BigBeatNut

Keep us posted ... FWIW I've heard it said that the Markbass 12" combo is the only thing that suits both upright and BG. Andy

[quote name='Zach' post='533081' date='Jul 5 2009, 03:24 PM']have currently got a set of these on my bass, which sounds awesome. however, was wondering if anyone else found that the silk park is stupidly long? it ended going round each of my tuners a good 9 times. in theory i could have somehow cut the end of, but at uni all i had was a pair of scissors.[/quote] I've never in my life put a set of strings on a bass without cutting the ends. Not saying 'It's the law' or anything but I always do it. Buy yourself a small set of cutters (not expensive from a tool shop) and keep in your bass case or gig toolkit. Andy

[quote name='silddx' post='518383' date='Jun 19 2009, 01:47 PM']sh*te, I have some £50 La Bella black tapes ready for when I get my Kopo back, which is string through. What's the issue Chris?[/quote] I think the tapes are constructed differently - nylon over a r/w string I think. FWIW, I have a Rob Allen Deep 5 bass and that is strung through-body with labella black tapes with no problem. Rob Allen supplies these strings as standard on his basses so he must be happy. It has to be said though that the deep 5 is a far from conventional bass -- [url="http://www.roballenguitars.com/info_deep.html"]http://www.roballenguitars.com/info_deep.html[/url] On the other hand, tight angles and true flatwounds do not mix ... I had a Labella 'E' break on fitting it to a short-scale bass where the normal part of the string (i.e. not the silks) went round the tuning post. Andy

Just discovered I just missed the last bass bash. Any plans for another one yet ? Andy

[quote name='subaudio' post='516178' date='Jun 17 2009, 10:10 AM']Not used a 400RB but have a 700RB and am very happy with it, great sound and volume and very tweakable.[/quote] I've also used a 700RB in combo form (1x15) and was very happy with it. For BG though, not DB or EUB. For a 1x15 very clear bottom end. Only reason I don't have it any more is that I have a smaller AND more powerful MarkBass CMD120P (?) ... the 1x12 combo anyway. Andy

[quote name='subaudio' post='510847' date='Jun 11 2009, 07:10 AM']I spent a good hour working through the scale excersises in the Ray Brown book last night and it has tought me some intresting new fingerings for scales that I wouldnt have found on my own and it really utilises the open strings which is a great intonation check, cant wait to move on into the higher positions.[/quote] Was that fingerings actually written in the book, or the fingerings you worked out ? I confess to getting a bit frustrated with that book because of the lack of fingerings. I can't work out if there's some point in the fingered exercises that should be obviously carried over to the unfingered ones, or whether I can work out whatever I like and it doesn't really matter. The brief time I've spent with DB tutors working out fingerings and shifts has been much more use to me than that book so far. I'd like to get more out of the book ... is working through it with a tutor the only answer ? Andy

Isn't the stagg something like 3/4 DB for scale length ? No personal recommendations for the Stagg, but lots of advice here - [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=344951"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=344951[/url] And I think Correllis have had favourable comments here for a cheap DB string. Just under £100 ? Can't remember exactly. Andy

[quote name='NickPini' post='509252' date='Jun 9 2009, 04:59 PM']What I'm going to try is getting this Schertler stat select pickup, which seems to be rated pretty well, and put it through an EQ pedal -I've found a list of the frequencies you should boost/cut out for double bass when you're recording, and for live to avoid feedback.[/quote] Can you share those EQ recipies with us ? Also, knowing the source would be interesting (Sound magazine ? Award-winning Engineer ? Someone you met in a pub ? ) Andy

Have you checked Bob Gollihur's site ? Not used it myself but I'm pretty sure he ships to the U.K. [url="http://www.gollihurmusic.com/product_details.cfm?ProdID=1265"]http://www.gollihurmusic.com/product_details.cfm?ProdID=1265[/url] Andy

[quote name='chrkelly' post='499653' date='May 28 2009, 10:22 AM']Whatever you do, don't buy a Ritter![/quote] I'm interested to know why.

I bought a BSX Allegro Acoustic for exactly the reasons you cite ... to my ears it sounded closest to an upright, out of all the EUBs I tried. It has a small body but the construction includes a bass bar and soundpost, like any double bass. It's also (unfortunately) loud enough to irritate my neighbours if I play it late at night ... just to give you an idea of how acoustic it is. They're not that easy to come by second hand in this country, but Dino is (or at least was) willing to ship to the UK. [url="http://www.bsxbass.com/"]http://www.bsxbass.com/[/url] Andy

I've come across these (online) before and from what I can tell (looks, sounds) the luthier has done a great job making something is a reasonable substitute for an upright bass, and more transportable (by a margin). I think they're comparable to cellos in size ... the hard case is still pretty chunky though. But cheap, they ain't. Andy

[quote name='endorka' post='490371' date='May 17 2009, 10:13 AM']I really like the removable clip idea. I have one of these, the K&K golden bullet; ...but don't like having it on the bridge all the time, so the removable clip would work well I think. Jennifer[/quote] How does that one actually attach to the bridge .... near as I can tell from pics, it looks like there's velcro on the mic base that must attach to velcro on the bridge ? Andy