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Update after some more time passed... BOSS Dual Cube Bass LX... barely gets used after all. It's the loudest and the only one I'd consider from the lot if I wanted to play in the park, and it's fun to just trigger the basic rhythm machine to practice, for timing, but I'm not in love with it. I can EQ it to be more pleasant, but I just can't shake this feeling that even with all FX etc turned off, there's 'something' still going on. Between the unit itself and the bluetooth adapter I could have saved around £300... ah well, now I now. For busking I actually have a QTX QR10, rechargeable battery powered "mini PA" speaker. It's not the best sounding bass amp, but it works well enough, and with a little Zoom unit then you can make this sound pretty nice, and it cost me about 1/3-1/2 of what the Boss cost... and this one IS loud enough for busking with a 7-piece band. Caline S8B is great. Small, rechargeable battery, and it can sound very good. I like the 2-channel thing. It lives on a shelf above my computer monitors, the front-facing controls make it ideal for that. But it's the other two that really see a lot of action these days. The Joyo one was the cheapest, and it sounded quite alright. The one drawback was the lack of bluetooth. It does have an AUX socket, so I got a little rechargeable bluetooth receiver for under £10 and now it's bluetooth-equipped And the Headrush FRFR-GO... I've been using it a lot with guitar and multiFX to provide the sounds. I then found this little M-Vave Tank-G... basic FX, nice selection of amp sims and IR cab sims (it can load 3rd party ones too), it runs on an internal rechargeable battery, which is nice to reduce amount pf cables. I normally use it with a guitar wireless system, so the Headrush is wherever (internal battery), with the Tank-G plugged into it, and I can move around. The Tank-G is around £40, and it acts as a USB interface for recording. So with one little speaker, the Tank-G and a phone/tablet you have a pretty portable practice and recording setup. If I had had access to something like this when I was a teenager, I would probably still not have a girlfriend 😂 (ok, slight exaggeration, but you know what I mean )

Bring the 3d printed bass!

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. So far this tells me that I'm not a million miles away either with the J-tone pickups for now (This is my first year of gigging on the DB. Maybe one day I'll think about laying out more for something else) and my markbass and trace combo as my monitor with a line out to PA (possibly with no bass in my monitor if possible). I hadn't thought about blocking the F holes. I'll look into that.

I might see if t'other half will let me out for the weekend for this. Rob

I have a friend in SD who often comes back to the UK in the summer. I'll see what he's doing and PM if there's a possibility of couriering "the package."

I've never thought to use F hole blockers. I'm very new to the world of double bass.

If only my life was that interesting! Tonight I'm playing a gig in... Fraserburgh. "The Broch". Biggest shellfish port in Scotland, I'll have you know...

Recently got back in to playing bass and have a few gigs coming up. Ive had to relearn a lot of stuff, but surprised at how well I remember it. H2H is one of those ive played 1000's of times (we still do it in my main band where either play keys), but last nigh i isolated the bass from all the songs im learning to give me a chance to play along with the originals without a bass line there. When I listened to this bass line it sounded different to how ive been playing it. I check UGT and YT and everyone seems to play it the same way as I do. It's the run ups in the verses. E, F#, A, B that repeats at the end of every second bar. The isolated bass track sounds like he is playing G# instead of A. Cant believe it's taken me decades to realise this. It sounds wrong got me only because im used to playing the A. all the tabs and videos ive seen also play the A. Can anyone confirm the above? I know the audience won't notice etc, but if it's wrong its wrong. This is the stem taken directly from the single version https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7gqwmalcjdpxj099vzd4p/Untitled-4_1-02-Bass-.7.wav?rlkey=3ka7ez6kfprk6gbv9vcqkvok0&st=434zn5ji&dl=0

Really nice job on the paint!

Yup. Filing the nut slots carefully (don't hurry, take your time) should fix it.

The cable I bought is rated for 20v 5a. Not particularly bothered if it doesn't last for hours as I won't be gigging with it or doing any serious rehearsing, it's just something I already own so it would be nice to get a battery powered amp for the price of a cable.

do we get cake in the end too?

Wow that Fender app and input device look great. Less faff wins everytime for me!

Ok so ive given up for now on this. It may or may not work, problem would, but at this price im not going to chance it until ive tried a few cheaper options.

I like DR Sunbeams because they seem to lose the initial zing quickly and then stay in that 'ideal place' for a long time. I like flats, various types, but none feel like a substitute for older rounds, they just do their own thing. Having said that, Ernie Ball Cobalt flats are probably the most round-like flatwound string I've tried.

I'd probably pay £80 for the excuse to learn a load of new songs and gig them with new people!

Blatant plug... I just happen to have a 2-channel Joyo delay which does reverse for sale on the market place https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/512155-joyo-d-seed-digital-delay-with-2-channels-£45/#comment-5474799

Bitter Taste - Billy Idol

The 2%-5% handling fee thing is easily dealt with. On the rare occasions I encounter it I just add the same percentage to the band's fee, I tell the booker about it in advance, and I tell them why I'm doing it. I've never once had push-back on that. The people I'm dealing with routinely agree with me that it's fair, and of course it's not their money. If they've booked a band at £300 they're hardly going to switch you off because the fee is now £306.

To be fair, it's quite easy to put dots in the right place and remove and fill in the wrong ones. Definitely worth doing if the bass is otherwise great!