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  1. Dear Paul did the same with me. Going out his front door it was a case of ‘Don’t you want my address?’ ‘Oh I suppose so’. Lovely bass.
  2. It’s called the green room from the mould on the wall.
  3. I’ve downsized to the extent that I now have just one amp - a Puma 500. I’ve had them all, for DB this is the best. And I’m sure it’ll be great for landscapes. Amazing amp.
  4. Just settling down after coming in from the wind and rain may I be permitted to hijack this? In my younger days there was a group on tv a lot called the Hedley Ward Trio. The DB player played a shortened double bass looking a bit like a CzechEase but a long time before David Gage, on a long stick. He explained that it was a Bassette known among musos at the time as a little bastard. I’ve never found any reference since until only recently I saw an ad for an old instrument with a 97cm scale length called a Bassetto. Anyone?
  5. How do you get that under your chin? By keeping my f**king mouth shut!
  6. When I was ‘very busy’ playing with a seven piece I used a Clarus on top of a 10” EA Wizzy on top of a 12” EA Wizzy. It’s not always a good idea to mix disparate cabs; more a suck it and see exercise. But this worked very well with the 10” somehow putting a firmer bottom into the combination. For smaller gigs I could get away with using just the 12”. Recently I’ve tended to use a Tecamp Puma on a Genzler array but my smaller Wizzy is definitely a keeper, especially with a trio or quartet on a carpeted stage.
  7. I hope this has come across from the tube. Quite good I thought. https://youtu.be/g0OgxixunK4?feature=shared
  8. Dave, It’s a Broughton HPF-DI with variable HPF, variable impedance, switchable phase and DI (which I don’t use). I went from FDeck to Grace, back to FDeck and finally to Broughton which is my preferred option. Broughton come up with short runs of high quality gizmos from time but you’ve got to catch them.
  9. Whoops, here we go. As I understand it there’s no hard and fast soloist standard between the makers but such a bass tends to be rather more compact for easier playability. Be it with a slightly shorter string length or more compact body, usually the width of the upper bout. Having said that I now realise mine isn’t a Soloist but a Panormo copy. Sorry ‘bout that. Still a very nice bass tho’.
  10. I took mine away on appro too. Just as I was going out the door I asked Paul if he should have my name and address. He replied, ‘Oh, I suppose so’. Lovely man.
  11. I’ve had ‘em all but I’m now happy with this somewhat minimalist rig. Sounds wonderful.
  12. I agree with the above. My double bass journey has been long and tortuous, via Upton, two Martins and countless others before alighting on Bryant Soloist No83. This is my keeper and is characterised by a gorgeous mid range singing voice. When a decent English bass maker charges £15k to build a bass these days this advertised price for a properly set up Bryant reflects Paul’s modesty overshadowing his considerable skills. GLWTS
  13. I was in a double bass shop with Ray Brown. We talked about E strings. Trouble was I didn’t know it was him until after he left.
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