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Anyone lurking know where one can rent an electronic drum kit? Roland TD range or similar?
Looking to record an upcoming project with DFH.

Cheers,

Jamil

**hope i havent posted this question before :P

you could ask at Billy Hydes, but be prepared for your conversation to go like this....

BH: "yeah, we have one kit."

ME: "ok can I hire it?"

BH: "It's in Melbourne."

ME: "Well can you freight it up to Sydney so I can hire it?"

BH: "Dunno. It'll be pretty expensive."

ME: "Like how much? A hundred? Two?"

BH: "Yeah. About that."

ME: "Ok. I'm happy to pay for freight. Can you get the kit to Sydney?"

BH: "Yeah, it's a bit hard. You might be better off seeing if any drummers you know have one, ay."

ME: "rrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight."

click.

rofl.

yeah, i havent called BH....for the reason i had the exact same convo...regarding bass rig borrowals...

i think it was u kris that put me onto ur mate Gary....i was bending over backwards with BH trying to rent an Ampeg Classic....called up gary...

"umm, yep...ampeg classic? yepp...sweet..whenever u want it should be fine....we have 5....

ME: "8) "

but yeah....seriously...anyone that knows were i can rent a good one.. please, do help :P

When do you need it and how long do you need it for? I have a TD12 and whilst I have never hired it out before I may consider it if the timing suits my schedule. How much will you pay?

Let me know

Peter

Cue to Rick's column in AT...

Haaaa.....been meaning to comment on that column. A good one for sure. I sometimes think about renting the odd piece out as I have some nice pieces (2254's, Federals, Pultec, V72's etc) but the thing that alway stops me is the idea of a stranger doing terrible things to them, or worse, breaking something. Not to mention some of my older stuff doesn't like to move around very much. It was good to read Rick's advice as it confirmed my suspicions that deep down I couldn't really handle hiring my gear out. Emotionally that is.....Similar to my missus...only to real close friends as long as I can borrow theirs in return.
Coincidentally we rented a place down Phillip Island last weekend and Rick's words about the woman he hired from were ringing in my ears as we were leaving. I almost took photos as insurance against a nutty owner. Although in this case their cd's were a mess and I was the one who alphabetized them.

Ok, now I'm just paranoid. All my stuff is immaculate. I may reconsider.

Peter

Didn't mean to put you off hiring to Jay. I was talking about total strangers. I'm sure people here can vouch for him. I would consider hiring to a Turtlerocker that was near me, just not any of the great unwashed that don't post here.

I can vouch for Jamil. He's a good guy.

That's ok. If you guys vouch then I'm sure it's fine. I too am very protective about my stuff. Generally only lend stuff to close friends that I know will take care of it. I've never hired out before.

If Jamil contacts me then I'll work something out with him.

Cheers

Peter

Jamil is a great guy - I'm sure there will be no issues..
T..

All right!! all my imaginary friends stuck up for me....my shrink never said they would be this nice!!!

hahaha

*joking*

Just rang Peter (Tunetown)....its all sorted...

thanks all for that :)

Hi Jamil, you've got my address for my commission...

I know its now a done deal, but I've lent a few of my mics to Jamil over the past 4 weeks to try with different vocals, he's always handled them with the same love and care that I do, and he's absolutely kept his word about returning them on time. He knows and respects the gear. I'd lend to him again without hesitation.

Hey Jamil
Where's that Neve 1073 you hired off me six months ago that you said you only needed for the weekend????????????????????? Also why did you stop the Paypal payment from going through.


nIC

LOL....those imaginary friends bite back sometimes!!! gotta watch out...

i think i sold off that 1073 on USA ebay...some sucker paid 10K for it...i guess u wont be seeing any of that Nick :P


(too funny)

I too have VDrums you could borrow off me for a bottle of Wild Turkey. I'm in Western Sydney.

Also what the heck is DFH, anyway????

Roy wrote:I too have VDrums you could borrow off me for a bottle of Wild Turkey. I'm in Western Sydney.

Jeez, my hire business didn't last long...........

;-)

Peter

DFH is great - so is the Nashville kit..

BFD kicks the crap out of DFH..........Fight......fight......fight.....

;-)

Peter

Fine, lets A/B it as well as all the other A/B'ing we are doing!!
hehehe

Sure, we'll put it on the list.

i actually do agree....BFD is bigger..f*cking...drummier....

DFH is a little on the clinical (this is what the drums sound like) side.

but alas...i got it aaaaages ago....and only use it in life saving situations...:P

You'ze can fight all you want!!!

tunetown wrote:

Roy wrote:I too have VDrums you could borrow off me for a bottle of Wild Turkey. I'm in Western Sydney.

Jeez, my hire business didn't last long...........

;-)

Peter

That's because you were too pussy about your gear......it's RocknRoll, nothing nice about that, Dud man person mate.

nIC

Aearth wrote:

tunetown wrote:

Roy wrote:I too have VDrums you could borrow off me for a bottle of Wild Turkey. I'm in Western Sydney.

Jeez, my hire business didn't last long...........

;-)

Peter

That's because you were too pussy about your gear......it's RocknRoll, nothing nice about that, Dud man person mate.

nIC

Probably right. I still pull my mics out with white gloves.

:-)

tunetown wrote:Probably right. I still pull my mics out with white gloves.

:-)

hahaha - Hmmmmmmm!!!

Jamil, let us know how it goes. I'm thinking about buying a Hart Dynamics kit along with BFD 2.0. Bigger outlay up front but may save me thousands long term in studio hire.

Kris, ill tell u know...it will be fab.

ive used DFH + VDrums in the past. Fantastic...

saves the engineer (me's) ass, when the drummer has a shit kit.....any performance can be edited pre rendering into "virtual miced tracks" which makes the audio alot more...open and sweet sounding...coz it hasnt been crossfaded to death....i could go on....u get the picture :P

Probably not much use to traditionalists like me who don't work ITB.