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My esteemed colleagues The management of two of the venues I work with in SF have decreed that we have a "garage sale" at both venues today and tomorrow. I have pretty good handle on the current worth of most of what we've extracted from the basements but have unearthed three JBL 2441 2...

I have now tried twice, a week apart to arrange for warranty service on two E835 microphones through the Sennheiser online service portal. Both times I have entered al data and filled in all required fields and gotten a green "OK" next to every entry. But when I try to finish the service...

Hello everyone. Family matters and some medical BS have kept me from participating hereabouts recently but one of my staff asked me if I knew who was the provider for the Punk Rock Bowling Festival in Las Vegas this coming May. I don't but I bet one of you DOES. Thanks, "Grampa"

Realize this may step on a few toes here. Please note the "I bear no ill will…" line before you start jumping to the defense of EDM. Just got this invitation via email: "As a veteran of the audio business <snip>-I've seen lots of trends over the years. But nothing has been quite like the...

Hello to all my learned colleagues. After several years of resting unused on the shelf of my mic locker I have no fewer than three upcoming shows requesting a Barcus Berry Planar Wave piano pickup. I am nearly out of the little double sided, VERY thin and tacky, tape mounting rectangles...

An old friend just steered me to this photo of a performance by The Astronauts, the most popular and successful Colorado rock band of the mid 60s. They were the standard all of the bands of my salad days as a REALLY young sound guy were held to. Nice stage full of vintage cream colored...

Okay, I'll admit it. "Throwback Thursday" on Facebook has driven me to dig out long undisturbed boxes of photographs and negatives. I thought some of you might like to see what "Grampa" looked like nearly 40 years ago. In this picture taken by Guitar Player Magazine's staff photographer...

I have over a dozen Sennheiser E835 microphones and after several years of reliable service as an all purpose vocal and instrumental microphone two of them have recently stopped working, the second one just last night between two sets. So I go to the Sennheiser "Service Portal", create an...

I've been telling people about this speaker cabinet for decades but have never had a picture to back up my "tall tale"…until NOW! This photo was just posted by the guitarist in the photo on Facebook. This box was constructed as a promotional item by Don Wehr's Music City which was THE store to...

Hello all. A multi room, multi use, venue I've been working with has been renting the top level Shure UHF wireless for the "mission critical" events in their "big concert room" but the $6k price tag for the two channel receiver and a pair each of belt packs with Countryman E6s and hand held...

Bud Spangler has passed away. Those of you who knew him know how great a loss this is. If you didn't know, he was a drummer, engineer, announcer, radio producer and I worked with and for him in all of those capacities. He was also a REALLY NICE, AND FUNNY, GUY! To him I offer the...

Experience has taught me to assume nothing but I think this mix shouldn't be all THAT hard to figure out.

A heads up to anyone involved in the six remaining tour dates for The Eric Andre Live Show between now and December 3. Last night at The Chapel venue in San Francisco a half gallon container of milk launched from the stage scored a direct hit on the AVID SC48 FOH console. The "talent" got...

The Red Devil Lounge in San Francisco will be closing at the end of this year. This home to bands heading up or on the way down and holding will give way to another trendy hipster bar, without live music, serving designer drinks. Many of my sound guy and gal associates have worked there for...

No, nothing political or really even ABOUT Medicare. I'm working a show on my birthday today and one of my long time associates and friends posted this on facebook as his greeting card to me. I worked on my birthday 46 years ago, at this very show. I still love my job!

I have kind words and thoughts for most booking agents. Mike Kappus is a exception. He was the most, and possibly the FIRST honest agent Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker ever had. Here's what he had to say about the passing of his long time client J.J. Cale. J.J. Cale remembered lovingly...

At two separate venues where I work the FOH mixer is a Yamaha 01V 96 version 2. Because i am expected to make digital archive recordings of the concerts and all of the analog outputs are in use doing the house sound and four monitor mixes I have, for a couple of years now, been using the...

Here, courtesy my friend AC Smith, here's a shot of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival showing the stage right speaker rig. The boxes with the reddish "television screen" grill cloth are Altec "utility" cabinet that could have been fitted with either a 604 coaxial speaker or a model 515 15 inch...

These are for sale on the SF Bay Area Craigs List. I cannot remember what the model designation was for these 15 inch two ways and request enlightenment from my learned, and equally "vintage" colleagues.

Too good, or bad, to NOT share 6-channel PA head/speakers