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Just sold Al a footswitch- He paid promptly and has been a pleasure to deal with. Thanks Al! Kyle

True, but they'll set you up for playing in odd time. And they're brilliant.

Including the upright, six, of which I still have five. The other went for scrap. That's over the course of ~10 years.

Plenty of public domain stuff here... [url="http://imslp.org/wiki/"]http://imslp.org/wiki/[/url]

No, but if I ever buy another guitar it will be an 8 string, with 30"-27" fanned frets tuned F#BEADGBE or EAEADGBE (in the latter, the bottom E and A would be like the E an A on a normal bass).

This is copied from the German wikipedia page on notation: [code]Note: C D E F G A H Solfege: do re mi fa sol la si Notation: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7[/code] So yes, its just a different name to refer to that note.

I think this is an updated version of the rackmount one, as so many people complained about its weird format.

[quote name='thodrik' post='815481' date='Apr 22 2010, 09:14 PM']Apparently according to the store guy at Guitar Guitar, Aguilar are probably going to release more pedals pretty soon. I'm hoping for a nasty overdrive/extreme Tone Hammer type thing. I won't be holding my breath though...[/quote] What, like [url="http://www.themadape.com/Aguilar_Agro_Bass_Overdrive_Pedal_p/a-agro.htm"]this[/url]?

Depends on the amp. Not all amps will bridge into 4 ohms, in fact most I recall checking only bridged at 8. In any case its not something you can work out by looking at the stereo ratings.

If the neck was actually 1/16th scale that would result in a scale length of between two and three inches! edit- the whole double bass size thing is a bit misleading. My 4/4 bass is not 25% bigger than a 3/4 bass, nor are the 1/4 scale instruments actually 25% of the size as a normal one. It seems more like marketing than anything else to me- 1/8 or 1/16 scale sounds more attractive to parents looking for an instrument for their kids than one "a bit smaller than usual".

The stock tuning on this is actually EADGDG ([url="http://www.ibanez.com/BassGuitars/model-SR2010ASC"]link[/url]) but it fails IMO as it only has a bridge pickup for the fretless strings. Not the fretless sound I like. YMMV.

IME with smaller DBs (I helped out at a kids orchestra who had some 1/8 (I think, could have been 1/4) basses) its mainly a smaller body- the strings and neck aren't scaled to 1/8 or whatever. They're smaller than usual but not to the extent that the body is.

Does it need to be a pedal? You can pick up a hand held tuner for £10-15.

That's cool- looks like a neat piece of modern art on the diffusor side.

Oooh nifty. I quite like that.

Just sold Neil some strings- very quick payment and no problems at all. Cheers Kyle

FWIW double bass solos meant to be played in solo tuning (a full step up) are written as if it was in standard tuning, so there is precedent.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='808437' date='Apr 16 2010, 02:17 PM']Phew so that why I had a sore arse the next day. I though it was Ewan's overzealous spooning. [/quote] I wish I could make this- always had a soft spot for alpacas Unfortunately not feasible for a variety of reasons. Maybe next time

[quote name='silddx' post='807412' date='Apr 15 2010, 05:36 PM']I love the almost complete control I have over fast runs, tone, attack, pinch harmonic accents, and most of all damping. I can't really see me going back to fingers.[/quote] I find almost the opposite. Ain't music great? edited to add- also part of the reason I suck so much at guitar.

[quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='807598' date='Apr 15 2010, 08:40 PM']Is there ever a point you don't feel you need lessons?[/quote] No. There's always something new to bring to the table. [quote name='ThomBassmonkey' post='807598' date='Apr 15 2010, 08:40 PM']Anyone else ever feel that despite their playing being as good as it needs to be for what they play, they still want lessons to improve beyond their needs?[/quote] Yes. I want to be as good as I can be, for my own satisfaction if nothing else.

There's a Shuker build [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=69856&st=20&start=20"]here[/url] which is apparently getting a white P5 pickup made by EMG.