alinbassplayer

I was never a full helix user, had the hx stomp and loved it, but moved to a kemper power rack because it was easier to move things around, we had everything(as a band) in one rack, i didn't have to carry a amp, a pedalboard and bass and all that with me. I liked the stomp but honestly the fact that it didn't have an xlr out really bugged me, sand because we had our own mixer we lugged around it was easier to just have something always plugged in, rather than move around with me. Sometime last year we realized we didn't need a 12U flight case rack with us at all the gigs, with our own mixer, channel splitter, iem's, wireless and full kemper racks, so we decided to go for Kemper Players, both me and the guitarist, and i'm happy with it so far, however, i am seriously tempted by the new anagram, smaller footprint, and yes the ui seems way better than the kemper rig manager. I think the kemper's main issue has always been the rig manager and interface, too complex for me, i preferred the Helix edit, and am a more visual person. Honestly i would stay with the helix and sell the kemper, unless the kemper has a power amp, and then keep that one and sell the helix and your amp...you can profile it and keep it as a rig/profile and add more effects. Whatever's more comfortable for you. hope all the above makes sense

Just sold Charlie a Dingwall, meet up halfway, super decent guy, had a chat about equipment, as one does :), great communication and would love to deal with him in the future. 5***** Buyer Thanks again mate for making the transaction super easy. Alin

I'm on the side of digital here, i play in a fairly aggressive 3 man outfit and both the guitarist(vocalist as well) and myself want to have the boom of the backline behind us, however we use iem's as well, depending on the stage setup we use either or both. We currently have a rack where we house 2 kempers(both bass and guitar), an xr 18, a channel splitter and 3 iems(guitar, bass, drums), basically we each have our own mix, and you can very easily use your own backline, feed the di into the mixer and so on, ideally you would want a multicore cable from your mixer to the stage box, ours is fixed and we each know what cable is what, or alternatively you can tag them, makes things easier for a 4-5 piece band. We own our won amps, but we all pitched in(from band merch sales and individual finances when necessary) for the PA the mixer and other cableage and each of us bought their own IEM, guitarist and drummer have LD MEI100g2 and i have the MEI1000, anyway. as i mentioned, you can chose not to use an IEM, but everything is set up in the rack so that we literally just plug cables in and that's it, so setup takes minimally, even if we had to bring in cabs, but most places supply those and they're only used for monitoring. we also own our PA in our practice room but we don;t carry that around with us, again, that's for practicing and monitoring only. so just to sum it up, i am a big fan of simplifying and preparing everything before going on stage, so if you can fit all your monitoring equipment in a rack, do that, sort out the mixes beforehand, and you're set. In regards to the costs, i would say, if there is anything that you would want to keep in case you leave, buy for yourself, IEM system, amp, cab or anything else, otherwise, split the costs and if someone leaves everyone just pays them back for their part in it and that's it, or if they're not bothered and leave on good terms, then they just leave it and it's yours otherwise, yes it gets tedious, and at some point someone will probably end up owning a mixer or smth like that, but unless someone wants to buy it outright this is how things have been in the bands i've been in tbh. Oh yeah, and before being in this band and playing with iems and kemper, in my previous band, the drummer had his own mixer and iem and everything and he paid for it himself, but the amount of equipment he had to carry was enormous as he played with a rack and not the light kind. Hope this helps

Sold a Boss wireless unit to Colin, top guy, communication was smooth, payment was fast and on point and everything went smoothly, would definitely recommend for any future dealings anyone has with him. Alin

Bought a bunch of Dingwall Strings from Mat, and everything went through smoothly, great guy to deal with so fully recommend. Cheers Mat!

Had a great experience selling to Lee, he bought a DG Microtubes infinity pedal from me and it could not have gone smoother. Thoroughly recommend dealing with. Cheers Lee.

I do, i got this one, when i got it, it was 60 quid though, still worth it tbh https://www.gak.co.uk/en/shergold-sggb1-masquerader-deluxe-guitar-gig-bag/905126