pete.young

Or, learn to read bass clef. And get used to practicing without an accompanying track. Thats what most orchestral players do.

All these pedals are showing as 'out of stock' for me.

I have just put a set of Labella Low Tension Flats on my short scale Epiphone Century and I'm very happy with the results. Lower tension than the standard Labellas, vintage sound, not massively expensive. (Technically I have medium scale because of the tailpiece, for a Violin bass I think you'd need the short scale set.)

Penn Elcom have a good range.

Mine is in a Tourtech hard case, but there is no model number or any other identification on it. There is quite a lot of space between the headstock and the end of the case, so it's probably a generic acoustic bass hard case. Maybe this one: https://www.pmtonline.co.uk/tourtech-ttc-ab-basic-acoustic-bass-guitar-case

https://borderband.org came up in a google search for concert bands in the area.

Carlisle?

I have my Fylde in Bb Sus 2 with D'Addario lighs - 11 gauge. Sounds incredible. Can't take any credit for this, it was Nic Jones' idea.

Bit of a sore point there Daryl. One of the main reasons I got back into playing was so that I didn't have to sit at home watching Jools Holland on NYE phoning it in with his chums in the middle of November. Nothing this year or for a couple of years, not even a sniff of a dep job. On the bright side I have at least figured out how to watch the NYE show on the Irish channel TG4, so at least there will be some decent music.

You could contact EBS directly via https://ebssweden.com , they have a pretty good record for supplying spare drivers and other cab components.

THe future is bright!

https://www.joinmyband.co.uk/classifieds/to-all-the-bassists-posting-here-looking-for-bands-t1492122.html

The link you gave for the JOYO gear comes up 404 for me. It was going pretty well until this point. I find it a lot easier to carry loads of AAA batteries in various locations and change when necessary, that to remember that I need to recharge the bug, and woe betide you if you forget - back to the cable.

I use a Smoothhound with a bit of velcro stuck on the tail piece just below the output socket to stop it flapping in the breeze.

I'm sure I don't know what you mean, the only thing biased about me is the power valves in my amp 🤣

A capacitor is how Tecamp (and presumably Eich) high-pass the feed to the mid/upper driver in their combos and cabs. Greeeted with widespread derision in my repair thread about my Puma combo!

I'm starting to sound like a broken record here, but an LFSys Monaco would be worth considering, especially if you want clarity. What amp are you going to use with it?

Bright Onion make a 3-way amp splitter. Palmer used to make one too but I can't seem to find it any more. Seems like a lot of trouble to go to given that most audiences won't be able to hear the difference.

You cycle to double bass gigs? I use a golf bag trolley to wheel mine around and was thinking about modifying it so that it could attach to the seat post with a Tagalong-style joint. That's a build thread I'd like to see!

Amazon has it on offer for this price too.

I'm also in Ipswich, please let me know if you need anything. We also have a couple of road trips coming up so might be passing close to you, if you let us know where you are.

Good to see you on-line again Rob, hope all is well.