Gear Lust

[Mouse]

Is it time for me to scarper again?  :shock:

[catherine]

Er... my name is Catherine and I really, really want a Rickenbacker bass and also an iPhone...  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

[Pedro]

Welcome Catherine. Take a number!

[Bokkie]

On the second row, a man is sitting sweating like a pig, trembling and shaking. He looks around the room, hardly making any eye contact with anyone. Than he gets up,shivering from withdrawal  and shouts uncontrollably:
My name is Bokkie...   Shocked by his own unstable voice he continues I am really craving for a M-audio 8in8out for my protools, a lovely new Gretsch kit with 6 toms and a 20 " kick accompanied with some sennheiser 421 mic's and some ribbon overheads. The people in the room are staring at him if there waiting for the clue of a somewhat dodgy musicians joke..Ok...ok..i would like one of those lathe's  and make beautiful bowls. And when i'm at it...throw in a couple of japanese handsaws.

[CraigSteen]

Welcome Craig,
That's a Class A lust you've got there...

Erm... I feel even more ashamed now... I've already started on the the Class B "recreational use, not for distribution" TD6V, which has now lead me to my crystal -"TD-12"-meth habit .... I thought that was enough for any man, but then I started mixing with the wrong kids on the estate, and now I'm regularly using kits from VExpressions.. sometimes twice in a weekend.... I... can't help myself.

As for the latency.. well... I'm getting latency with my USB midi interfaces - Not even Audio... It's messing with my head man!
Maybe it's the cheap USB -> midi in/out lead connected to my Triton...
Maybe it's because My PC's USB Bus can't handle my Juno G, tascam US122Mk2 and the Triton on 3 different interfaces...
Maybe that last drumstick that caught my forehead during that 12 minute prog solo did more damage to my brain than the experts thought....

Anyway... Thanks for making me feel welcome...Does anyone else have the munchies now?

[CraigSteen]

Er... my name is Catherine and I really, really want a Rickenbacker bass and also an iPhone...  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

Oooh - I'd like an iPhone too... but I'm worried my IT colleagues will think I've gone soft  because it's prrrdy and shiny and  you don't have to reboot it every 5 minutes.. They will make me sit with the web designers... and I don't have any Dunlop green flash shoes or G-Star Raw jeans.....Sorry.... over-sharing again....

[CraigSteen]

... a lovely new Gretsch kit with 6 toms and a 20 " kick accompanied with some sennheiser 421 mic's and some ribbon ...

Ooooh drum porn... Talking of which....have the rest of you drum guys seen this ?
//http://www.vdrums.co.uk/
(wait ages for the images but that's part of the tease)..

It's totally gratuitous to be honest..and you'll make jokes about "how the guy has never seen a lady",  but then, deep down,  you wouldn't say no would you?

[RacingHippo]

Ooooh drum porn... Talking of which....have the rest of you drum guys seen this ?
//http://www.vdrums.co.uk/

I really, really need to win the lottery.

[Mouse]

Ooooh drum porn... Talking of which....have the rest of you drum guys seen this ?
//http://www.vdrums.co.uk/

I really, really need to win the lottery.

Me too, and I don't even play the drums. Mmm, noise...

[rogerg]

sweet drums.

I've been wanting one of these: Tascam US-1641

not really why I need it, but I only have two xlr inputs on my Lexicon Omega, and I'm itching for more.  for all that recording that I'm not doing....   8-)

[CraigSteen]

sweet drums.

I've been wanting one of these: Tascam US-1641

not really why I need it, but I only have two xlr inputs on my Lexicon Omega, and I'm itching for more.  for all that recording that I'm not doing....   8-)

Oh wow... so many noise holes !

[rogerg]

sweet drums.

I've been wanting one of these: Tascam US-1641

not really why I need it, but I only have two xlr inputs on my Lexicon Omega, and I'm itching for more.  for all that recording that I'm not doing....   8-)

Oh wow... so many noise holes !

perzackly!!

[CraigSteen]

Ooooh drum porn... Talking of which....have the rest of you drum guys seen this ?
//http://www.vdrums.co.uk/

I really, really need to win the lottery.

Me too, and I don't even play the drums. Mmm, noise...

Do you think he's like a "drum feeder"... just building his kit to such a size that he'll never get it out of the basement ?

Anyway Mr Hippo - I heard on twitter that you were off to make  prog-esque noises in Manchester or something.... What kit were you using for that out of interest??

[Pedro]

Anyway Mr Hippo - I heard on twitter that you were off to make  prog-esque noises in Manchester or something.... What kit were you using for that out of interest??

Should let RH answer really but this is so good we should see it here too. I'm pretty sure the kit was the one in the clip below.
 

Just uploaded a vid of me murdering LDP in the comfort of my own garage.
Here it is.

...and here is a glimpse of the kit (thanks to Dena) on the day...

Well played sir!

(LDP is Kino's "Losers Day Parade" by the way and the sound in the clip is not the original track)

[RacingHippo]

Beat me to it, Pedders!
And thank you!

Yep, that's the kit. And me behind it.
It's an ancient (I bought it secondhand for £300 in 1990, and I suspect it was a good 10 years old then) Yamaha 9000 series; 8", 10", 12", 13" rack toms and a 16" floor. It originally had 2 22"x14" basses but one has permanent residence on a shelf in the garage as I use a double-pedal instead; less to lug around and less posey.
Cymbals are a mish-mash of Zildjian, Sabian, Paiste and Vibra.
A few years ago I invested in a Gibraltar rack to hang it all off, which makes set-up way quicker. And there's a set of 6/8/10 Rototototoms just for badness

The event is explained on the IB forum, here.
Hopefully there'll be some video of it soon, and I'll find out if we really pulled off LDP as well as we thought we had...

(LDP is Kino's "Losers Day Parade" by the way and the sound in the clip is not the original track)

S'right. It's our very own Flamadiddle's transcription into Guitar Pro 5, plus my dodgy vocals  All recorded on my trusty Zoom R16 (simultaneously recording 7 mics - it's the dog's!)