The Whackmaster's P.A.

[RacerXtreme]

Just got back from the show. Boy was it loud. Ted had 28 hi /mid cabinets way up in the air - ON EACH SIDE - that looked like trapezoidal JBL array speakers ?? ( I think) Not sure which model #'s.... For low end, he used (only) 8 cabinets per side. Didn't look like JBL. Not sure what they were, but I'll find out. Didn't have any markings or identification on them. Hmmm....

Let me tell ya something...... those low end speakers were incredible. We moved around quite a bit so I got to hear the P.A from many different angles.

Best song of the night (IMO) was Fred Bear. By far. Had a "rough" edge to it that made it sound just awesome. One time, only for 15 or 20 seconds in the song, I could really notice that there was no rhythm guitar. Other than that........ well....... let's just say that his guitars were on fire.

The Palace was.........oh, I don't know......about 75 percent full. If it holds 20K, that means about 14 or 15K people. Not bad.....

Excellent show Ted. Nice job.

He played the House of Blues in Chicago last nite. Tomorrow it's on to Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Took a couple shots of the P.A., the stage, and the stacks of Crown amps.
Soon as I resize them a little I'll post them.

see ya

Rock and Roll...........

[RacerXtreme]

turn it up........

[RacerXtreme]

workin' hard ........ playin' hard.........

[RacerXtreme]

I just want one.....

[pelly3s]

it was probably a vertec line array and probably the vertec subs they look a little weird. mmmm gotta love macro techs but the itech blows everything away

[scott fitlin]

Yeah the I Techs punch out a mean beat! Im gettin me one for some subs!

[pelly3s]

i've had an 8000 on loan for the past few weeks and it is capable of over 10,000 watts and will play at a 1/4 of an ohm for over 3 hours.

[Oldmics]

Hey pelly3s

You sound like a guy who knows pro equipment.

Did you measure a 10KW output ?

Specs say 4KW a side @ 4 ohms and with a mono load @ 8 ohms you can get 8KW.

I gotta give these a listen.

Oldmics

[pelly3s]

i sat on the phone with a tech from crown and also one from martin who was testing it against the digam amps and both gave me the same specs. i know my equipment fairly well. I work for a proaudio company doing anything from concerts to recones. the only downfall to the 8000 is that it doesn't have that growl in the low end when it distorts like the 5000 did, it has more of a digital distortion

[RacerXtreme]

Where can I find a picture or information about those vertec subs ?

When they were crankin' it was incredible. If you walked past them
they made you wonder whether or not they would knock you down.
The spl was staggering.......

[Zilch]

http://www.jblpro.com/vertec1/new_vertec/vt4880.html

Links at top for others....

[RacerXtreme]

That's NOT what he was using. It had no JBL identification (that I could easily see) and it looked a little different. Similar in size tho. I'll find out for sure what they were. For the size and number of cabinets that were there, the SPL was impressive.

[pelly3s]

they might have been servo drive bass 7's which are amazing

[RacerXtreme]

Except for the Servodrive emblem on the front of the cabinet, yeah,
that looks like what he was using. I'll find out for sure. He had
eight per side (16 total) and it sounded like......... 40 per side.

[JBLGUY]

Hey Racer


Whats Ted using in his own home for gear and speakers ? I would think he would have a pretty bad ass system for his own use.

How's his Buffalo doing. Did he bring him over for Christmas ?

Gotta love the Ted

Just been introducing my own two Son's to him and they think he's a great dude with all his outdoor stuff he's into

So show us a few pics of his home rig.