[Dixielandjazz] On Parade - portable power

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Aha still shows ta go ya that there is always more than one way to skin 
a CAT  even a musical one:))

Cheers, and keep in step, oh well never mind, don't have to worry bout 
dat on da truck.  But be carefull not to fall off it :))
Gotta watch those sudden starts and stops. :))

Cheers,

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Hull <charlie at easysounds.com>
To: Russ Guarino <russg at redshift.com>
Cc: DJML <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 10:32:07 -0800
Subject: Re:  [Dixielandjazz] On Parade - portable power

    My K Street Ramblers can work acoustically, but like to have a 
microphone for singing, talking to the crowd, and 'equalizing' the 
clarinet to enable the nuances of playing softly but still being heard. 
 
  My solution to the portable power challenge was to make a unit using a 
car battery and 600-watt converter that changes the 12-volt d.c. 
battery power to 120-volt a.c. I bought a heavy duty plastic battery 
case and mounted the converter on the lid. Although heavy, because of 
the battery, it's totally silent and has run a p.a. amp and a bass amp 
for over three hours. I use a trickle charger to recharge the battery. 
 
  Fortunately we don't use it often, but it works well when we do need 
it. 
 
  When playing on the streets at the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, we put a 
monitor speaker, a p.a. head, the bass amp, and the power pack on a 
Rock-and-Roll cart and rolled it from site to site. 
 
 Charlie Hull 
 
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