greenstar323
Senior Member
Hi all,
So I play in a band with some friends that literally lived around the corner from me. We've always played at their house and I use their kit.
I am moving about 45 minutes from where they live. We plan to still play at their house, but every other week (or weekends perhaps) they plan to drive to my house to play to share the commute. The thing is I only have drums... no guitar amps, no PA, nothing. I wanted to get some equipment so they could easily just bring guitars and plug in. My thought was the less they have to bring the more likely they are to drive to me.
LET ME FIRST SAY I PLAN TO BUY EVERYTHING USED REGARDLESS OF WHAT I PURCHASE. At first I considered buying two guitar amps and a bass amp, but I would still need something for vocals (lead singer + 2 backups). I could see even buying used, basic gear running about $1k minimum.
My thought was... if we are just playing in the basement why not forget the amps and just buy a decent used system with like 2 speakers, unpowered mixer (I found some cheap used 12 input yamaha mixers), a power amp, some mics and call it a day? Can't the guitars plug into the PA the same way we would live? (P.S. I am a total newb with PA systems)
I wouldn't need to mic my drums in the basement obviously. I feel like I could use a better PA system for more things whereas guitar amps will just sit there until people come over since I don't play guitar.
For reference we have 3 singers (lead + 2 backup), two guitars, and a bass. I wouldn't mind dropping like $1k for everything being that I could see this being used for multiple purposes (helping out with sound at my church, using it for my electronic drums/sample pad, live gigs we needed to provide small PA for, etc.)
So I play in a band with some friends that literally lived around the corner from me. We've always played at their house and I use their kit.
I am moving about 45 minutes from where they live. We plan to still play at their house, but every other week (or weekends perhaps) they plan to drive to my house to play to share the commute. The thing is I only have drums... no guitar amps, no PA, nothing. I wanted to get some equipment so they could easily just bring guitars and plug in. My thought was the less they have to bring the more likely they are to drive to me.
LET ME FIRST SAY I PLAN TO BUY EVERYTHING USED REGARDLESS OF WHAT I PURCHASE. At first I considered buying two guitar amps and a bass amp, but I would still need something for vocals (lead singer + 2 backups). I could see even buying used, basic gear running about $1k minimum.
My thought was... if we are just playing in the basement why not forget the amps and just buy a decent used system with like 2 speakers, unpowered mixer (I found some cheap used 12 input yamaha mixers), a power amp, some mics and call it a day? Can't the guitars plug into the PA the same way we would live? (P.S. I am a total newb with PA systems)
I wouldn't need to mic my drums in the basement obviously. I feel like I could use a better PA system for more things whereas guitar amps will just sit there until people come over since I don't play guitar.
For reference we have 3 singers (lead + 2 backup), two guitars, and a bass. I wouldn't mind dropping like $1k for everything being that I could see this being used for multiple purposes (helping out with sound at my church, using it for my electronic drums/sample pad, live gigs we needed to provide small PA for, etc.)