Sambrook

L2000?

Standard issue in the Swiss Army...

Many, many happy hours of experimentation with strings have left me with the following as surplus:

Thomastik Rounds B-C (6) Cut 3x3

   Excellent condition £40

Rotosound Trubass (4) 2 plus 2

   As new £25

Rotosound Short Scale rounds, 4 inline. Almost new £15

D'Addario Chromes 2 plus 2

   Excellent condition £20 (fretless)

D'Addario Chromes short scale 4 inline. Nearly new £25

Maruszczyk short scale flats 2+2

   Good condition £10

2 sets of mystery rounds, both 4 inline, both decent condition. £20 the pair 

All 34/35" scale unless otherwise stated. All £3 each for postage, unless you want more than one set. I'll provide pics on request, cos I'm bone idle.

Cheers! Sean 

This might just be a passing whim, but I'd be interested in a part trade with a Squier bass vi (or HB equivalent).

Check your cupboards and wardrobes, would you? Thank you kindly...

Thomastik rounds work very well as BEAD without adjustment to the nut, as they have a slim profile. They sound fabulous, too...

It functions entirely as any 'normal' bass...

And another question while I'm at it: what's a good preamp for the upright? Been looking at the Headway edb-1. Are there any threads on this matter that I've missed? Cheers in advance...

I was just reading about Francois Rabbath, how he has built on the work of Simandl. Would his book/method be better to start with, or do you have to 'do' Simandl first?

Thanks boss, always good food for thought from you. Going to Gumtree now...

Just for reference, this is the stick I have at present:

On 12/09/2022 at 11:25, Bloopdad1 said:

A bow is VERY subjective and personal. Its the thing I have the most difficulty explaining

And yet you've explained it very well! The bow as amplifier is a very instructive illustration, thanks Bloopdad.

Because I'm an almost complete beginner (couple of months each on a cello and HB EUB), I put all the horrendous screeches down to me, not the bow. I'm thinking it will be a while before I can discern the shortcomings of my bow, so will put off upgrading till then.

Is that a reasonable idea? And how would you all rate something like this?-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270778045194?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=A1ga7-VKTNK&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=SYHO0yd2SXe&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Very much appreciate the time you've all taken to reply in such detail; it makes this 'voyage of discovery ' less scary. Cheers 

Thanks to all of you for your input: it has shaped my thinking.

I saw Ash's Selmer for sale on here. He's only an hour from me, it's been well played in and set up, so it came home with me.

Still pondering lessons (I'm a diehard cheapskate), but YT is proving very helpful indeed ('Discover Double Bass' in particular)

Beginning to understand the need for a different mentality in the approach.

I need educating in the matter of a bow. A bow is a bow is a bow, no? (a stick and some horsehair) What does a £1200 bow have over a £120 one, for example? 

The above is an ignorant comment, I know, so please enlighten me!

Cheers, Sean 

Now entertaining offers...

(and the more entertaining the better)

This is the second Ashula I've owned; they're just a wonderful instrument. Full specs are on this page:

https://ibanez.fandom.com/wiki/SRAS7 

This is a 2018 model. It's in immaculate condition, living in it's own custom hard case. Annoyingly, it does have one small scratch (pictured, image 13). 

I have it strung with D'Addario piccolo's, tuned D G C F (fretless side G C F). This gives a really great contrast between the crisp fretted notes and the soft bloom of the fretless. Works great for ambient stuff. The piccolo's accept a wide tuning range; I have had it tuned in fifths all the way through. This made 10th chords sound awesome (for example).

I will include the (unused) D'Addario 'nomal' strings in the sale. The preamp is very flexible- turning down the bass on the fretted side can give an 8 string doubling kind of sound. Bad explanation there. Short version is, it really rewards experimentation.

The Aerosilk piezo system is one of Ibanez's greatest achievements, in my opinion. (My Portamento and Aerium basses are just fantastic). And the purpleheart fingerboard works really well with it.

TRADE OFFER: any 1982 bass!

Particularly interested in Ibanez Roadster, Peavey T40, G&L L2000, Aria, Westone...

Enough marketing. Pictures:

I'm not entirely sure I have the space either, Mike.

I'll find out this afternoon...!

Pm sent 

6 hours ago, Bloopdad1 said:

Oh, and don't think like a bass guitarist... Its a TOTALLY different beast

Interesting. Could you expand on that, please?

Thank you everyone, your input is much appreciated. 

Another avenue I hadn't thought of!

That's good food for thought, thanks very much.

Thanks, that's sound advice. I know that to be true in many other areas of life.

What, then, do you think of something like this?-

https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_111e_vn_3_4_double_bass.htm

£600 shipped, set up and bow included...

Thanks. Don't know why, but FB has never been on my radar. Will check them out.

Cheers.

Just wondering where to look for my first double bass. A cheap one, to test the waters. Saw a battered old school one on Reverb, but the seller withdrew it. 

I'm fairly sure I'll continue with it, as it's the sound I'm always aiming for in my fretlesses, and a basic, well used example would let me get going with a clear conscience!

Looking on here, eBay, Reverb and Gumtree. Anything I've missed?

Cheers, guys.

Happy days indeed. I bought a set of Trubass strings when I first got into fretless playing, and hated them. Really hated them- stiff, dull thudding.

Having been on a pilgrimage for the double bass tone without actually having said double bass, I tried them again, and they really do the trick- you have to attack them like you would an upright, which makes sense, I guess...

Thanks again, chaps.

The connections between the PCB and the bridge plate are sound, as are the wires from the plate to the actual piezo elements. The bass working well with my Thomastiks tells me it must be the nylon coating.

SO...what I did was this:And it works! The copper tape is connecting the ball end of the string to the piezo element.

I will tidy it up (and hope I don't blow myself up), but I quite like the diy look...

Thanks for your input, I probably would have given up without it 

Nothing, I think.

...as a side note, the quiet strings operate at full volume when I touch the piezo element, as if there were some kind of grounding issue...