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Post by Fat Tony on Jun 18, 2020 22:15:41 GMT -5
My favorite "One Hit Wonder" was 96 Tears by "?" Mark and the Mysterians:
One of our FDP regulars was Tori who played with the "aging Mysterians" in their hometown of Saginaw MI. He also got to play a few specific gigs with "?". I became online friends with Tori and we visit at least once a week."?" and the Mysterians had parted the ways except for those few nostalgia classic rock live shows. Jack/Tori got to sit in on a few of those...but as often as not the original Mysterian bass player would take those gigs. (Apparently he worked nights and only took the night off to play the better paying gigs.)
Jack has occasionally with the Mysterians, but Frank seems to cover bass with his left hand as needed. Jack will sit in when asked but also has a couple of other projects that keep him busy.
There apparently was some internal issues between the Mysterians and "?" Mark over copyright and recording contract issues. If I understand, that has been addressed thru the legal options available.
96 Tears was "Must Play" by every band with a keyboard that I knew back in the 60s in my part of the world.
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Post by Fat Tony on Jun 18, 2020 9:17:38 GMT -5
When I "returned to playing" back in 2000, I bought several toys that could be used in various set ups:
At the beginning, I bought a Gallien Krueger 400RB bass amp head. I loved the sound.
Then I picked up a used Kustom B200-215 cabinet. I gave that to my then 15 yr old son....did not blow his skirt up, so I went hunting and found...
The next in the saga was a stack, Carvin "rat fur" RL410T and RL15....When my son got tired of it...or rather, when my son gained the sense of smell such as cute girls wearing perfume, he was done playing and I was interested in get more toys....but for rehearsal, I picked up a Carvin RL210T.
Then I was playing in the band that ended up being the band I playing with now but I had to have something smaller and lighter for house parties and small venues, and a couple of restaurants. So I tried the Carvin RL210T with the GK 200MB, slightly more than I needed but sounded very nice as a smaller gig. Eventually, I tried to downsize with an SWR Workingman 160 (I think that is right). I blew that by installing a digital rack mount tuner in the rack with the SWR which made it far heavier than I was hoping for.
Time moves on and so do bands...I got busy with my sound company and laid out for a while. The next band got the full stack with the SWR and I was realizing there WAS a reason for lighter weight...and my back and hips were those reasons.
For about 6 years with the blues/R&B/Motown band, I used a Gallien Krueger MB210 combo amp...35 pounds as I recall. But it beat my knees and calves every time I picked it up.
Currently, I have a tendency to play thru the PA, but I do have some lightweight digital components that I can put together any time.
I picked up two Ampeg PF350 heads (around 9 pounds) and two of the Carvin 20 pound 115MBE (Micro Bass Extension cabinet). I also picked up an Eden EX112-4 (4 Ohm extension cabinet, with gave me plenty of sound for some of the mid sized venues without taking both 115MBE, thus I foolishly sold one of the Carvin 115MBE to a friend on the FDP about 2 years ago? 18 months? I also picked up the Carvin MB10 (combo amp with a single 10 with a 250 Watt at 4 Ohm Carvin amp) which was and is plenty light (26 pounds).
More recently, I picked up a TC Electronics BG250-112 combo. It has not blown my skirt up....so it will be trading fodder sooner or later.
WHY USE GUITAR AMPS FOR BASS? Well, Vox has not made a decent bass rig since the early 60s...and even then it was kind of lame...BUT I love the nostalgia of Vox. So, back in the years when I bought the GK 400MB I found a Vox VR212 and later found a Vox VR125 Lead amp. I changed the speakers to some Peavey Black Widow 12s that could carry bass. Eventually, I found a Vox VR115. Again, I replaced with a Peavey Black Widow...
I should point out that I was in a classic 60s rock band in 2001....at least the geezers liked us.
I was able to satisfy my yearning for what I could not afford back in the 60s...a really decent bass rig. Soon I decided the GK 400RB sounded much better than the V125 tube amp for bass....and I saved around 50 pounds of lift AND I wasn't nervous about damaging a fairly rare amplifier. Not much later, the same thing applied to the two VR212 and VR115. So, I ordered a licensed reproduction of the Vox T100 cabinet that might have been used by Sir Paul. North Coast Music was/is a licensed manufacturer for speaker cabinet parts including the fret cloth and the year specific badges and trim pieces. Don't ask, I was seriously addicted...and would build my own if I thought I was going back to classic rock of the ancient years of 63-73.
