Some people - not all people - but some people ask what kit Dan T's Inferno bring with them.It's a good question.
Particularly as it goes to explain why setting up is important, and how two hours of playing means about 12 hours of properly hard work. And why I currently have a bad back.
We only use top quality equipment. That goes for everything.
There was an exception which proves the rule: In an economy-driven fit of madness I once bought some XLR (microphone) cables which didn't meet our standards. You would have thought, from their reception, that they were the Devil's own bum-hairs and fit only for hanging me with.
I simply did not hear the end of it until new, better ones arrived. It really is that important.
So, for those of a techie bent, please see our kit list:
Public Address System:
Mackie CFX16 MKII mixing desk
2x Mackie 450 v2 speakers
Mackie 350 v2 speaker
Any number of stands
Laney CXP-112 and CXM-112 monitor speakers
Wharfedale Titan subwoofer
6x Sure SM58 microphones (mix of alpha and beta)
2x Sure SM57 A instrument microphones
Behringer Feedback Destroyer Pro
Any number of leads, gaffa tape, cables and extensions
Instruments (not all guitars used in any one gig, to be fair):
2x Fender Stratocaster guitar
Fender Jazz Bass
2x Fender Telecaster guitar
Bill Nash Esquire guitar
Epiphone Casino guitar
Epiphone Sheraton guitar
Gibson SG guitar
Paul Smith Les Paul Junior guitar
Composite drum kit, but Ludwig snare
Any number of tuning, distortion, fuzz, delay, wah, phase, compression, vocoder and booster pedals.
2x stage pedal boards
Fender Blues Junior amp
Fender Blues De Ville amp
Fender Twin Reverb amp
Marshall bass amp head plus 2x stack speakers (sub and 4x speaker)
Any number of cables, stands, slides, capos and picks
Tambourine
Lights:
4x LED par cans
American DJ Revo III 'moonflower' type floor light
Martin 'Mania' psychedelic oil-lamp effect
2 x T-bars
Any number of cables, kettle leads and safety wires
