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What? NOT Tony Hart?! Such a shame…

Don‘t DO that. These days, any thread titled with someone‘s name, I take to be an obituary 😅

Just saw this on Shadow's U.S. website. Do they have distribution in Europe or UK? https://shadowelectronics.com/collections/oem-products-and-parts/products/bridge-pickup-for-rockabilly-pro @Paddy Morris maybe try contacting them for info about a UK distributor. I tried the link from their website, but it went al 404Error on me, so...

As we get older, that becomes increasingly important. I always tell myself, "Every band has at least one pain in the *rse in it. If yours doesn't.... it's probably you."

Hello to upright players, I have a technique question about rockabilly slap. It's regarding bars 34-37 In the attatched pdf in the solo in That's Alright Mama. The solo section as a whole, I would play a slightly different line, but putting that aside, on the 5-chord E, if I try and play it on the D and G strings, I struggle to control sympathetic resonance of the open, un-played E string. So, do I: a.) somehow dampen the open E? b.) focus on my right hand technique when striking the D and G strings? c.) play the line higher up on the A and D stings? Your thoughts, please? Cheers, Paul

Graham is a top chap. Buy with confidence. I paid in the evening, the pedal (MXR Bass Envelope Filter) was sent in the morning and arrived the following day i.e. less than 48hrs between payment and receiving the goods in the condition as promised. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Exactly. I've waved the cash goodbye, but if I only manage to prevent this happening again, then it's worth it. And frankly, I'm small minded enough that I'd get a kick out of messing with the f*cker's day.

Done.

In situations like this, I always have to remind myself that I'll get over the money (it was only €80,-), but he will wake up every day being a c**t. Which of us is worse off?

Thanks, I will be doing this today.

I saw a pedal I was after for a decent price, but it was collection only and the guy lives about 190 km away. The ad was friendly and even had details like "It's marked with my preferred settings (see pics), but I can easily remove these at the buyer's request". He was a bit slow replying when I said I was interested, but he did finally respond. I said, a mate of mine is playing on your town in a few weeks - if I pay in advance (PayPal Family and Friends - my own suggestion 🤦‍♂️ ) can he pick it up then? "yeah, no problem, let's do that". I paid and it's been radio silence since then, both on eBay Small Ads and emails (he gave me his email for the PayPal transfer). No address and no contact phone number. Yesterday was the day for the pick-up and no sign of him. What gets me most about this, isn't that I got myself ripped off. It's the fact that, given that it was collection only (plus all the details etc.), it probably wasn't even a deliberate scammer. It looks like a legit seller who just saw an opportunity and took it. Sickening. May his next t*rd be a hedgehog.

I got the Shadow Rockabilly Pro and I absolutely love it. I am a pro bass player, but a relative novice on upright and I have "settled for" the old Shadow SH950 Double Bass Pickup (the one with the two "pickups", but no onboard eq.) for the last 18 years, and what a difference! Both for pizzicato and slapping. It's tons of fun. Granted, given my limited experience on upright, I don't have much by way of comparison, but it just made my Sunday, so.. result!

Thank you for the clarification. Like I say, I'm really an electric player who only really dabbles in upright, so I benefit from other people's experience. And, who knows, with an improved sound, maybe I'll finally turn more of my attention to da big bass? Just last week a very helpful violin maker was able to lower the action significantly and I'm enjoying the bass way more than I have in the past.