I have several Vox pieces and some have been modified to carry bass. (Unfortunately, I decided to take the Celestions out of the Vox Pathfinder 210 and put it back to "guitar". I was afraid I would damage the cabinet playing gigs...and the average audience member at our Americana music band would not "get the nostalgia".)
I am sure that every generation has their own "make do" approach...I met a couple of guys buying the SVT210 because they are cheaper than the 410. (not the micro, the full size 210 from about 10 years ago.) It is what sounds good....or what "gets you thru the cash shortage"...there will always be people who use alternative amps and cabinets as needed...
I have even used an 8 inch practice guitar amp for bass while learning a new song. That little solid state amp has been with me for 2 decades. but it sets within reach of the computer.
And yes, I have played bass thru a Silvertone 2x12 when I couldn't rent the Silvertone 6x10 . (Back in high school days, one guy in my hometown would rent his 6x10 when he wasn't using it. Ultimately, he sold the Silvertone and bought a Sunn with a tube head and 2x15 cabinet. Eventually, he rented that and later yet (1970) he offered it for sale and I bought it. After about a year, of hard rock it lived in storage for the rest of its life with me. After I started my career as a cop AND I got married, I finally decided that I would never play again and sold it in 1974. (sob, sniff-sniff). Boy I missed that rig in 2000.
Use whatcha got....when ya got it.
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Post by Fat Tony on Jun 18, 2020 8:14:30 GMT -5
Around 2003 I played with a drummer who used eDrums. I have no idea what brand, but I do know that he never quit "tweaking the sound" of his drums to make him happy. He played in another band AND at church, so he needed to be versatile and tweaked to his inner ear.
He used to ask me if I liked the settings and, being an "honest to a fault" guy, I told him, "It all sounds the same to me."
But he never tweaked the settings at a gig. Before I left the band, he had gone full circle and was playing standard acoustic drums. And YES, between songs at rehearsal, he tweaked with a drum key and gel pads to get the sound he heard in his head.
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Post by Fat Tony on Jun 18, 2020 8:06:19 GMT -5
The popular vote for which looks best is one approach. However, the "other approach" for a solution is to satisfy YOUR opinion. I tried a Mother of Pearl pick guard and a smokey gray/black pickguard on my used blue P-Bass back in 2001. (I believe it was Lake Placid Blue but could have been similar or the same color as your P bass....far too long ago to recall actual color, just what I believed at the time.) The gray pearloid looked hideous to me, and a few months later saw someone in a YouTube video with the same idea....sorry, it looked good on his, and for "me" I am still glad I went back to original.
On the other hand, when I bought a used white P Bass at the local, it looked hideous to me with the gray pearloid and I tried both a "tortoise shell with more red than brown" and a plain "brown tortoise shell" and played that bass for several years as my number 1 (3 color sunburst MIM P Bass) with the brown tortoise shell.
I was able to make my audience comfortable at "all acoustic gigs" by using the "right color" that let my solid body bass "fit" the personality of our music and genre (Americana, country, ballad rock and when appropriate, some gospel). (This was the MIM P bass with 3 color sunburst.)
My point is....experiment and find what YOU like. Family opinion should bear some weight in the decision, but you get 60% and they get smaller percentages because this bass is an expression of our personality-identity and a statement of "this is me".
OR buy what is available cheap and dare somebody to tell you that you play great, but that is one ugly bass. Other people have no idea how much damage a Fender bass can inflict when swung like a Louisville Slugger, going for the fence.
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Post by Fat Tony on May 27, 2020 17:30:49 GMT -5
2004? Oh, my! I remember a gig in Ralston OK with a mighty fine band and pretty decent BBQ joint in a Quonset hut. Glad I wasn't there when the Harley came in the dance floor....thank goodness us geezers had already left for the drive home. I still have no idea how you found your way from Wichita KS to Ralston OK.
So...you gave up tornadoes for hurricanes. I suppose you made some radical changes in music format? Blue grass? Do Wop?
Or, are you a fiddler in an old-time string band...Your baby plays the guitar and you pick a banjo now?
