ben604

Hello! Couple of good mates and myself have decided to have a bash at the covers band thing. We're trying to be a little bit different than the averge effort, probably at the cost of some gigs, but we're hoping to maintain a semblance of what we perceive to be "musical integrity"... We're trying to decide between a keyboardist and/or backing tracks. Our drummer is comfortable playing along with click tracks but we're not sure what's exactly possible with backing tracks and how to trigger them etc. Could you in theory start a synth backing track, with the click in the drummers ear and play a whole 3-4 minute song with that running or do you have to be some sort of robot time keeper for it to work? Also, if it is possible, are there resources available (paid or free) where you can download just synth/keyboard/sample backing tracks or do you have to create them yourself? Thanks in advance! Ben.

Radio Hauraki all the way!

Bought a Sansamp BDDI from Cliff. Very nice guy, prompt with PMs and the item was exactly as described, packed well and despatched the same day. Great transaction!

Jesus! Where do you practice?! Wembly?

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pignose-B100V-All-Valve-Bass-Amp-Combo-1x15_W0QQitemZ110392376355QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL?hash=item110392376355&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A10|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pignose-B100V-All-Va...93%3A1|294%3A50[/url] Lovely combo, once owned by me and before that, Steve from this very forum. Very smooth and warm tone, well worth a bid.

Would the Behringer work as a pre-amp infront of a power amp? I've seen some reviews on Harmony Central that suggest it may have a weak output? EDIT: a quick google search brought this up: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=27571&st=0&p=286956&#entry286956"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry286956[/url] so I'm sorted ta!

[quote name='Alien' post='492113' date='May 19 2009, 09:05 AM']If you're really on a budget, I've got an as-new Behringer EP1500 up for sale at £100 A[/quote] Hello Alien, If the OP isnt interested, I might be! Cheers, Ben.

[quote name='dood' post='488745' date='May 15 2009, 12:08 PM']No worries mate! It's cool! I'd posted on another thread about G.A.S - and have to say that on paper at least, Alex's cabs do tick a great deal of boxes. Quite like the idea of a monster 2x15 Big One ;o) As per our li'l discussion.. I have to agree with you that sometimes online shops don't do themselves any favours by putting one price online.. but when you order they are 'out of stock and you wont get another at the same price'. Just smacks of laziness or not being clear about a 'deal' price. Come one guys! - A website isnt difficult to keep updated! oh and there's another rant! lol - Webshops with gawd awwwwful websites. If I cant find what I am looking for in under 5 clicks.. I tend to go elsewhere! lol[/quote] I'm afraid I'll have to stick up for webshops on this one! Maintaining pricing across multiple brands (often from multiple distributors) is very time consuming and often confusing. I can see where music shops will suffer, exchange rates are changing daily and a few of our suppliers wont even give us a set price list, we have to call on the day we order which makes it very difficult to advertise a price. This is exaggerated with high ticket value, low turnover items. They may have bought said cab 3 months ago for £550 and after making the call to the distributor now to replace it, it may cost them £750 to buy in! I will concede that it's lazy not removing items/pricing for goods you dont have in stock and we always honour our advertised price (unless we're out to make a loss) but that's just good customer service.

Just a quick word of warning, I bought a VMP and while it looks and sounds great, it's just starting to fall apart on me after about 2 months. The tone/volume knobs dont fit and therefore try to fall off all the time and the jack socket has just worked itself loose which is giving me intermittent sound. They're easy fixes, but these little niggles can be frustrating. I'd suggest buying 2nd hand from a reliable and honest BCer! Ben.

Hello, I've stuck this on ebay as we dont need to record 8 mics at once at the moment and my mate wants an interface for his house to fiddle with our tracks on his own so we're downsizing to two smaller interfaces. £200 + postage for any Basschat members or see it here > [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160333373132&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:GB:1123"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...E:L:LCA:GB:1123[/url] Cheers, Ben.

Hey Kiwi, My old man's on the North Shore and he's finding no shortage of work, he does a lot of painting/decorating of new builds. I think you'l be fine! Best of luck to you. Ben.