stingrayPete1977

Haha I know the OP of this thread personally, how's the ONE keeper bass going these days birdy? To be fair he has had some basses I'd have no problem keeping as my one and only bass

To be honest when you take into account that tonight I will be taking my upright, Fishman plat pro, Genz Benz 2x12 cab, Genz Benz shuttle max head, stingray classic five string bass plus the pa which is half mine and the lighting rig which is all mine then I'll probably never earn enough back just to cover that little lot even with my covers band that pays a bit better than the trio, I suppose for me it's the principal even if it's just £30-50 a head. Not long to go now and that will be the case from now on anyway

Horrid horizontal things

There is some really nice stuff lined up for the double bass bash, all of it proper expensive so I'm hoping to come home not wanting everything!

[quote name='Foxx' timestamp='1410732129' post='2552613'] My two, trans red refin '77 and natural '82. [/quote] And for those that dont know, thats my old natural '82 that started this thread but with a black pick guard fitted, cracking bass

Van loaded up ready, this time tomorrow I will be kicking off the first set then no more

I tried one around 1993-4 I hated it, big old clunky thing, A few years later actually 2002 I had saved up £1350 and took it to Musical exchange in Brum to collect a Warwick Jazzman but it was faulty right out of the box! I had no choice but to spend it on something else, tried a few Ricks, hated them, tried a few Rays and they all felt like I was getting a nice big solid chunk of bass for my money, a 3EQ trans Teal with maple neck complete with hardcase came home with me, 12 years later I have owned 6 only shifting the 4 strings because I did not play them, never had a battery go dead once, never had a preamp fail, never had a weak G string, done me proud all of them in the studio, originals material, pub bands and function band stuff. A proper bass players tool, Lol

I had seen that plate before but not given it much thought, makes sense now, id like to try a 4 string with weichs and an 8-10mm string height off the end of the board

Id like a Lakland 95-14 but I'm not gassing as such, other than that like you I'm fairly happy. I should spend more time learning to play the kit I already have!

Ah well there you go thats good to know, I've only seen them anchored on the bridge, are they all like that or just the nxt?

That's another thing I don't like about the NS basses, they use non DB strings afaik, they don't have a proper DB style after length do they, more like big bass guitar strings that hook in from memory,I like it that I have spirocore weichs on my DB and eub.

I'm the same with p basses, even though the dimensions are similar and I love everyone else playing them but I have give up lusting for one.

Lol, funnily enough the owner of the NS crm5 (?) Raised the action a lot after trying my DB, he is much happier with it now but also realised he had list interest in eub and DB. The fit and finish of the NS basses is really nice!

It's the bass of champions, do it

Defo come along mate, like you I've got little experience with any other basses so I'm looking forward to ogling lots of them!

Doesn't everyone play with their plucking fingers over the finger board on DB or eub?

I suspected it would be the sizzle you are missing, a two band pre eb replica would be ready to make and certainly add some top end. Looking good though.

Ive played in bands with these people who have sacked drummer after drummer after drummer because "their timing was off and too loud", in reality that means, they are not the loudest in the band and the solo they copied note for note with no feel does not fit to a different but perfectly suitable beat that has a slightly different feel to the one they have studied on their vhs for the last 20 years!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1410976840' post='2555279'] And I'll book you...you'll not mind playing for free then as well, will you? [/quote] You only have until this saturday for me to play for free before my own rule comes into force

That's what I had seen done using the base of an old drum stool, basically the end pin just goes down the centre tube so it stands up like a little rocket!

Once your in an originals band situation its totally different unless you are Fleetwood Mac or something as what you are offering isn't likely to entice the punters to come regardless of how good you are, if the band gets some exposure and more fans then they are offering you an incentive which is usually the line used to get covers bands in, "you might get loads of gigs off it" like jtuk says though if people know you are playing for free the punters think that is what you are worth and probably want to offer you and other bands the exact same fee (nothing) at their gig, "you might get loads of gigs off it" and so it continues...... Good luck to you though and if you ever get beyond playing for free for the possibility of a pint and a few CDs sold and any of your songs become popular I'll be sure to suggest to the band that we trot them out for you

There you go

I want to see everything invicta59, how often do you get a good eclectic mix of double bass stuff all in one place?!

We need mcnach here to help with the pickup specifics, come in mcnach......

Bring all of that!