I just noticed those smilies over there.
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Originally Posted by Lonman
I SURE HOPE you are talking about the high end wireless. If you are paying $600 for wired, you are getting MAJORLY ripped off!
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Wireless. One of our patrons owns a successful guitar shop & that's a good price... but... we're in Hawaii. So everything costs an arm & a leg.
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Originally Posted by ddouglass
Is there a way in your state to make your bar a private exclusive club? The only other way I could see to keep the numbers of tourists down would be to raise your drink prices and use only bottled water. It sounds like your regulars could afford it if they leave that large a tip and probably would agree to it though the tips might get a bit smaller.
You do have a unique situation and I think we can all understand, but as long as you are a public bar you really can't refuse to let them sing and should be treating them the same way as your regulars. Otherwise your next review may be a really bad one.
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The prices are higher than any other bar in the area. We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone at all, & that includes the karaoke. Mind you, service is RARELY refused (I have earplugs). Also, it's good reviews that are slaughtering us. A bad review would probably help us out a lot; with 5 tables most nights it's SRO, even on the nights with only regulars.
A bad review might actually save our business. We have some regulars who work for the Star Bulletin. I should talk to them.
As far as exclusivity, if I really wanted to I could put Reserved signs on all the tables. I can also tell undesirables that the karaoke is full & I can't take any more orders. I can also tell them that although the bar is open, the karaoke has been reserved by one of the parties in the room, so only they can use it. There are many ways to lock undesirables out, but it's never become THAT much of an issue.
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Originally Posted by capnvic
I use wired Sennheiser 835s myself and rarely do those mics go above $100. I hope it is a wireless SM58 system...  |
Sennheisers are great mics! We had a couple at one point, but we liked the Shures better. The Sennheisers didn't last long, either... they actually got dropped & trampled on the weekends. This is why I don't work weekends. I wouldn't be able to handle it. And yes, the Shures are wireless. I use my own wired 58beta behind the bar, but on the floor a wired mic would... well, the wire would be a problem.
Edit: I should probably explain that in Hawaii, the karaoke practice is to move the mics to the customers sitting at their tables, thereby creating the need for a wireless. I think on the mainland you guys use a stage & customers sing always in that one spot. Here we charge $1 per song & when the songs come up in rotation, we move the mics to the table that ordered them. Yeah, a lot more work for less money probably. It hasn't changed in the 10+ years I've been here.