Mr Bassman

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Just bought some strings off Mr Clarky and he included a free gift! More than generous! As always a pleasure to deal with.

Dave's a great bassist on both upright and bass guitar plus he's a really nice bloke.

Looks great!

This Sunday at City Vaults, 33 Hustlergate, Bradford BD1 1NS Tenor saxophonist Tina Featherstone with the Andy Cholerton Band [attachment=122699:Tina.jpg]

Best sound I got on my NS CR4 & NXT4 was with Obligatos. Don't have either bass now. Wish I'd tried Kolstein Heritage, they're amazing on my Yamaha SLB's

Tonight at [url="http://www.balcony-harrogate.co.uk"]Balcony[/url], Harrogate Cricket Club 8.30pm £4 [url="http://djangonauts.co.uk"][b][size=5]The Djangonauts[/size][/b][/url] [attachment=122327:official band photo.jpg]

Harrogate Jazz & Blues welcome back Nicola Farnon tonight at Balcony, Harrogate Cricket Club, St. Georges Road 8.30p.m. £4 [attachment=121881:120129_NFarnon10.jpg]

[quote name='sarah thomas' timestamp='1350903675' post='1844766'] And the bass - oh wow. It is gorgeous. Loud. Great sustain. I am thrilled to bits. [/quote] I did try and talk you out of it so I could keep it for myself Sarah

It was a pleasure to meet the lovely Sarah today. She made the journey to Harrogate to try an Old German flatback I was selling for a friend. After a thorough examination of the instrument Sarah decided to buy it and It's now on it's way to Cardiff. A smooth transaction throughout. Enjoy the bass Sarah [attachment=121615:erez.jpeg]

[quote name='timbass' timestamp='1350721484' post='1842592'] at the F position, the curve up to the headstock makes the dimension bigger there, confusing the issue I think. [/quote] I should have specified the thinnest point around F shall we start again

[quote name='bluejay' timestamp='1350561372' post='1840478'] Er, I'm using a tailor's measure but having trouble with imperial... At the low C, the neck of my NXT5 measures 5 inches and 2 whatever-they-ares (apologies, I'm serioulsy useless!), which in "real" measurements (LOOOL) is a circumference of 13.5cm [/quote] That's slim for a 5

I had a V shaped a few years ago. It was awful, I removed the pointy bit and it became more of a U shape My favourite acoustic at the moment is my French bass which has a U profile i.e. narrow nut but deepish front to back. The Yamaha's have the best EUB neck's IMO

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1350548270' post='1840246'] I've got to go looking for my other two but right now the Bryant and Upton are 5 3/4 and the Kolstein Travel is 5 3/8. [/quote] I'm surprised that the Kolstein is 5 3/8 when the Eminence feels thicker at 5 3/16

[quote name='Les' timestamp='1350517453' post='1840102'] I don't know where F is on my EUB so I'm no help at all, it varies [/quote] As long as you're enjoying playing it that's all that matters

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1350513458' post='1840066'] My German flatback: 6 & 1/3 inches [/quote] Wow! Clarky has largest so far

That's fairly meaty

Over the years I've owned at least [s]17[/s] 18 different uprights, both acoustic and EUB's, no two have had the same neck profile or fingerboard. As you may have seen in the for sale section I've got a mates bass which has a beefy neck that I'm liking. So just out of interest I thought I'd measure around the F on the E string and compare it with others I have around. I found the best way was to cut a 3/4" strip of A4 paper, slide it under the strings and wrap it round marking the point of overlap and then measure it with a ruler, if that makes sense. German Flatback - 6 1/8" Slb100 - 5 13/16" Hungarian - 5 3/4" SLB200 - 5 9/16" French - 5 1/2" Eminence - 5 3/16' How do yours measure up?