skidder652003

spare set of strings, thats it, never broke one in 25 years of gigging. I have a DI preamp pedal that I use through the PA alongside my amp, its got me out of trouble a couple of times my amps gone south, never taken a spare bass or amp, maybe one day it'll bite me but not yet, plenty of leads, power cables etc go in the PA box of leads

but they go in ampeg SVT's so I was asuming they were a bit moke pokey than EL34's? PS I have absoloutely no idea of that of which I speak!

out of interest what are the JJ6550?

wow to be fair theres some huge savings there

moderation is the key word here

Just ordered a set of Elixirs after enjoying some DR high beams for about 3 months (20 odd gigs and equal no of rehearsals) which BTW were superb but need to spend less on strings so hoping these last the distance, heve the elixirs on acoustic 12 string and electric guitar and still going strong after 3 months and one year respectively.

lovely tone, that elusive "brown sound".

Yep listen to the others!

not necessarily, is it a big ticket item?

I had to read all through that to see if anyone mentioned Dave Halls pedals! Yeah I was going to suggest one but see you tried it The DHA VT2 has the DI out and 2 x 12 AX7 tubes (with independent eq for each one) but as he's now sadly passed away they're quite hard to find.

God and I thought I was old! Some of those are great (Rock bottom but live obviously!) but some have been well past their expiry date for years (slash), I think this will become a classic, Steven Wilson's Drive Home with the epic Guthrie Govan on guitar

I'll often play DI to PA if the venues space is small, It's loads less hassle and usually sounds ok with decent monitoring, BTW I use a Dave Hall Tube DI

Thank you all for your input! I've discovered that the velocity touch works very well with all the virtual pianos and synths, it was just the Hammond organ that didn't respond to any touch sensitivity, probably as per an original Hammond! So far it all works rather well and I've saved myself the hassle of selling it and buying the appropriate midi keyboard/controller. The keys on this A90 are a joy to play and as I'm planning on leaving it where it is rather than gigging it the weight is not a problem. The lesson I've learned is to get yourself an older quality keyboard and utilize its midi capabilities with a modern(ish) midi to usb cable and it works just fine

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Thanks, have you seen how complicated that all looks at first glance?! Think I'll stick to midi out into usb and garageband!

possibly yes, I was wondering if it might also give me touch sensitivity on the piano (ie soft to loud) which it doesn't seem to at the moment when I use the midi facility, I shall see when the other midi cable arrives!

So I have this Roland A90 stage piano which I was considering selling as I really wanted a full-size midi controller and wasn't sure how to use the Roland as its a bit old school. However its an awesome fully weighted beast of a keyboard that I got for an amazing price so I've persevered and got an eridol midi to usb interface. It works great and I'm chuffed but I have a question, I only need to go midi out to the eridol interface (which then goes into my Mac via one of its USB ports) for it to work fine, so what's the point of the midi out from the eridol and the midi in on the keyboard? I haven't tried it as I'm waiting on another midi cable but I was wondering why there's an in and out on old midi gear? cheers!

I often use guitarpro but open the files with a program called Tux which is free, sounds are a bit dodgy but it’s a great way to learn bass lines super quick if you can read TAB

Gave up on sure 58’s years ago, overpriced mediocre meh, ev’s and sennheisers are much better bang for buck these days

jes@s. the rosebowl in southwest England? Who wrote that pile ofTosh, Roy Orbison?

Elixirs are a good recommendation

Wow never had anything remotely like that, rehearsal rehearsal rehearsal keeps it all tight, we rehearse every Wednesday even if we’ve been gigging all weekend , we know our PA inside out and any work about in the event of equipment failure, 10 years gigging in this band 400 odd gigs and nothing like that thank goodness!