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bit of a tangent but speaking of a big gut sound have you guys heard Andy Simpkins from the Three sounds and earl May from the Billy Taylor trio

this kind of thing [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fhB6FW0g14[/media] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfeeLgHvROA

hmm kays have a 42inch/106.68cm string length, I wonder how much that longer scale contributes to making a bass resonate well with gut strings, I mainly play jazz and bluegrass,(want a sound like Ben Wolfe, dennis Irwin, carlos Henriquez, larry gales with a bit of cousin jake and tom gray from the seldom scene ) so i want a bit more sustain than your average rockabilly set up,

I'm really keen on the peacemaker, my only concern is the string length is 105cm , 2/3 of an inch shorter than the cleveland and 1and 2/3 inch shorter than a standard (sorry for the mix of metric and imperial ). Rabbie what's the string length of yours.

Thanks for the advice guys, I've just facebook messaged duke for some dimensions and asked the wife if she fancies a driving holiday in germany this year. I checked out the standard on musical chairs it looks nice but quite a lot of money for a bass that might need a lot of work in years to come. any of you guys played a duke?

Got roped into watching by the missus and like 2 years ago the highlight for me was jamereo artis with Bruno Mars, great player. Sound was sh*t for Eliie Goulding but I'm not sure it's mockney to sing with english vowel sounds ?

Has anyone ever come across an american standard in the UK ? Has anyone imported a new standard ? In the last few years I've become all about that old school gut string big booming sound, I bought a big bryant that I've got guts and, it sounds great now, I'm thinking of selling my old german 3/4 and getting a big plywood bass. I've always loved Dennis Irwin's sound and I recently watched that youtube vid about his bass and was amazed it was a relatively inexpensive ply bass. I assume very few would of made it over the atlantic but I know there are some kays around. Anyone got any alternative ideas for a long string length big ply bass

Check out Ben Wolfe he absolutely kills it with 1 finger , solo at about 6 30 where he's playing 8ths. He's one of my favourites,gut strings, never uses a pick up and always has a great sound http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIBlMHCQQ78

great shout, I've never heard anyone else do that plectrum funky 16s thing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HkWfhhl-d8

i had a streamliner, it sounded great on it's own but on gigs I was finding a bit murky and lacking definition so I swapped it for a shuttle 9.2 and am much happier with it, I use berg cabs , the ceramic driver ones and they're a good fit with the shuttle but maybe the streamliner works well with neo drivers . I personally think the shuttle sounds much less compressed than TC rh450

bought a peavey T40 off ryan, bass exactly as described , great coms, pleasure to deal with

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcJ80pKqsA0

I'm pretty sure it's a spaghetti logo and I think it's got clay dots which which would make it early sixties One of my all time favorite players and singers too, great they're finally receiving the critical acclaim they deserve. So unusual to hear English artists singing in their own accents and referencing their own culture so directly. Everyone should have the One fing an annuver album

Think it was Neville Malcolm who's a fantastic electric player