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The Shure wireless I use takes a wide range of voltage. I am running it at either 12 or 18 volts, but I don't remember exactly. It has been a while since I did anything with the board.
I used to work in the fuel delivery end of pipelines - imo, stupidity seems to be SOP
You mean I can’t use my shop vac to siphon gasoline out of my car to use in the lawn mower?
Yes - I had to answer that question to a very well meaning and dedicated grounds maintenance person at one of our plants. 
This is what happens when you replace industry or skill experience requirements with college degree requirements. I suspect that explains a few things about why the new Thunderbird market is always bizarro.
For the record - one of the hats I wore before retiring was Global Leader for Technical Safety (equipment and ststems required to prevent over pressure, fire and explosions of chemical processing facilities) and Fire and life safety systems required for office, R&D and manufacturing facilities. Your comment about stupidity being a Standard Operating Procedure is an understatement. I’ve seen things I won’t even talk about. There is absolutely no limit to the creative ability of individuals hell bent on circumventing safety systems and protocols that are in place to insure they get home at night in the same condition as when they started the work day.
Wish you a wonderful gig. I know what it feels like. Our first indoor gig in about 2 years is on 30.th October. We had one outdoor gig in the summer though, the first one afterthe covid thing started.
Or partially once.
Thank you! It has been a long time, time to take the spyder weebs from the stage.
Yep. My mother used to supervise a large trust dept and reported to one Sr VP. No college, worked her way up since getting out of HS. Supervised tax attorneys and CPAs and timed payments of clients who had million dollar plus tax bills (yes the rich do pay taxes--a lot). At some point the smart people decided a CPA/VP needed to be in between her and the Sr VP to be the "supervisor" of that dept. The new lady never took over anything mom did other than every one answered to her. Mom was still doing the actual supervising, but they were now paying for a person to with a degree to supervise my mother who was doing this when the CPA was in middle school. As I've said before, small companies can't be run as foolish as large companies or they'd be out of business. So I believe there is truth in you comment about Gibson, who makes Thunderbirds.
Looks great! And it will sound great as well!
Is that a real vintage Epiphone Embassy ? Played a cherry red 1967 embassy in 2004, nothing ever gave me that feel, might have been the chromes
no idea... I am still dreaming with one of those, might get the Epiphone one day.Yes it is. They do have a different feel. It's the body shape for me. Where your forearm rests is kind of pronounced and not contoured like a Pbass would be. The neck is fantastic. I wanted one because there are not many around and and are another cool version of a Thunderbird. Though this one is kind of mellow sounding compared to other Thunderbirds. They do have some Olympic class neck dive.Is that a real vintage Epiphone Embassy ? Played a cherry red 1967 embassy in 2004, nothing ever gave me that feel, might have been the chromes
Many years ago a guy working for me said he would bring his own ladder to a site… Smooth concrete floor + missing rubber feet on an extension ladder = ambulance ride
For the record - one of the hats I wore before retiring was Global Leader for Technical Safety (equipment and ststems required to prevent over pressure, fire and explosions of chemical processing facilities) and Fire and life safety systems required for office, R&D and manufacturing facilities. Your comment about stupidity being a Standard Operating Procedure is an understatement. I’ve seen things I won’t even talk about. There is absolutely no limit to the creative ability of individuals hell bent on circumventing safety systems and protocols that are in place to insure they get home at night in the same condition as when they started the work day.
I think it's called GLX-D. One of the guitarists I play with has absolute radar ears, and he tried everything else before getting one. Now he's happy being wireless. The downside is that it's got a pretty big transmitter, but that's OK with me, since I just clip it to the strap when I'm playing the 'Bird or a guit-box, or to the bow holster when I'm playing the upright. It's perfect for the upright, since the receiver doubles as a tuner, and I can step on it, tune between songs, and be back on immediately without adding any more stuff to the board. Plus, the transmitter recharges by USB, and a charge lasts for hours and hours. I have never managed to run out of power, even though I have forgotten to recharge it several times.
I'll take the one on the far left. Thanks.
It puts me in the mind of a large employer in the Seattle area. The joke is that they decided they needed a baby in a month, so they hired nine women.
