stingrayPete1977

I don't think people (the majority) want change, loads of brands have made stuff technically 'better' but we all know what the most popular basses are. I had a early Peavey Foundation bass as my first bass, it played better than every mim fender I have tried.

Yeah needs a natural or light colour body, Tony Levin olp stingray looks good imo.

Excellent!

I'm pretty sure you could just flip the bridge and file the nut on the stagg? The forearm rest is in the wrong place and only for thumb position anyway, the body rest I like and use but its just two threads which two nuts glued into the body would solve no problem, I don't think I have missed anything? As for being like a db then I think the stagg is actually much more like a db than something like an NS which feel much more like a fretless bass on end to me although they are obviously much higher quality instruments.

I was exactly the same Marc, I'm starting to think I prefer playing upright to elec bass, my next band will probably be an upright only gig I reckon but I'm glad I can fit it into my current covers band, in fact I'm squeezing more and more songs onto the upright where possible. Shame its normally stagg live but it just works plus everything I'm learning on db is easier on eub. I have been watching Geoffs youtube lessons and I am really starting to play proper upright style on the stagg rather than elec bass style the more I practice on db at home. Fingers crossed something comes up soon for you.

Maybe you could borrow Steve's outfit for your next youtube lesson Geoff? I have just been practising walking bassline lesson 1 Geoff (printed from the toolbox), I am even getting the high F in the two feel at about 100bpm but I need to slow it down to progress with the 4 notes per bar bit, I have even bought a new metronome!

Can you lot stop yoking around please?

Beard, Hat and a correct hand shape, its all good

Its a good look, Wallace and Grommit-esque

Just copied and pasted from my email [b] Message from Gedo Musik Instrumente > > Hi Pete,Thanks for your inquiry.We cam make you the following offer:Double-Bass antique-finish half-carved 799.00 EuroThomastik Spirocore weich 139.00 Euroadjustable-bridge 110.00 Euroshipping-costs: 95.00 Euro===============================================normal price: 1143.00 Eurospecial price: 1050.00 Euro all incl.We would be happy, if this offer meets your requirements.Have a nice evening!Best regardsDaniel[/b]

Well I never paid any I cant put my hand on the receipt right now but I will have a look.

Don't forget the shipping is £75 but they are well packed plus you get a bow, soft case and rosin.

Do they make valve in ear monitors?

I'm glad I did, best of luck

Not that I know of, general feeling is a toss up between Gedo or the Thomann ones, also I dont think the cheaper Gedo basses are chinese but I could be wrong, I think mine is Romanian? although there are Gedo basses cheaper than mine I suppose. Nice touch with the gedo is that you can spec what you want and they will put it on their site as a special order (mine is or was an actual model for a while, Half carved, Spiro strings, adjustable bridge and ebony board) I wanted to pay on a credit card just to get the protection but I dont think I would have any worry in future anyway.

I have tried a lot of permutations though It seems to resonate from the top via the bridge and into the tail piece from what I can tell.

I have a solid top Gedo and Im not sure its such a good idea for live gigs, I think its the route of my feedback issues which thankfully are getting better after muting the tail piece and making some fetching F hole mutes, I might have been better off with a full laminate and putting the extra money I paid for the carved top on some lessons Gedo are a great company to deal with though and my bass is really nice, very happy with it so far

My Double bass lives on one, it looks crazy without a bass on it like being on the set for Alice in Wonderland, massive! Good to know it will hopefully stand the test of time

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1378219033' post='2197206'] Not really. My Walkabout is very light, and I use a pair of cabs that weigh 10kgs each.... [/quote] Thats all good too IMO, light is light however it is acheived, just goes to show there are ways of getting the sound you are happy with without the lead weight Here is another thing for me, I dont care that much! If its a massive stage where a big rig would be nice then there will be a great PA with a great foldback, If I ever play the Robin at Bilston again I might just take my Shuttle 3.0 and DI that and have me in my wedge, the PA and the crew using it there are ace. If its the dog and sausage then half the time I take a single 1x12 and a Shuttle 6.0 which is plenty and often I am cutting the lows as its too full a sound for the room anyway. I wouldn't use a full Ashdown rig over my 2x12 and Shuttlemax9.2 even if they weighed exactly the same or I had a roadie to carry them so there is certainly not a lightweight Vs heavyweight discussion anymore. There are amps you like and amps you dont regardless of specification, weight, power type, ratings etc. My favourite sound is a 4 string Stingray via a Peavey TNT combo, I own neither!

It's all subjective other than the weight which the class d factually wins on unless your into body building, it's not a class d worse than heavy amp argument, i prefer the sound of my rig to any Ashdown,hartke,swr or ebs rig, that's off the top of my head but you get my drift.

With an SR5 too, you cant go wrong

As long as you trade it for something you will use rather than bits and bobs like some trainers, top up your mobile, a night out etc I think its all good IMO. You could bring it up and explain the situation?

Genz Shuttlemax 9.2 and a Genz 2x12T 4 ohm cab, 900 Watts, 2 full parametric channels (valve and FET) plus a global EQ and FX loop and no back ache

Best of luck with it mate, you will love it I'm sure