The things in life that are solid...things that remain the same....stay with us thru life...just like FDP and Moe's Tavern friends...
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Post by Fat Tony on May 26, 2020 1:35:51 GMT -5
Hey! Whats up in your part of the world? The Covid19 shut down the facility where I work (since late March), and in so doing, changed a lot of our event and client plans for the summer...I have no complaints because my employer continued to pay my average hours...they put all of the part time employees on paid Administrative Leave. My lovely wife also had knee replacement about a month ago, so I am grateful to be here to help her these first few weeks...
It appears I will be called back to my steady job shortly after June 1...(I hope).
But...to answer your question:
I prefer to "perform" rather than to "work a sound for hire gig".
I got into sound because when I decided to play after not touching a guitar from 1971 to 2000...making myself "the gear guy" made me more valuable to the bands I played with back then...still true today. But my age and phobia of digital mixers....well, I do small gigs or my own band using MY gear or "ride the faders" on a few low budget gigs for hire. I also have a fairly steady relationship with a friend to support his system when he needs MORE STUFF. Which reminds me that my friend has all four of my JBL PRX series powered cabinets along with most of my stage lighting (about 15 LED fixtures). He does a lot of the high school dances and theater in the small town where he lives. (His 3rd kid is finally a senior in high school, but I bet he still feels obligated to work school dances or theater...) I knew what I was getting into...and I know he will bring any and all of my gear any time I bring it up.
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Post by Fat Tony on May 14, 2020 11:53:27 GMT -5
The nickname I assigned myself (Fat Tony) describes me to a T. (get it, "T" for Tony? Nevermind) When I get on a scale, it says, "Only one person at a time, please."
To paraphrase the great bluesman, Willie Dixon: I'm built for comfort, I ain't built for speed.
I prefer the Gibraltar Oversize Motorcycle Seat with backrest. It is MY go to option, but I also own several other options.
I have bought four of the Gator Guitar Seat and Stand. One for me and three for gifts. I "loan" the Gator I kept to my guitarist/band leader at rehearsals. I can't get my fat XXX on the seat...about 3 inches too tall.
The On Stage Throne is pretty decent, but the little round seat had difficult times with my rather large "seat" and I certainly enjoyed breaks to get the feeling back in the legs. It is also slightly heavy. (Musician's Friend stock: 452071). I still have four of the On Stage Throne. But they are a hassle to transport unless it is your responsibility is to set up your own stool.
Of all the various thrones, those "el cheapo stools" from the mega box store company are the ones that I give a thumbs down....I think "more" of my posterior than those little things, but I have six of them for "sound for hire gigs" where there are multiple solo performers. (Hootenanny anyone?)
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Post by Fat Tony on May 13, 2020 11:14:21 GMT -5
Thanks to those who played "Where's Waldo"...er....uhhh, Where's Fat Tony. Apparently I was blind and could not recognize the path to reset my password....Obviously, I have been made whole.
Thanks to Lesterstrat, Rick Knight and MikeM. And thanks to LTB. Lesterstrat for his cape and his inquiry about me....Good to hear you are still among the living. and Rick Knight for reaching out to my email telling me that the former wild child of Wichita was looking for me.... and MikeM, my buddy from a defunct PA Sound website who caused LTB to mention Lost Password.... and LTB made me realize there WAS a way to reset the password. Apparently I missed it several times before I got frustrated and just moved on.
Which caused me to revitalize my search on how to reset the password.
I will try to work Moe's 2 back into my rotation of surfing.
Thanks to all. It really does take a village....and it is painful to admit that I am the village idiot.
PS: I am WAY BEHIND on PA gear. I do not have a good relationship with digital mixers...my problem is I cannot hear the frequencies like I did when I wore a younger man's clothes. So, basics....I am reasonably able to help. Think boxtop powered mixers, simple analog mixers. While I work on a Midas X32 occasionally at my day job...I really do not "get it" like I did the "dumb mixers" that I understand...after all, I grew up in the era when you plugged your mic into the non reverb channel on your Sears and Roebuck Silvertone Twin Twelve....
