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    I’ll come and bring the usual double bass and stuff. Might have some declutter to sell. Looking forward to trying OBBM’s Quilter. It’s always a great day for cake.
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    Ah yes, the Puma. I bought a 500 a few years ago from this forum. At the time it was Mike Arnopol’s favourite amp, highly recommended. It is a small amp with great clarity and a responsive eq section. Together with an FDeck HPF it has been my No1 amp. I like it so much that I sold a Clarus, prefering the Puma’s clarity. I have a second one that sits under my passenger seat as a back up - never needed to date. Two weeks ago I bought a Genzler Magellan on this forum. I hoped it might render the outboard HPF unnecessary but, having gigged it twice and a third on Thursday I’m not yet completely convinced. I’ll try it with the HPF. But for the time being I can really recommend the Puma. They’re cheap as chips on BC amp sales at the moment. Can’t understand why they are hanging around.
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    She doesn’t understand.
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    Sorry KT, I’ve got all the gear I need.
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    Jack, you asked for something to excite you. Value for money wasn’t mentioned. 😀
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    Use any (most) amp and stick a Felix on top, go into the effects return of the amp and bingo. Felix has two independent channels, each with three positions of input impedance, sweepable HPF or notch and a comprehensive eq section. I’d take a photo but I’ve just loaded for a gig tomorrow.
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    KNA pickup for double bass gives a high output and is easy to install in the E bridge wing. It comes with spare shims to make it simple to fit in any thickness of slot. Price includes postage. http://www.knapickups.com/en/cello/bass/db-1-pickup-kremona
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    Cover version.
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    The only German blonde my wife lets me take out. As part of my on-going declutter I’m offering my nice ply honey blonde bass. I bought it from Peter Tyler a dozen years ago and although it isn’t labelled Peter reckons it’s one of the basses brought over from Germany in the late 50s/early 60s. It has an unusually slim neck which makes it easy to get your hands round. There are a few dings suffered over the years but it still presents itself well, as I hope the photo shows. It is fitted with Spiro medium strings and the trueness of the fingerboard is demonstrated by the buzz-free string height of 7mm to 10mm. Offered with Underwood pickup and soft cover, this bass has a nice acoustic sound and amps very impressively. It’s at a generous price of £600 and I regret I can’t entertain lower offers. I’m just outside Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire if you would like to see/hear this nice instrument.
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    I bought a Magellan from Brian. Everything perfect, speedy transaction with UPS delivery two days after first contact and good comms all the way. 100% confidence.
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    That is a fine piece of kit. I’ve got a few amps and cabs which come and go. But my Shuttle is a keeper, especially for the quick carry in gigs. Stuff seems to be moving quite slowly at the mo but this shouldn’t hang around for long. GLWTS
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    A Krivo is £189 over here at Promenade Music https://www.promenademusic.co.uk/krivo-upright-bass-pickup
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    I couldn’t get one of my basses to get an even consistent volume across the four strings with piezo, no matter how much I tried. So I put the cheapest mag, a Schaller on. The result is amazing and I get complimented on a lot of jazz gigs for the clarity of the notes. Stingray Pete is a Schaller user. He likes his. There are ‘better’ more expensive ones but why pay more?
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    FDeck HPF, Grace Felix, Two Puma 500s, Genz 3.0T Ten Shuttle, Wizzy 10, Barefaced One Ten, Two Genz 10-2s and Roland Super Cube 60 for sale. Too many.
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    Double basses are now down from 4 to 3, having just sold my Martin. And then the aim is to get down to one as there is a massive clearout in the house in anticipation of a downsize. Still too many amps though, as nothing seems to be selling at the mo.
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    Oh sure, it’s dead basic but, as you say, a start. They say the trick to playing ‘challenging’ timing is to read slightly ahead of your playing.
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    Will this help the timing? A low tech solution perhaps😀
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    Anyone used the 800 for double bass yet? Love the 10-2 Array cab and gassing for a match. Puma 500 at present.
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    Coffee and KitKat at inflated price at a convenient filling station.
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    The Rose and Crown, North Parade, Oxford. Jazz in the courtyard right through the year. When it’s wet or cold they roll out an awning and light patio heaters. Great cosmopolitan crowd. Best pub in GB, Andrew, the owner/landlord likes his jazz, free beer and bangers and chips at the end of the gig. Always a gig to look forward to.
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    I prescribe Dulux.
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    Sounds like the local Rotary club.
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    But at the time of Time Out and Time Further Out (I had them both) the Brubeck Quartet were quite conservative and there was a lot of anchoring going on. For instance when Joe Morrello was soloing in Take Five, Brubeck vamped under him. Later, when they were more familiar with the stuff they were able break free. By the time the Prog groups cam along they were able to handle all sorts of time sigs with ease.
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    I shared a dressing room with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee once. Does that count?
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