for higher education to avoid such careers! Every hard labor or retail sales job I had in college sure incentivized me!)
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Wedding ring safety: replace it with @KindofBlues71 's 3 piece band.
Actual content:
Anyone thinking about either 2xR100 or R500, IMHO should take a close look at the R800. The price differential is small, the 1/4 power switch makes it equivalent to a R100, and the weight is similar. And then if you need louder, flip the switch. Even louder? Plug in a cab. Very versatile.
Yessir! I sold my R200c and got the R800c. 100W/200W/400W/800W flexibility if you have a +cab option. I have an R210 that mainly gets used with outdoor gigs. I really like the low power switch. For most smaller, indoor gigs I use low power and dimed, gain +/- 1:00-1:30 (adjusted to stay out of the yellow/pre-clipping area). With the classic rock we play that is about perfect. Fits rather nice in the mix without the band (5-piece) not being oppressively loud. Even most outdoor stuff, if I add the 210 cab, I can run at low power/dimed (or close to it) and still hold my own. I prefer the lower power cranked over high power turned way down. I think the amp really comes into its own, tone-wise, when pushed.
Tim
Tim when you say "low power and dimed, gain +/- 1-130" are you meaning master volume full on and then using gain to control output volume? (and i realize low power switch on).
thanks,
Jim
thanks,
Jim
Left to right, I have GAIN at about 1:30. I don't use Gain for volume but adjust it DOWN as necessary to prevent clipping (or what ever it is a Rumble will do if overloaded). With some of my somewhat higher output basses, if I get really aggressive, I can get the yellow light (red "ON" light turns yellow) flickering pretty lively. I'm also using a compressor that MAY have some effect on the gain.
I don't use the "voice" buttons as a rule.
Don't use the Gain channel except as a mute.
EQ's at 12:00 to start and slight adjustments to Bass and Low Mid to suit room acoustics and Treble @ 9:00
Master ALL THE WAY UP (plus a skosh more maybe...)
I really love what comes out of it like that.
Tim
That comment about the fitting into to band mix was supposed to be WITH the band not WITHOUT the band...
Added note: If I do need to bring the volume down a bit I generally use my volume pedal and keep the guitar volume knob all the way up. FWIW.
Tim
