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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on May 27, 2013 at 6:12am

do you have a poster designed for this yet Bri ? (-:

Permalink Reply by Brian Tin-Pot Pearse on July 27, 2013 at 1:16am

Hi Guys, Only 4 weeks to go! Commemorative Ts & Mugs are now in and will be free for all players! There should be a great crowd so I'm looking forward nervously to the gig. Please confirm that you are still OK to play and that you are down correctly on the poster so I can start circulating them locally.

Cheers,

Brian

Permalink Reply by The Capo Kid on July 27, 2013 at 11:45pm

 HI Brian i'm only 45 miles away so would love to attend , don't know about playing solo might sit in with someone , any B&B's within staggering distance of the event , Thanks .

Permalink Reply by Brian Tin-Pot Pearse on July 28, 2013 at 2:31am

It would be great to see you, Grant. No pressure on playing, but after a couple of beers ...! B&B - I'll do some research tmo but one to start with (within a reasonable stagger) is: The White House (4 bedrooms), Thursley Road, Elstead GU8 6LW  01252 702272

Thanks for your interest.

Cheers, Brian

Permalink Reply by Andy Parkin on July 27, 2013 at 11:57pm

Hi Bletherhawk,

re. PA system.

Peavey used to make good budget PA's ( the old Hisys systems were damn respectable!). I havn't used the current crop.

A good local supplier ( Guitar/music shop) ought to be able to hire you a similar system. Yry before you ( they?) buy!

Active speakers seem more popular and convenient these days ( The Db range at PAsuper are real crackers!) but more pricey. A good investment would be something like that, a pair of speaker poles and a secondhand mixer ( 8 channel mic inputs probably sufficient). Look out for the old Mackie VLZ range of mixers as they have great quality preamps. There are probably a lot of small shops/ guys that are going out of business now so worth looking about for a secondhand bargain.

To my mind, a shure SM58 Vocal mic ( the standard for ever!) is the best way to test out PA systems. Every uses them and many musicians , performers have one. It would not be a fair test of 2 systems if you put one of these, compared to a Peavey Mic!

Hope this helps. a) Try before you buy- Hire/beg/borrow.

                         b) Active decent Speakers( poles to stick 'em on) + Second hand Mixer. ( You can always upgrade, add reverb and different Mics, DI boxes etc.)

Permalink Reply by Brian Tin-Pot Pearse on July 28, 2013 at 2:49am

Thanks for that, Andy.

Being totally illiterate regarding PA systems, I think a trip to Andertons (just because I know where it is!) is certainly called for. Knowing the difference between active and passive speakers would be a start! Hope you don't mind if I'm back in touch after a little research.

Thanks again,

B-)

Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on July 28, 2013 at 7:40am

if you're stuck i'll bring my PA  Bri, very basic but sounds ok  (-:

Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on July 28, 2013 at 8:51am

i already asked that didden i ...? (-:

Permalink Reply by Brian Tin-Pot Pearse on July 28, 2013 at 10:03pm

Cheers, Steve, I'll keep that as my fallback position. I'm off to do some research now, it will obviously better if we can get something rigged up here to save having to lug heavy equipment around. B-)

Permalink Reply by Stu Crane AKA aboynamedstu on July 28, 2013 at 1:59am

Yep, we're still in

Permalink Reply by Stu Crane AKA aboynamedstu on July 28, 2013 at 2:06am

The picture quality seems to get very pixilated when I tried to read the poster bigger

Permalink Reply by Brian Tin-Pot Pearse on July 28, 2013 at 2:52am

Cheers, Stu,

Here's a slightly bigger version.

B-)

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