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Tony474 · October 5th, 2008, 12:24 AM

It's four in the morning and once more...I just got back from another gig in London's salubrious (not) Holloway Road. Midnight to 2.30 a.m. spot. Looked fairly good for a change - good few people up dancing, reasonably good atmosphere, the AV62RI Custom was sounding sweet. So far, so...Aargh! About 25 minutes in, the PA amp blew up. Clouds of smoke and a nasty smell; seemingly the power transformer gave up the ghost.

Very luckily someone was able to lend us an old Yamaha EMX that enabled us to do the rest of the gig after a pause, and we got through it without taking another break. Still got a little docked off the fee, but no parking fines this time.

It could have been a lot worse but in future I'm taking my Mackie as a backup. Or we may have to use it anyway if the other one can't be fixed.

October 5th, 2008, 12:24 AM	#85 (permalink)
Tony474 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North Bushey, near London, England Age: 62 Posts: 2,441	It's four in the morning and once more...I just got back from another gig in London's salubrious (not) Holloway Road. Midnight to 2.30 a.m. spot. Looked fairly good for a change - good few people up dancing, reasonably good atmosphere, the AV62RI Custom was sounding sweet. So far, so...Aargh! About 25 minutes in, the PA amp blew up. Clouds of smoke and a nasty smell; seemingly the power transformer gave up the ghost. Very luckily someone was able to lend us an old Yamaha EMX that enabled us to do the rest of the gig after a pause, and we got through it without taking another break. Still got a little docked off the fee, but no parking fines this time. It could have been a lot worse but in future I'm taking my Mackie as a backup. Or we may have to use it anyway if the other one can't be fixed. __________________ *Proud to be The Man From Uncool.* I cried because I had no shoes - until I met a man who had no feet...