Where can I find instruments to start a "garage band"?

Instruments, amps, effects pedals, etc. Anyone getting noise complaints from neighbors in their apartment?

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Permalink Reply by Mike on December 6, 2012 at 3:23pm

Yes!!!!!!!!! old hags are always the first to complain, calling the wu ye and then the wu ye will knock your door, at one time the old hag forced herself to go in my house maybe to trash my speakers but shes not strong enough. headphones keeps the hag out.

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Permalink Reply by Lawrence Johnson Liu on December 10, 2012 at 2:29pm

Do you happen to live in Old Hag Gong Yu? Where do people practice around here?

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Permalink Reply by David on December 6, 2012 at 7:03pm

Two places I know of.. One there are a number of shops on gulou dong dajie, and also nanluguxiang hutong. That is just east of the bell tower. These shops are very near Mao Live, and other small bars that feature live bands

One other place I would suggest is in Wangfujing. There is a sporting goods market next to the Cathedral called Lisheng. Anyhow, a good portion of it is also devoted to musical instruments.

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Permalink Reply by Lawrence Johnson Liu on December 10, 2012 at 2:37pm

Thanks yall. Ill check em out this weekend. Also heard XiDan is the place to go.

@Jita: some budget, some higher end. atm just want something cheap to kick the rust off. What are you working with?

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Permalink Reply by Mike on December 18, 2012 at 9:06pm

hey law we can go together, i need to find something there as well.

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Permalink Reply by alexeykann on January 16, 2013 at 3:23am

I think it should be better to buy amps, effect boxes, cables on the Internet. I've bought a Vox Tone Lab ST processor on taobao for 1100 RMB, strongly recommend it if you dont need some modern metal high gain effects and wanna get most natural old school valve sound for that money. Unfortunately a guitar must be taken only after personal testing. If it's not a Gibson:) Choosing Chinese fake guitar is a very bad idea, I discovered a problem with a humbucker in 3 days after buying a cheap fake guitar. Finally I paid in addition and took an Epiphone Les Paul Standard. The only Asian factory of Epiphone is located in China at Qindao, but you may be sure in a quality of this guitar. The model is widely spreaded in Bj musical shops and its price is about 3200-3500 RMB. I think that is a best choice for those who are going to play in traditional styles without any sound experiments