Afternoon Gents and Ladies
I am currently playing in an 80's band, which is naturally synth heavy. Now i'm a bit on the cheap side, and had an idea
What do you folks think to using a keytar (totally 80's) for bass synth ?
Essentially I have a budget of about 200 ish quid for synth based goodness, the choices are either a Zoom B3 (boring )or a keytar such as this :
which handily has a USB port which is compatiable with iphones (so iphone software for synth) and well, who wouldn't want a keytar
Anyone had any experience of keytar or anything similar?
Would the sounds be so terrible it wouldn't be worth it?
I have been trying to do exactly the same. I am a keys player but have to play bass to get gigs. My arthritis is getting worse so I augmented my 3/4 upright with a Kayla Ubass (great sound). But I can outplay almost any bass player when I am using keys for bass. I have Vortex and a Nanobass sound module. Vortex is smaller and lighter than elec.bass but Nanobass is limited and there are wires everywhere. I tried a Roland AX too big and sounds cheesey. Not looking for acid, disco, metal, synth sounds, just clean elec bass and upright. My quest continues.
Keytar for bass synth
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I have been trying to do exactly the same. I am a keys player but have to play bass to get gigs. My arthritis is getting worse so I augmented my 3/4 upright with a Kayla Ubass (great sound). But I can outplay almost any bass player when I am using keys for bass. I have Vortex and a Nanobass sound module. Vortex is smaller and lighter than elec.bass but Nanobass is limited and there are wires everywhere. I tried a Roland AX too big and sounds cheesey. Not looking for acid, disco, metal, synth sounds, just clean elec bass and upright. My quest continues.