How To Blow £1600 In FIve Seconds Flat...
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agent006 said:
I thought that the answer to that was "The knocking gets faster."
and slower, then faster again, then slowe.....
Oh, I forgot - It's the job of the drummer to keep those fapping guitarsts in check because they're not capable of keeping their own time! Too busy stuffing their crotches I imagine...
Q. How do you know when a drummer's stool is level?
A. The drool comes evenly out of both sides of his mouth.
A drummer, fed up of being the butt of jokes, decides he wants to try his hand at the guitar. He walks into a shop and says "I'd like to buy a guitar please!"
Salesman. "You're a drummer aren't you?"
Drummer. "How did you know?"
Salesman. "This is a Fish & Chip shop."
Nice rig btw, did you "try it out" in the shop?
A. The drool comes evenly out of both sides of his mouth.
A drummer, fed up of being the butt of jokes, decides he wants to try his hand at the guitar. He walks into a shop and says "I'd like to buy a guitar please!"
Salesman. "You're a drummer aren't you?"
Drummer. "How did you know?"
Salesman. "This is a Fish & Chip shop."
Nice rig btw, did you "try it out" in the shop?
Raify said:
Q. How do you know when a drummer's stool is level?
A. The drool comes evenly out of both sides of his mouth.
A drummer, fed up of being the butt of jokes, decides he wants to try his hand at the guitar. He walks into a shop and says "I'd like to buy a guitar please!"
Salesman. "You're a drummer aren't you?"
Drummer. "How did you know?"
Salesman. "This is a Fish & Chip shop."
Nice rig btw, did you "try it out" in the shop?
Good ones!
Am still waiting for the ultimate "three legs and a c**t" joke though!
I'd been playing V Drums at music college for about a year anyway, so I knew how good they were.
chrisbr68 said:
Ive always fancied a go on one of those electronic kits. I presume you would normally use headphones? Can you put it through an amp or PA stuff and be loud enough for jamming etc? Or would you use a 'real' kit in those circumstances?
I'd much rather use an acoustic kit in a live situation, because it's louder from the outset (not that you couldn't crank the V Drums up to mega-volume if you wanted to) and a properly big, shiny kit has tonnes more presence on stage.
My V Drums are great though, because now I can practise whenever I want without distrubing anyone by running them through headphones. If I want to, I can also run them through an amp and speakers but that would defeat the point of having them for me personally. Maybe every now and again...
They're great to play. You do get a fair bit more bounce off the heads than you would on a real kit, but on the whole the feel is well engineered and the actual frame and set up of the kit in general is very good (although the hi hat and snare can be a bit tricky at first if you're used to playing up to the snare). The quality of the sounds is excellent, as is the responsiveness and sensitivity of the pads.
You can run it with MIDi sequencers and all that gubbins too, and play along to backing tracks/record yourself etc, so it's all really versatile.
>> Edited by DanBoy on Friday 25th March 16:27
DanBoy said:
My V Drums are great though, because now I can practise whenever I want without distrubing anyone by running them through headphones.
Miss006 has a set exactly for that reason. They're also a fair bit smaller than a full kit and you can swap sounds on and off the different parts so you don't need all your stuff there all the time.
We've done a couple of gigs at really small venues and the drummer has used his electronic kit for the convenience (take up less space AND he can still bash 'em to bits without compromising his style - ie he doesn't need brushes ). The most bizarre thing we noticed is that the sound came from the front (monitors) rather than behind us where the drummer was. Other than that, no problem in a live situation.
Q: How can you tell your drummer is dead?
A: The doughnut falls out of his mouth.
). The most bizarre thing we noticed is that the sound came from the front (monitors) rather than behind us where the drummer was. Other than that, no problem in a live situation. Q: How can you tell your drummer is dead?
A: The doughnut falls out of his mouth.
DanBoy said:
I'd much rather use an acoustic kit in a live situation, because it's louder from the outset (not that you couldn't crank the V Drums up to mega-volume if you wanted to) and a properly big, shiny kit has tonnes more presence on stage.
My V Drums are great though, because now I can practise whenever I want without distrubing anyone by running them through headphones. If I want to, I can also run them through an amp and speakers but that would defeat the point of having them for me personally. Maybe every now and again...
They're great to play. You do get a fair bit more bounce off the heads than you would on a real kit, but on the whole the feel is well engineered and the actual frame and set up of the kit in general is very good (although the hi hat and snare can be a bit tricky at first if you're used to playing up to the snare). The quality of the sounds is excellent, as is the responsiveness and sensitivity of the pads.
You can run it with MIDi sequencers and all that gubbins too, and play along to backing tracks/record yourself etc, so it's all really versatile.
Sounds great, but does it go up to 11?
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