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Evening all, I'm unfortunately having to return my GR Dual 1400 and as such am in the market for a new head. Top on the list are the Bergantino Forte HP and the Darkglass 900 V2. Which would you go for? Thoughts? Cheers!

Slight change of set up... Over the last few weeks I've been really enjoying having a smash on the drums, to the point where today I picked up a rather nice Mapex Storm kit with a big bag of much better cymbals! I need an extra stand with a boom Clamp as I have a Paiste 101 18" Crash and a Meinl 10" Spalsh I can't set up yet. I also need to work on the general set up too but here's the kit now thrown together...

Is to buy one.

Very good advice @Doctor J, thanks. The size of the rack toms seems to prevent me from being able to mount them low and flat in a similar way to your picture as the heigh of the kick drum just doesn't allow for it. If I move the 8" tom and the 12" tom that are mounted to the clamp on the crash stand so they are in such a position as to be similarly low and flat, then I'm finding that the 12" tom is miles from the 14" kick mounted tom and I can't get the 14" tom to be as low as the base of it would smash into the kick drum itself. I mean it's 'playable' the way I have other set up. But it's not really set up in an overly efficient way to maximise economy of movement. Any advice on what I'm doing wrong here? I feel like if I set them up to be flat-ish, then the toms would be too high up without being able to go lower because of contact with the kick drum.

Hi all, I have a Pearl Export single kick pedal (older model) that's no longer required as I've picked up a double kick pedal. Free to collect from Wickford, Essex to anyone that wants it, happy to post if you bung me a few quid towards postage. It's not the one below (image from Google) but it's pretty much the same!

Hi all, I've recently picked up a kit from one of our fellow BCers. It was mostly complete except one or two things that I've now bought. I'm VERY much an amateur drummer, I play just for a bit of fun. I got this kit as I've started a second band and the drummer from the first band wasn't overly keen about sharing his kit, which is no problem, so getting a 'house' kit for both bands to use way the way forward. I'm really after a bit of advice on setting it up to get the best out of it. I'll list below what I have and if anyone could give me some hints and tips on the best set up for what I've got, I'd be grateful! It's mostly a Pearl Export kit with a few bits and pieces to make it a 'full' kit... 22" Pearl Export Kick Drum 8" Pearl Export Tom 12" Pearl Export Tom 13" Pearl Export Tom 16" Pearl Export Tom 14" Mapex M Series Snare Paiste PST3 14" Hi-Hats Paiste PST3 16" Crash Stagg SH 8" Splash Sabin Pro 20" Ride Mapex Raptor Direct Drive Double Kit Pedal Gibraltar Hats Stand 3 x Premier Cymbal Stands (2 are on their way) 2 x Spare Tom Mounts 1 x Clamp (Mounts to cymbal stand and can holds 2 'things') So this is what it looks like now (bare in mind 2 of the cymbal stands are in the post so the ride and splash are not set up yet). It might be set up in a totally arsé about face way... Any suggestions to get the best out of it are very welcome indeed! Thanks!

My first bass... A Yamaha RBX360 that I covered head to toe (including fret board, back of neck, everywhere!) in various stickers.

Yup. Tis business. I've bought basses from eBay/other sources a number of times because they were cheap, played them for a while and sold them on for a few quid more. Nowt wrong with it.

It's the sellers choice to sell to who ever they want for any price they choose. If they are happy to sell something for £500, 99% don't care if a private individual pays £500 or if a shop pays £500. The seller can't be expected to refuse to sell to someone if they need/want the money. I understand your point of view, but if you want to buy something, and it's for sale at a good price, you've got to be quick off the mark! I've missed many a bass that I'd have wanted to buy because I saw the ad a bit late. At the end of the day, the seller can choose who to sell to and what price they sell at. We can't govern that.

One word for you. Debobbler.

I'm tempted to buy it then return it stating it's not rare and is mass produced. The inconvenience might prevent the seller from clearly trying to con someone again.

"Very Rare"... 🤔 does 'mass produced' equal very rare these days? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115507968228?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=KXH-k4hVQuu&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=mojaVkKDRiC&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Ho..nes....ty? Never heard of it.

Lynx get another vote from me. They made me a very specific split cable a while back which didn't cost the earth, arrived quickly and worked absolutely perfectly. Good communication too. 👍

Impossible to unsee.

The service they offer can lead to mental health issues too. So far I'm at 69 emails and 10 months of grief. I have zero sympathy for his mental health issues based on comments that are as a result of his business's lack of fair service. Forgetting my personal experiences, there are far too many saying similar things for this to be over sensitive customers. If he doesn't want bad words said about his business, he has the ability to adjust what causes the negativity. If only positive feedback can be aired for fear of mental health issues then we are effectively living in censorship.

Bass Direct are fine if there are no issues with the transaction as you don't need to interact with them. On multiple occasions I've experienced awful customer service from them and am currently in the process of yet another issue with them that has been going on for close to a year, it was only under the threat of legal action AND contacting the manufacturer of this particular item directly that they have agreed a replacement, which I still haven't got. I know there's not much in the way of bass specific alternatives out there, and this is my personal opinion (others may vary) but I'd personally avoid dealing with Bass Direct. When things go wrong (and they often do because the stock availability on their website is almost permanently incorrect) they are a nightmare to deal with and extremely rude and arrogant.

I'm 35, so not the youngest or the oldest by any stretch, and have one established band and am just in the process of setting up a second band - both originals music. Have a look at www.joinmyband.co.uk there's a good few people out there looking for other musicians to make music with. It sounds like you might have had a few consecutive bad experiences, to me that just means you're overdue a good one! I say give it one last go, find some musicians local to you and try one last time to get something going - if that fails, then I'll buy your gear! 😂

The name I really liked (which is an episode title from Star Trek Voyager) is 'Course: Oblivion'. Reckon that'd make a good band name!