Gear Aquisition Zone [buy/sell/swaps]

[Portland]

Bigger combo amp GET

http://www.performing-musician.com/pm/n ... ube80x.htm

More oomph, more toys, 3 channels, looper, separate delay and reverb. Been demmed in shop, stickers still on (plus PAT test cert) full 3 yr warranty. Cash price promised not to be published, but let's just say it wasn't much more than £200. Haggling ftw.

Effectively all I should need in one wee box for the medium term.

Only downside is having to resist too much clockwise action on the volume knobs at home - for a wee amp it's surprisingly loud!



Tried out the line 6 Spider Jam, which has a bunch of backing tracks etc. More toys but the sound wasn't as convincing, plus it seemed a little fragile and has so much onboard stuff, it crashed on "booting" twice. Can't say I trust a cheap amp you have to update firmware on. Similar story with Peavey Vyper except it felt even cheaper. Both decent fun amps, but in the fullness of time, I wouldn't trust either as my sole amp in front of a two dozen people in the pub.

[Ratsoap]

Hey folks I'm selling my Korg electribe EMX-1

It's in decent nick, with all box manuals etc. I'll throw in a few leads too if you want. £275 inc (UK) postage to anyone on here.

I also have a couple of 303 clones. A FAT Freebass and a Sine MB 33 II (both essentially the same). The freebass has a bit of a buzzy power supply but it doesn't show up on the mix. £100 each inc uk postage.

Just PM if you are interested.

Cheers.

[(o)(o)]

Zoom G2.1u
http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/g21u/

50 squids plus postage.

I do not do Paypal!

[Zoot]

I once had an Epiphone Sheraton II (good enough for Noel Gallagher!), and, to my eternal regret, I sold it.

So, now I have another Just like these........

[Zoot]

Santa brought me a BOSS PS-6 Harmonist.

He's a great chap, that Santa!

[nyarla]

he certainly is



the built in mics on this thing sound amazing. far, far better than my old minidisc + stereo mic. i used to carry that with me everywhere for random sound recording..it sounded pretty good. i was recording insect and bird sounds from the back yard this evening with this Zoom.. i didn't think it'd pick 'em up very well because i could barely hear them with my ears, but it did, and very clearly. you can also use it as a usb audio interface. lovely piece of tech.

[Zoot]

he certainly is



the built in mics on this thing sound amazing. far, far better than my old minidisc + stereo mic. i used to carry that with me everywhere for random sound recording..it sounded pretty good. i was recording insect and bird sounds from the back yard this evening with this Zoom.. i didn't think it'd pick 'em up very well because i could barely hear them with my ears, but it did, and very clearly. you can also use it as a usb audio interface. lovely piece of tech.

Sweet as - I have an H2 and it never leaves my desk. I sing to myself in the shower (! ), get an idea or two, sing it straight into the H2, and sometimes it sits there for 6 months before I do anything with it.

Are those mics stereo, noise-cancelling, or both?

[nyarla]

awesome Zoot

the mics aren't noise cancelling. stereo "X/Y" pattern setup... not surround sound like the h2 (i think the h2 actually has 4 mics in it?). i would've gone for an h2 - a bit smaller and less ungainly - but i wanted the xlr/jack inputs. such nice stereo field... when listening to recordings, it's got that whole "keeps making me look around to see what's making that sound" thing going on

interesting lot of amp modelling and effects plugins on it too, though i haven't tried them yet..they only work in 4-track mode, which i haven't figured out how to use

going to try capturing some nice close mic'd acoustic guitar with it tomorrow. i'll be recording a lot more guitary stuff now.. my old firewire audio interface is a hassle to use (doesn't like being hotplugged) and the OSX drivers somewhat buggy. usb ftw!

[nyarla]

here's a recording of a cicada or two from my back yard, done with the zoom h4n..
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2204657/music/bug.mp3
lovely (well i think it's lovely, you might find it annoying!)
the cicada starts singing faster/higher pitched later in the recording..

this was 44.1khz/16bit. next time there are cicadas out i'm going to try 192/24 and see how much of a noticable difference it makes, if any. when i slow this 44.1 recording down a lot it starts sounding "watery", it'll be interesting to see if higher bitrate ones can handle more downsampling without distortion.

[Portland]

Bloke at work looking at getting into Bass and I pointed him in the direction of a couple of shops flogging off Roland Cube Bass 100 combos cheap now the new one is out. Gave him amps 101 and explained why as he wanted to be able to rehearse/play small pubs a few months down the line without buying a new amp that having one which is 100w to start with, can connect an extension cab and having a balanced out is a good thing.

Also pointed him in the direction of an XKCD I quite like:

[Portland]

Having discussed the prospects of my old Hohner with Stuart at electro world, he has confirmed my non fatal, but very expensive fix prognosis. Accordingly, to eBay for bargain hunt.


http://www.ibanez.co.jp/products/eg_pag ... ies_id=477

Hundred notes and a tenner delivery for a basic hardtail RGR321EX, hopefully will be in good nick. Will get string change and setup (half a stop down across the board) and get the Luthier of the gods to highlight any issues.

Fingers crossed.

[Portland]

321 arrived - might need a little bit of setup, but does feel nice. Sustain is amazing - been years since I've had a punt on a hardtail...

[Portland]

Oh my Good Goat - went to local guitar place with every intention of trying Ibanez AEG's and AELs for sound and size (plus Yamaha equivalents.)

Ten they had a Washburn Cumberland second hand in amazing nick for £230

Then I bought it.

I now feel compelled to play duelling banjos, classical gas and all things acoustic!

[madfiddler]

So, it's been a while. My Audio PC is now an i7 with 16g ram, 120g SSD, 2 x 1 TB raid stream drive, 1 TB sample drive and 1 TB work drive.

Replaced the 01v96 desk with a MOTU Ultralite Mk3 interface,

and a few new bits of hardware for my TDK Chiptune album - SIDStation, C64 Mssiah, Amiga A1200, MIDINes and a (currently unbuilt) sammichSID

Getting there

[phattslagg]

So I've just got one of these:





So far, I'm just running a Minimoog through it, which is totally badass in itself, but I'm thinking I should maybe get a guitar, too

So, I can get a good price on an Aria PE Elite. Anyone know anything about it? Other options are an ESP LTD H-100FM, or maybe a Yamaha Pacifica.