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Post by Fat Tony on Mar 26, 2020 11:52:27 GMT -5
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Post by Fat Tony on Mar 25, 2020 1:21:45 GMT -5
If you are starting from scratch, meaning you don't have any PA gear, I opted for a passive mixer and powered speakers. The issue is the size of audience and venue that you have to "fill". A powered mixer has a finite size venue it can adequately cover....they have a pair of internal power amps that can typically support up to two 8 Ohm mains and two 8 Ohm monitors.
With a passive mixer, each speaker has its own power amp and typically will be capable of expansion with ease.
I opted for "smaller is better". I have Yamaha DBX powered speaker cabinets. I own five of the DBR10. I also own a pair of larger JBL powered speakers (PRX625) and a smaller pair of JBL powered speakers (PRX612m). Since my band plays smaller venues (200 and less, more often 125 or smaller). Since Mark plays an acoustic electric guitar, he and I both go direct into the PA. I don't take a bass amp to the smaller events as 2 of the DBR10 carries 3 vocals, one A/E guitar and bass with no problem...think larger coffee shops or backyard parties or house parties (inside someone's home). IF I was going to do "sound for hire" I have a larger passive mixer and I could take a pair of JBL cabinets that fit the need (PRX625 or PRX612) for mains and I would take 3 of the Yamaha DBR10 (or 4 of the DBR10 if someone is sitting in with us).
I am comfortable with the simplicity of the Mackie ProFX series passive mixers. I prefer the original and the V.2 of the ProFX, but that is because I like the graphic EQ feature. I would note that Mackie like most other sound system manufacturers cannot count "channels" like the consumers count channels. For me, one fader is one channel regardless of how many inputs into that single volume control. So one XLR with two 1/4 inputs is NOT 3 channels. For bar band gigs, I take the ProFX16 which has only 12 faders...it has everything I might need for your typical bar band: 3 vocal mics, mic 1 or 2 guitar amps, perhaps a keyboard, bass probably has a large enough bass rig to carry the venue (I know I do for bar gigs). That is only six input channels. That still gives me enough channels for micing the drum kit. Personally, I would use a small drum mic set up: Kick, one mic shared for hats and snare, a second mic shared for both mounted toms and one for floor tom. (4 drum mics). That leaves you a channel for break music if you are playing a private party where there is no house juke box....and you have a "floater" mic in case you need a harmonica or djembe or sax or another guitar or singer.
There are plenty of powered speakers that would serve you quite well: JBL EON-600 series, or Mackie Thump series, Alto TS300 series are all powered cabinets and with a passive mixer such as I described should be about as reasonable as a powered mixer and similar quality passive speakers.
Powered mixers that should handle about anything you NEED should be reasonably close in total cost. If you NEED multiple monitor mixes, you automatically get hit for more internal power amps, thus more $$$. Powered mixers cost more than most passive mixers. AND, powered speakers will cost more than passive speakers. Do your own math and keep in mind the features you really need.
The out of production Yamaha EMX5000-20 was a great powered mixer. (current models are the EMX5014 or EMX5016.) I ran a lot of "sound for hire" for larger bands with the EMX5000-20. I simply used the push button that assigned the two internal 500 Watt power amps to MONITOR amps thus I could have two monitor mixes for vocals AND use power amps to drive the mains and subs to fit the venue size. I believe the out of production Carvin had most of the same features and would serve you well if you could find one on the used market. Yorkville has a couple of killer mixers...but no stocking supplier in Oklahoma back in those days. (2001-2012)
At 70yrs old, I prefer lighter weight equipment. With digital power amps and neodymium speakers, the weight of speakers and especially powered speakers has lost "a lot of weight". The same is true of powered mixers vs current passive mixers.
There is a place in the market for both powered mixers with passive speakers AND passive mixers with powered speakers.
Pick what works for your needs. Me? Lightweight and louder works better for my money and my hips and back.
EDIT TO ADD: Peego's Carvin is a very decent powered mixer...I looked up the specifications and discovered it has 3 internal power amps, one for monitors and two for stereo mains....all rated at 400 Watts at 4 Ohms. Nice mixer. I have owned (and currently own) several Carvin products....ain't nuttin wrong with them.
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Post by Fat Tony on Jan 28, 2020 18:05:38 GMT -5
Use your ears. Start your individual channel EQ (called parametric EQ) "around" 12 o'clock on the dial. Start with your graphic EQ dead center flat. Smiley face is NOT the best way to go.
