Review Centre: Sound Engineers

"Hadn't used a sound engineer before and found Chris offered a great service. I chose him because he was local, had excellent references and was reasonably priced. He responded quickly to my initial enquiry and confirmed the booking, contacted me to confirm details a couple of days before and arrived well in advance of the event to set up and test his equipment. The event was a corporate lunch in a restaurant which involved pre-recorded music for a dance troupe and microphone facilities for the guest speaker. The room was an unusual shape with low ceilings and large support pillars. Despite a fairly noisy audience of about 140 people, the equipment did its job without any hitches and Chris was on hand throughout the afternoon. I wouldn't hesitate to use him again."

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"Georgie T has a great voice, I loved it! Thank you. "

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"Just wanted to say a MASSIVE thank you for last night. We had an absolutely amazing night. Loved every minute of it! The music was perfect."

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"Very efficient, good communication and good explanation of how to use equipment."

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"5 Stars For Core Event Hire"

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"This is a full day conference that was held at Shelley Theatre in Bournemouth. Having support with the tech is such an important aspect and BH put everything at ease and a great team to work with. Highly recommended.....great company."

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"Could not recommend them enough. Worked with our budget and gave us a great service for a great price. Chris really went out of his way and was extremely helpful throughout the entire process."

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"We used Daz for a birthday party. Daz was very professional and had a good selection of tunes. Would definitely book him again. 5 ⭐️ "

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cheers Ash, we loved it all was so friendly and we cant wait to be booked again next year.

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"Keith provided and ran the PA for our Carol Service live in Islington Green. He provided the PA gear, the Keyboard and the means to connect the Keyboard and Acoustic Guitar. He also enabled me to lead the service with a mic. He also sorted out the PA gear donated to our church."

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"Professional, reliable, friendly and flexible. Core Event ensured the success of Linacre College's Ball 2017. Thank you Chris and his team for the fantastic job in providing sound and light to our event."

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"We recently got hitched in the UK and a few of the attending guests and I play in band(s) together. We thought it would be nice to extend the wedding weekend and have a day of live music the day after the wedding. As most of the band live and work overseas, transporting our own PA equipment wasn't feasible so we looked into hiring some gear for the day. Grimshaw Audio was recommended by a friend who works in the music business so I contacted Chris through the website and he quickly replied to confirm he was available and offered some great advice on the equipment we required. He also offered to set up and manage all the technical stuff throughout the day so we didn't need to worry about levels, settings etc. The price seemed very reasonable so we progressed with the booking. Following a phone conversation to firm up the details, it was clear that Chris is extremely knowledgeable about about his work and service; Grimshaw Audio was obviously a passionate hobby as well as a professional business. We were scheduled to start the first set at around 3:00pm on the Sunday; Chris and his colleague arrived at 10:00am to set up! The kit they work with is amazing. The speakers are hand crafted by Chris so he literally knows them inside out. Backed up by a remote tablet mixer, he can stroll the venue and and adjust the levels accordingly via a Bluetooth connection (I guess?). We're an amateur band so having a sound engineer and a quality PA set up was a real novelty for us; despite all our rusty mistakes we've never sounded so clear and bright (in our opinion). All the vocals and instruments, (percussion, bass, keys, guitar) were fed through the same PA so Chris was also able to provide us with a full recording on a USB stick. All in all, I can't recommend this guy enough. A young business with a bright future for sure. I just wish he lived in the Middle East so we could hire him for every gig! "

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"We hired a DIY Party Bundle (and a sub-woofer) for a bash at the pub. Brilliant. James is very responsive, he operates by Instant Message, and it works very well. Kit was amazing - it's real quality stuff. It made the party. An ipod with a 5 hour playlist of our fave choonz was better than having a DJ. Great service, great kit, great price."

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"After a misunderstanding with organizing PA system for my show, we called up James from Basement Hire on a one hour notice. It was a Friday night, he drove to Bournemouth, set it up perfectly, and I couldn't have asked for better service. The sound was top quality."

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