alyctes

I tried one, didn't like it as much as the Snark which I find much easier to use.

[quote name='uk_lefty' timestamp='1437843257' post='2829498'] Interesting, I had never really thought of a resonator as an alternative to an electro acoustic... Looks fantastic! We're the upgrades costly? [/quote] IIUC resonator guitars were originally designed to compete unamplified with brass sections, so it seemed obvious to me they'd be louder. I could be wrong

Is string-through-body an option?

Intonation is important on fretlesses. Yes, the note you get comes from the finger position (just like a cello or DB).

[quote name='PlungerModerno' timestamp='1437831961' post='2829403'] If you can find one used (could be a long shot given how awesome they are supposed to be) - how about an ibanez Mikro: [url="http://www.ibanez.co.jp/usa/products/jumpstart/GSRM20B.html"]http://www.ibanez.co...rt/GSRM20B.html[/url] [/quote] I've a Mikro I'm not using... nice little thing, fits a guitar gigbag. It would need some work though (noisy electrics), and my experience is that the E string tends to be soggy. I'm considering restringing it and tuning ADGC. But also consider Aria 690 Sinsonido. Weighs nothing, sounds great, looks good but [i]strange[/i]... This one is a bit overpriced IMO (and fretless)... [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aria-fretless-bass-/181807034028?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item2a548b2eac"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2a548b2eac[/url]

[quote name='great harry' timestamp='1437754166' post='2828853'] I watched a thing on Coast last night about this sort of paint job. It makes it harder for a U boat captain to aim his torpedoes, apparently. [/quote] So, good for those Blues Brothers gigs?

I've never been a fan of that control plate. But it does look good apart from that I think I'd like the noise it makes, from your description.

Careful song choice will make all the difference, in my ignorant opinion. Originals, or covers?

[quote name='logicalmike' timestamp='1437670277' post='2828093'] hi there mike from Cardiff here, I will try and see them in Bristol..thanks for the reminder [/quote] That was last year, I'm afraid. They're on in Leicester tonight, Kirkcudbright tomorrow night, Wroclaw in Poland on Sunday. Calendar: http://www.ubuprojex.com/calendar.html

Me too

That's been coming up every few months for at least three years. It is pretty, but they're obviously holding out for some passing rock star with more money than sense.

Shiny! How loud is it unplugged? I got rid of my electro-acoustic partly because it was too quiet to compete with - well, pretty much anything, TBH.

Bloody hell. Somebody has [i]no idea at all[/i] about instruments...

Good to know. Thank you

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1437265877' post='2824770'] Er... Haha. [/quote] Also, I suspect that their tolerance for husbands is limited

Interesting. The major/minor idea sounds daft to me, but I can't pin down the reason. Presumably you're going to start with high pitches (violin? flute?) and work downwards from there?

We used to rehearse without microphones. That made sure everyone kept their volume down. For the OP: It's not worth throwing away your hearing. Leave this band (and the other one with a deafening drummer).

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1436719807' post='2820186'] I find it makes it much more difficult to hit the note. That's a good question, it has occured to me that it might be something to do with the way bone transmission differs from transmission of my voice through the air. As I say for years I thought I just couldn't sing, then the monitors say I can so long as I get a clear feed from them. [/quote] Interesting. A friend of my sister's sings professionally, and teaches; she says that anyone who is not genuinely tone-deaf can be taught to sing, and that 99% of it is being able to hear yourself. (She lives somewhere near Bristol, I think.)

[quote name='bornagainbass65' timestamp='1437249467' post='2824685'] Does this qualify for this thread? Sort of a snot-burst with a fire-glo pick guard... What were Fender thinking in 1969? [/quote] Oh. Ooh. Ewww. :hurls: Yes, I'd say so. (Ugly as sin, as well.)