Now listen to each performer. IF they sound good, leave your hands in your pocket. If they could use a little more high end, or maybe they are to "muddy"...then you would want to cut some of the mids. If the bottom end or low frequencies were too thick and overpowered the rest of the sound, cut some of the low frequencies on that control knob.
Running bass or heavy low end thru the PA? Bass drum? Acoustic/electric guitar? Keyboard? All of that? Then you might want to boost a little on the low frequencies via graphic EQ since the issue is "system wide" and not a single instrument. If you can tell that Bubba has way too much low end...then dial down his channel low frequencies and leave Ringo and Eric and Bubba alone on their channel/parametric EQ and on the graphic EQ.
The channel EQ is "parametric" usually with "High, Mid and Low" while the system EQ is "graphic" with all those little faders.
But the important thing is to USE YOUR EARS. If it sounds "good enough" then work on the next new song. If something needs to be addressed on the PA, one person should reach over and make the adjustment. If it takes a lot of "heavy handed adjusting" (example: all the low frequencies cut out on the parametric EQ) Then it is time to consider changing the instrument settings on the instrument, not the PA.
This ain't rocket science...just use your ears. Ask the others in the room if they agree. "Yep! Cletus is just too bright, cutting thru my ears like a high speed drill at the Dentist." Then perhaps you need to cut some of Cletus' highs on the mixer. But as long as Ringo and Eric and Bubba are OK, leave the parametric EQ alone.
Don't trust your ears? Don't trust Bubba and Cletus? (I don't blame you.) Download a free "real time analyzer" on your cell phone and use it to help you find the peak that causes that "ice pick in the ear" you are hearing. If you can't cut the problem frequency via the channel EQ, go to the graphic EQ.
I promise, you are as good as anybody in this game. Get comfortable at this and you will go out and buy your own PA, then fire the rest of the band and hire out as a semi pro sound tech. (Just kidding. I am deaf in one ear and have significant tinnitus in my good ear. But it is still rock and roll to me.)
Use your ears, and trust in the force, young Jedi.
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Post by Fat Tony on Jan 19, 2020 22:32:12 GMT -5
"Guitar Amps that I currently own" (Keep in mind I play bass and no longer play any guitar.)
The fun and quirky first:
Vox Pathfinder 15 model V9168 (no reverb) Vox Pathfinder P15 SMR 2x10 cabinet and head cabinet (I also commissioned a custom Vox clone with 1x12 greenback.) Vox Pathfinder P15 SMR408 4x8 inch speaker cabinet and head cabinet.
Fender Acoustasonic Jr DSP 80 (I think) 2x8 speakers Fender Acoustasonic Jr DSP 80 (I think) 2x8 speakers Bought the second as a gift and changed my mind.
Fender Ultimate Chorus DSP 2x12
Fender Blues Jr Tweed stock Fender Blues III (black control plate) stock.
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The above does not include any of my bass amps or speaker cabinets....nor both drum kits and does not include any PA gear. Someday I need to start disposing gear rather than acquiring gear.
Hello, my name is Fat Tony and I am a "gearaholic".
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe (stock, first generation, I think)
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Post by Fat Tony on Jan 18, 2020 12:44:17 GMT -5
I "think" that was Sept of 2008. Was that the one "indoors festival" due to hurricane that hit Galveston and Houston pretty hard? That was either the last festival or there may have been 1 more...
They tried to start a new series of blues festivals but it became a "music festival" and only has one band playing blues each year. I was able to get Watermelon Slim to headline the first "revised" festival. The current "festival" is a production of a different organization, not a City government event. Their board has a different vision. I think it will slowly rebuild...at least I hope it does.
Sadly, the group I am with currently only does 2 or 3 blues tunes. (sigh)
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Post by Fat Tony on Jan 13, 2020 0:11:35 GMT -5
Juice: I have used the Shure belt pack and base receiver for several years....but admittedly, probably not more than 4 or 5 times per year. It is easier to use XLR cable when possible. The wireless is just where there is a problem getting signal from the mix location to the speakers.
farmcaster: I was wondering if you have electrical power cable to your remote speakers. None of my speakers have internal batteries...so there is always a power cord. Granted, those can be fairly short and you can always evaluate where you place your speakers so that they are adjacent to wall outlets for electricity. I ended up buying a pair of budget speakers with an internal battery. While I may not require them for the next year, it is nice to have them available if needed for an event or a rental client. Sine you mentioned upper class gigs, I was thinking you are probably using a battery powered personal line array like the Bose or the new EVOLVE or the JBL EON ONE.
