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[quote name='jakesbass' post='486828' date='May 13 2009, 12:27 PM']Thats very interesting Bassace, I often do PA supported gigs, might think about that. Jake[/quote] Jake Hope to see you at Upton, then if we get any downtime together I'll show you my ATM350 and the lightweight ali clip I've made to mount on the bridge. Might have an opportunity to demo it.

[quote name='BassBus' post='484628' date='May 10 2009, 09:28 PM']Hi Bassace Well all I can say is the BDDI is the box I go back to every time when amplifying the DB. It seems to cut the mids naturally. I don't like a lot of mids in my sound from a DB as the natural acoustic sound has less of them anyway. The sound I get seems to fit jazz just fine. If you click the link in my signature for Reverbnation the track 'The New Dresser' has the DB recorded direct through the BDDI I seem to remember. I'll let you make up your own mind. Graham[/quote] Graham I've been trying to hear your clip but my pop-up-stopper keeps cutting in and won't disable when told to. I'll keep trying though. The only way I'll really be able to sample the merits of the BDDI will be to get one sometime, although I missed out on one that was recently for sale. As I've mentioned before, I use a Fishman Pro eq to take my mids down when using a 'middy' 10" Wizzy. Other times I can use it nearly flat. It is the cheaper version of the Platinum Pro and, to my ears and with my gear, has a slightly tighter sound. It does not have a DI facility - I get that off my amps - but has a phase reversal switch and does what Alex has just posted, it buffers the high impedance of the pickup. It makes a nice warm sound. So what I'm suggesting is that it probably does very much what the BDDI does although we all have our favourites. I did a gig with the seven-piece last week at a village hall in Sussex. The guy there turns out to be a retired sound engineer from ATV studios. He set up a great PA system. I set my usual backline - Underwood, Proeq, Clarus, Wizzy 10" and 12". I've never really used a clip on ATM 350 mic that I've had in my bag for a while. Anyway, I asked this guy to try it with my bass and to be honest and tell me if it's bo**ox. We tried it and it was amazing - I could hear back from the house speakers during the soundcheck and it sounded great. Our own PA is not really up to taking a bass feed, which is a pity. My advice to any double bass player is to keep a mic handy then if you have a PA opportunity plug it straight into the desk and let the sound man sort it out. No more compromises with DIs.

[quote name='Doddy' post='485247' date='May 11 2009, 06:44 PM']Ray Brown is just beautiful to listen to. I think that Christian McBride is kind of a modern version of Brown-all the chops and with a funk influence aswell. You should all go and listen to Scott LaFaro too. His work with Bill Evans is awesome.[/quote] And this is where it all divides. Do you want to be a Lafaro or a Brown. A tricksy contrapuntalist or a solid accompanist with nicely executed solos. I would go for the latter, and Christian McBride is a worthy successor. I was looking up CMcB on Spotify and found some trio tracks with Bruce Hornsby and Jack DeJohnette. Up to then I only knew of Bruce Hornsby and the Range. Look this one up, it's good.

[quote name='BassBus' post='483929' date='May 9 2009, 06:58 PM']Fishmans are good but I have never had a sound I like from mine. I use the SansAmp Bass driver DI and get just the right sound for me. My DB has a Shadow SH950 pup and goes through the BDDI into an AI Contra. Lovely warm sound, much more so than I get from the Fishman.[/quote] BB do you really use a Sansamp with a Double Bass? I've searched all over and found plenty of refs re bass guitars but no instances of DB. Is it really that good?

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='481198' date='May 6 2009, 05:11 PM']This is fairly amusing. Guys wanting all these bells and whistles... and the funny thing is, they will never be used![/quote] Some will and some won't. Trouble is at this early stage you won't know which ones until you play it.

Yeah, keep trying but the problem is that you'll hear the proper bass sound close up acoustically or well miked in the recording studio. But you'll never hear it on a live gig when trying to cut through all the other stuff. An amplified bass is an amplified bass - it has its own unique sound. Are you using a preamp between the pickup and LM? Try a Fishman Pro or Platinum Pro and the difference will be significant. It will buffer the impedance mismatch and tame the spurious harmonics.

A bit of percussion would have held it together, even a closed hihat. The dynamics of a double bass would have been more compliant.

Mrs Bassace was putting down some new stable matting so I scored an offcut. 30mm thick low density rubber. Makes a good acoustic pad to stand the bass cab on, just as efficient and cheaper (ie free) than platfoam, Gramma or whatever. I take it to all the gigs. Oh, and any lead from OBBM. I just got a length of Klotz from him - 2m longer and triggers the clip LED when the other one didn't.

However long it takes, a band should always aim to be set up, soundchecked and the stage cleared before the first punter comes in. Not always possible, I know, something to go for.

But you can't get them on Spotify. Wake up you guys!

[quote name='owen' post='472675' date='Apr 26 2009, 02:01 PM']Is it possible to put purchases made lets say on this coming Wednesday back into the tax year that has just finished? I realise that this is a stupid question, but I cannot stop myself from asking it.[/quote] Doubt it.

[quote name='jakesbass' post='471696' date='Apr 24 2009, 04:53 PM']Thats very interesting I shall look into it. Thanks[/quote] Yes, it's caught me by surprise as well. Not very well trailed as far as I'm aware. I thought I'd completed my 2008/09 accounts nice and early and it's now put everything out of kilter. Back to the drawing board.

I've just put my Steinberger NS CR4M in the For Sales. Reason, I'm known as a double bass player and bookers want my double bass. I'm just not getting the use out of it. It's a great instrument and bows well; it even has a 'bow' setting.

BP100 is the easiest of all the pickups to fit. If used with a preamp you may get a good sound - better than a lot of people give this much maligned pickup credit for.

Sounds a great idea. I can bring a double bass and amp so anyone who wants a go can have one. Can do Sun 7, Sat/Sun 20/21

Shouldn't have gone after two months. Could have been badly installed, for instance, if the tension is being taken by the end of the hole (rather than coming off the circumference of the shaft) it could have guillotined itself. If you would like to pm me with your address I'll send you a string installation guide. My apologies if you already know!

Thanks for the helpful relies, guys. Fans or caps, it's the startup current that determines the fuse.

If you're not looking for a jaw-dropping sound I suppose any mic in the vicinity of the bass will do. The quick and easy solution seems to be a SM57 in a sponge and stuffed down the tail-piece pointing up towards the bridge. My advice to anyone starting out to amp a bass would be to use a pickup and then............use another pickup and then............when you're really comfortable with your sound try experimenting with a mic, such as the SM57. I've played around with mics but it's just too much hassle. I'm talking gigs rather than recording.

Diana Krall with Christian McBride. Ella, married to Ray Brown.

After a 'near miss' when our keyboard amp blew a fuse last week I've bought spares for all my amps. The ratings range from 6.3A for the Clarus down to 2.5A for the MB150. Some are fast blow and some slow blow. Anyone know the significance of this? And no sexual innuendo........please!

I wonder how it works for double bass. Hmm.

[quote name='obbm' post='460879' date='Apr 12 2009, 11:37 PM']I used to be the oldest until bassace joined.[/quote] Bloody cheek! Actually I'm 68 and look a bit like my avatar which was painted by a nice lady artist a year ago. If it scares too many people I could change it.

[quote name='OldGit' post='457629' date='Apr 8 2009, 05:28 PM']It's the comma before the "and" in a list of things. EG Fender has produced several classics down the years: the Precision Bass, the Jazz Bass, the Mustang Bass, the Paisley P, and the Stratocaster[/quote] Thanks, OG. Something Clarkson would do, in other words.