Simple Band Instrument Repair Tips

Simple but effective wrist band.

We have bought cheapo's before, and one of them came separated (The band came out of the clip). I was able to make a permanent repair so it's still useful. The Impact brand has much better quality materials (reflectors anyway, not sure if the band joint will separate with use). The white is not as translucent as the cheap one, so will give better results.

Wow, this works really well. I bought it for the band at our church. Makes it very easy for someone who plays an instrument and sings to have a decent in-ear monitor without spending a fortune. Very solid all-metal construction. Setup and use are very simple; the diagrams & labels silk-screened onto the top make it easy to see what should plug in where. As a nice additional touch, it doubles as a direct box for the instrument input. I highly recommend the optional MSC106 mic stand adapter if you're using this on stage. Only drawback is that you need a long cable or an extension for your ear monitor / headphones. If you mount this on a mic or music stand, you don't have a lot of room to move. We'll be buying a mix of these and the 1-channel PM50s to move our whole band to in-ear monitors.

We use a snake combining vocal mic, instrument mics, D.I.s, and monitor cables for each band member, running to their area of the stage from the stage digital mixer, and this product makes it easy to customize those changes and change out cables when necessary.

If anyone in your band wants more me control of their in-ear foldback for both their vocals and an instrument (or two instruments), then this is THE box for them! Ok so it costs more than the 2 channel competition, but this has the essential 3rd channel the others lack, plus an integral stereo DI box, so the total cost is much the same. What is really nice is the way it can be set for mono or stereo inputs on both the instrument channel and the main foldback. The cct diagram even contains instructions to convert the mic channel for line level inputs. A really useful box, and a much better buy in real terms than the competing products, for use by real musicians!

This instrument is ideal for shotgun microphones. It's simple, stylish, and it just works.

Simple item, but does what it advertises. Actually made some other band members jealous.

It comes open very easily, so just use a rubber band to keep it closed (simple enough). I find it to be quite useful.

Contrary to my impression of the photo here on the website, the Starbeam is an extremely well-designed and well-made instrument that is simple to use. It is not a cheap piece of plastic. For me, it has been well worth the price.

Within the first four hours of receiving these wonderfully simple ties, I had used them on a couple of long instrument cables, a shorter HDMI cable, managing a handful of power connectors which were wrapped around my desk, and tied back some heavy curtains. It's been a quick period, but I'm yet to find the application that they can't hold.