Regardless, there are multiple ways to resolve the issues. Everyone sharing their experiences helps others to make the same mistake or to make a new mistake...and sometimes those decisions are grandly successful. Honesly, the biggest two successes I had was hosting a couple of the old FDP Jams....and talking the Event Director to book Farmcaster to play the Stillwater Blues Fest around 10 years ago.
I especially appreciate jhawkr, the maestro, Uncle Wilbur and a few others showing up for the last jam here.
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Post by Fat Tony on Jan 10, 2020 23:24:37 GMT -5
We play a lot of small house parties or backyard gatherings, but we also play a few senior centers, etc as well as Veterans facilities and the occasional club.
90% of the time, I play direct into the small PA I take to the gigs. "Small parties" means less than 50 people, occasionally 75 people and a NYE with about 150. The "small PA" has two Yamaha DBR10 for mains...no stage monitors.
For the rare street gig or large club, I have an Ampeg SVT3Pro thru and Avatar B410. I also have a couple of Ampeg PF350....one mates with a Carvin 115MBE extension cabinet and the other one mates with a custom built 210 or an Eden EX112-4. I also have a small Carvin MB10 combo amp when I want or need more than the small PA.
And if you want to come to my place and jam awhile, I have 5 Fender guitar amps and 3 Vox guitar amps.
Did I mention two drum kits? And I do not play guitar or drums...I barely play bass adequately for this group I am in now.
Being a gear addict is a sad condition....
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Post by Fat Tony on Jan 8, 2020 22:59:02 GMT -5
FYI Many of the new powered speaker cabinets have a combination input jack for both XLR and 1/4 Tip/Sleeve cables, so those would work nicely in farmcaster's application.
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Post by Fat Tony on Jan 8, 2020 22:50:45 GMT -5
I have done a couple of gigs that spread over 2 or 3 blocks downtown...classic car show and some similar event I kind of forget....I think it was "Crazy Days" (glorified sidewalk sales on Main Street in the 3rd week of July.
Regardless....I used a couple of Shure wireless belt packs intended for guitars and the base receivers. I set up in the middle of the event with a pair of mains connected via XLR to the mains...I also send the signal to the speakers a half block away via the belt packs. I was able to acquire a 120VAC power source from the traffic light control boxes. (It helped that I was a retired cop and had friends...who have since also retired.) So, I was able to use the base receivers to feed signal to both speakers and all AC power was courtesy of the City. NO CABLES except at my mix location which was no problem since I had everything neat and free of trip hazards....and I gaff taped the AC power from a source about 15ft away.
Absolutely no problems. Now the car show was a little different because the organization wanted a handheld mic AND they wanted a speaker adjacent to the organization....and that required a cable along the curb and THAT was a trip hazard I did not appreciate....apparently one of the cables did not mate well with the adjacent cable and the speaker was "iffy"....so I would have done better with another wireless....but I did not own any more at that point. Now I have 6 or 8 just for rental gigs...but I got out of the "children's theater" gig and quickly sold off those 12 extra wireless mics that were used for the Children's Theater. That tied up some capital but it did not bring in any income since the Children's Theater annual gig was a freebie.
In all of those applications, I came out of a 1/4 out on the Left/Right main out and sent it via a belt pack wireless transmitter and set the base receiver adjacent to the powered JBL or powered Yamaha cabinets.
It works. Kind of a hassle, but it beats liability for cable across a walkway path at a non traditional venue where there is few methods to protect pedestrians from trip hazards.
Hope that helps.
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Post by Fat Tony on Jan 3, 2020 10:37:54 GMT -5
Fat Tony aka Tony Wright. (Truth in advertising)
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Post by Fat Tony on Jan 3, 2020 9:35:24 GMT -5
I will use "Fat Tony" rather than the more "formal" Tony Wright. I appreciate everything Chris did with the FDP and I am certain that mfitz will do the same. And I like giraffes....now, if you will excuse me....I will go sit on the sideline and watch the excitement unfold.
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