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bassace

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  1. bassace
    It’s the drums that make you tap your feet, the bass that makes you swing your hips. To my knowledge it’s only Penguins that tap their feet as a come-on.
  2. bassace
    We’ll soon be contemplating downsizing, so I don’t want to make the move with four double basses in tow. Here is my Martin Solo Bass. This one of the top of the range basses based on Martin’s 3/4 model but with the upper bouts reduced in width to get better access to all parts of the fingerboard. Needless to say this bass sounds superb. It was built in March 2015 and has had quite an easy life since. It comes with a gigbag and I can fit a Fishman Full Circle pickup if required. Now do the maths:- New from Martins this would cost around £13k. It is at present advertised on a double bass website for £9.5k. I’m offering it on this forum for £8.5k, no offers. It represents an amazing opportunity for someone who is ready to upgrade to a top class instrument.
  3. bassace
    I haven’t used this combo for 20 years and goodness knows how old it is. But it is well liked on the forums and is quite a rare beast, I’m told. Anyway, it’s in very nice condition and perfect apart from just the slightest scratch on two of the pots. I’ve just had it out to play and it makes a great solid sound, free of speaker rattles. Nice and compact, perfect for home practice or even gigs although might not handle stadiums. Best to come see and collect if interested. I’m in Oxfordshire, between Banbury and Chipping Norton. Now crazy price of £60
  4. bassace
    Proms?
  5. bassace
    Some bits dead boring, pretentious. Others very good, with a lot of energy. The real stars were the Orchestra. How Jules Buckley got them back under control after the geezers in nightshirts went off on one is quite miraculous. Great arrangements but I’m afraid Collier’s voice isn’t quite up to his ambitions.
  6. bassace
    He’s on TV from the Proms Friday evening. Should be good.
  7. bassace
    dood, It’s possible to cut a top hat into the base of the cab but that would entail getting into the innards to make sure the damping material wasn’t unduly disturbed. As with a previous Wizzy10 I knocked up a shelf for the cab to sit on. It’s located by its weight (21 lbs) and corner notches. Here’s a pic of the underside. You can find the bracket online.
  8. bassace
    Yes, they are indeed great cabs. Using two, whose principal function is to get the cab closer to ear level, is perhaps an under use of the bottom cab. I found when I did this that the two cones induced feedback more readily than using just one. But there are definite advantages to be gained by raising the cab. As well as bringing closer to ear level you get get improved clarity by decoupling the cab from the stage, especially when it’s carpeted. For a lot of in-and-out gigs I simply stick the cab on the floor but I have just knocked up a stand, using a modified speaker tripod. When I get time I’ll see how it performs with a mic mixed it. Should resist feedback very well.
  9. bassace
    Singer
  10. bassace
    Yes, can do.
  11. bassace
    Thanks for putting me straight, Dad. Yes, of course it’s a 10-2. A great cab which I use under a Puma 500. It’s as loud as I ever want to be.
  12. bassace
    Bump
  13. bassace
    Looks great, Bob. Wishing you years of joy!
  14. bassace
    I rate this cab very highly, it is now my go to cab. It’s got a great frequency range, is ‘quick’ and pushes out a lot of sound. So much that I can get away with just one cab on all my gigs, even the loud ones. So you can find my second, redundant, cab in the amps and cabs for sale section if interested.
  15. bassace
    I bought two of these great cabs for my double bass gigs but after playing to a very large audience with a very loud seven-piece band over the weekend I find that one is plenty. So this one, hardly used, is now surplus. It’s in mint condition, in its original packaging, and price includes shipping in UK mainland. Now reduced to £430
  16. bassace
    It’s the interval but he never stops.
  17. bassace
    This is my outdoor jazz rig, well it was last Sunday. A 1960 German blonde laminate, Barefaced OneTen under a Puma500. Then there’s a stool, an iPad stand and lots of wires and Diet Coke. Privet hedge courtesy of the management.
  18. bassace
    I was doing a jazz gig last night, playing with one of the best drummers for hundreds of miles. He studied under Ed Thigpen for a time, he’s that good. So he sets up, no charts on the gig but he still set up a music stand to his left and proceeded to play most of the time looking at a blank stand. Habit I suppose.
  19. bassace
    Or this?
  20. bassace
    It’s in the EUB and DB section, should give a clue. And as Bilbo doesn’t play EUB.................... Laurence Dixon supplied and fitted a new adjustable bridge, reprofiled the fingerboard, adjusted the soundpost and reglued the body here and there and made the bass sound divine. All for £450. So I’d think £350 is a bit much for the bridge only.
  21. bassace
    Knock out 2 to 6 and I’m your man.
  22. bassace
    Thanks for the kind reactions, folks. But in one band I played in this was part of the stage patter. If we had a request for a number, often in the interval, we’d announce it as a request and then go into..............we only play requests when we’re asked. Another one, as I remember, was ‘ make sure to patronise the bar because the more you drink the better the band sounds’. There were plenty more.
  23. bassace
    Preceded by a glis?
  24. bassace
    We only play requests when we’re asked.
  25. bassace
    Well bought!
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