The Bear was keen to purchase a new PA and was looking at a brand new Fender Passport system which all locks together, weighs and is the same size as a family suitcase. However the new ones were retailing for around £875. Porkpie suggests a search of Ebay and lo and behold, a 500 watt version in mint condition is up for sale and after a short bidding war goes to us for just £275.
The bidding over on Friday afternoon and the TFC and on the road at 6.30am Saturday morning to collect the system off Fatima who is in the middle of Ramadam, or as The bear refers to it, Rama-lam-a Ding-dong.
We arrive at 9.15am and ask to try out the kit which fails to power up.
With shaky hands the fuse in the plug is changed, followed by a second kettle power lead but no joy. We're gutted and are about to leave for the long journey home PA less when Edwardakis says with his best cheepo Wilkinsons reading glasses on the end of his nose "what's this? is it a fuse? I can't see". A seperate fuse in the kit is located along with its spare which I change over and BINGO we're on. it works and its loud.
Edwards get his girly-man purse out and money changes hands and we're back in the car heading back to S Wales with our new touring PA on the back seat with thoughts turning to gigs in Chicago and the Big Apple.
Phil Porkpie Jenkins
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