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I have a Doubler through a Mesa walkabout cab. Although it sounds good with the ebass I am disappointed with the DB sound. I am only dep bassing at moment....the bassist in the band has a Peavey 1x15 combo and I just like 15 inch speakers. I am not a Peavey fan but are there any 1x15 cabs that anyone would recommend that would suit both ebass and DB. I don t think EA do a 15 do they?

I always record bass directly into the Focusrite work station. The pre amps on the Focusrite are very good and the software takes care of the rest. You also by- pass the enemy of recording......your room sound....you also avoid experimenting with mic placement and of course avoid the cost a good mic.

I was really after a cab that would suit the ebass and DB. originally after the EA wizzy m line to pair with my EA doubler but nothing turned up so ended up with a Mesa Walkabout cab. The Walkabout sounds great with the ebass but disappointed at the DB sound. Looking for another pup...a K&K (damned expensive).....as the Realist that I am using is too dark and just sounds muddy on the small bodied EUB. I have tried messing with the EQ of course...turned the mids way down etc. Maybe it is too much to ask a cab to do everything? Don t really want to own 2 cabs. Just having a rant BTW.

Although Yamaha are probably the most consistent in quality I would suggest that you play several different guitars of the same model that you choose. Wood quality and build can vary between instruments. New strings and good acoustic rooms in music shops can often disguise the actual sound of the guitar that you get home. I am not a fan of Fender acoustics but maybe they have changed recently. The other thing to remember is that the older a guitar gets and the more it is played, the better sounding it can become. I like older Takemine acoustics myself and you can pick them up cheap. There are literally hundreds of good guitars floating about in the second hand market from people who have bought without realising the practise needed to become proficient. I did a basic acoustic guitar building course and it really opened my eyes to how to recognise a good guitar (I built a nice mandolin but the guitar was a heap of junk). What it did make me realise was how cheap guitars are relative to the work put into building them.

Excuse my amazing ignorance but what is the difference between long and short scale in terms of sound and notes...I take it that short scale basses have a low E? Is there quality short scale basses out there ?

Thanks. One thing that I find diff with barre is that both notes tend to ring out at the same time and if your not practising it...it hurts. Using the second finger feels very awkward at the moment....thanx for the advice.

Thanks. K&K looks interesting but expensive...I have a brand new unused Realist that I can swap or punt. Would be interested if anyone on the forum has tried this with a small bodied DB

Been playing one and a half years now. Can't find a teacher locally so going the Youtube route. One small thing that I can't source help for is moving down from a root to a fifth (eg Bb on the G string to F on the D string) when your using the fore finger. Would you normally flatten the finger and 'barre' or lift the finger completely off the string? (I noticed Danny last night on telly switching fingers for this shift)....someone will probably say ...all of the above.. or depends... but for the sake of my practice routine what would be the best first step?

Yes I quite like the Realist but it seems to me to miss out quite a lot of the other tones that a full size bass produces and was wondering if it were possible to 'find' these in my instrument somehow with the correct mic and pre amp settings........I know that the obvious answer to this is to...get a proper bass.... but I like a lot about the small body. I also like slap and that seems to be lost on this bass

I have a small bodied double bass similar to an Eminence. Want to improve the amplified sound. Have a Realist pup which sounds OK but am trying to combine it with a mic to pick up slap and improve the acoustic sound. Using EA doubler/ Mesa cab/Focusrite(and ART) pre amps. The mic at present is a Sennheiser MD421 but all I get is very low volume and feedback. Maybe it is just not possible to get volume on something that does not produce volume. Also have some good condenser mics but would imagine that they would be worse for feedback and bleed in a live situation. Was thinking clip on mic? (don t have one and know nothing about them). Also thought about using a separate cab for the mic? Would love a Blast Cult bass but that is years away

Anyone came across this forum? I found the reg process a right pain in the a--e and then it seems that to get anything out you have to become a paying member.

Just turned 60 ....I only sing on recordings and am confident that I could not do it live because of nerves. I can get up to top E ish. What I have noticed however is that getting notes is all about relaxing and manipulating tiny muscles in the upper chest, throat, palate and behind nose area. There are tons of books on it. One good exercise to get the throat open is to drop the jaw, relax tongue and talk like boo boo (yogi bear). I am no expert but I think the high notes are a combination of getting the soft tissues in the palate to vibrate and push that sound into your head area. On the other hand i may be talkin sh--e. I am sure there are good singers on BC who can give advice. It usually takes me a half hour of practice before I even get near relaxed. I play some tenor sax and use some of the breathing exercises to try and improve my singing voice. I don t think I could even consider playing and singin simultaneously.

Sorry too far for me.

Think I have misunderstood the location of this. Where we talking about?

Count me an outclassed beginner but IN Jimmy

Efficient fast and friendly transaction. ...Could not have gone better....arrived less than 24 hours after payment. Very pleased with the amp.

Just missed a thumpinator ....bugger

Thanks for all the advice. Am on to it

The speaker is cracklin like f--- sorry billio......was Ok until I cranked it up. Had all knobs (including gain) at 12 oclock. I am looking at EA doubler with an EA speaker and don t want to risk it. Will def go for a limiter. I assume that you can have a pedal to switch on and off when I use the DB? Is the SFX Thumpinator the way to go or will it change the sound too much?

Totally agree with this. With guitars and to a degree with ebasses you can almost be sure that a fender or a gibson or a gretsch are OK. I would also like a good DB in the future but realise that I may have to invest some time in it as well as cash. I have already decided how much I am going to spend but I firstly have not a clue whether I am getting value for money or being scammed in a cold sale and secondly whether that cash will still be in ma hip when the right bass comes along in 6 months time or a year or whatever. I got a DB from a member here a while back but it is a small bodied and I have GAS for the real thing. Think I am going to have to nail my GAS down and be patient

[quote name='oggiesnr' timestamp='1400481527' post='2454148'] Most of the "music" that that particular group do is a backing track. I know them too well Steve [/quote] Bloody hell. That passed me right by. The sound was very live. Are you sure? They told me they were Spanish and Portuguese but I thought that they were from another place.