dougal

Failed to find any space at our usual haunts:

Water Rats
Tweeters
Silent Hill
Backline

Any other suggestions?

+1 Yes.

[quote name='birdy' post='1077101' date='Jan 4 2011, 10:36 AM']Mike just so you know your pictures say bandwidth exceeded and your link doesn't work for me. Maybe fine for others but just letting you know![/quote]

Same problem here.

I use Kolstein 'soft' in the winter and 'AW' in the summer.

[url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/kolstein_kolofon_bass_rosin_ultra.htm"][/url]

I've tried a few and this has been my favourite so far.

Surprised no-one's had Bailey yet:
[url="http://www.fender.com/products/search.php?partno=0196800821"][/url]
Or am I the only Koa fan?

I got me one of [url="http://www.gollihurmusic.com/product/1361-BOW_QUIVER_FOR_DOUBLE_BASS.html"]these[/url].

I'm not convinced there's much can go wrong with a quiver?

We usually use Tweeters (which usefully is on the 465 bus route from Kingston and convenient for the M25).
[url="http://www.tweeters.ltd.uk/Tweeters_Rehearsal_Studios.html"]http://www.tweeters.ltd.uk/Tweeters_Rehearsal_Studios.html[/url]


There's the Peel in Kingston proper, which is dark, smelly and all their gear is rubbish, parking's awful. I'm really selling it...
[url="http://peelmuzik.webeden.co.uk/rehearsals/4532869429"]http://peelmuzik.webeden.co.uk/rehearsals/4532869429[/url]


The others we use are a bit further south (Guildford way).

Where do you usually rehearse?

I would say if you've got more than just vocals going through (sounds like you've got keys,sax and vocals?) it's worth having someone you trust, with a good ear (preferably two) (and probably high quality ear plugs) (well, plug, if they've only got one good ear) running the desk.

Reading your posts it looks like you're hoping this first corporate gig will act as a springboad, allowing for more gigs of a similar calibur; if it was me I'd be willing to pay for a quality engineer and treating it as a loss leader.

I've walked through customs, tens of times carrying basses between the US, Japan and the UK, and [i]never once[/i] have I been stopped (when I came back from Japan, I had 2 basses in flight cases and an EUB over my back - No-one blinked an eyelid).

Mind you, I had owned them for > 6 months which means it was all above board:
[url="http://www.ukimports.org/uk_customs_procedures_personal_effects_belongings_form_c3.html"]http://www.ukimports.org/uk_customs_proced...gs_form_c3.html[/url]

Actually, I was stopped once, but that was whilst I was leaving the USA, and the customs dude just wanted to know what was in the case because he played bass too.

I have the moulded plugs & they've [i][b]never[/b][/i] fallen out.

I've moshed, headbanged, danced. No problems.

It does seem like a lot but if you use them every week (as I do) it's not a lot if you ammortize the cost over the lifetime.

Plus I'm very careful with them as they are expensive!

Steve Harris and Frankie Bello seemed to be having much more fun than Adrian Smith / Dan Spitz.

That and it was bass or not gig.

I'd been playing classical guitar for several years, and wasn't the worst guitarist in any of the bands I joined. I was given a Westone Thunder 1 and 30w Aria amp by my parents. I've never really thanked them properly.

I love playing bass, I'm not sure I could play guitar in a band (although I still play classically and write predominantly on the guitar).

[quote name='Cygnus x-1' post='1009973' date='Nov 2 2010, 07:59 PM']My local specsavers want nearly £200 for moulded earplugs, is this reasonable? I know you only get one pair of ears but, as they need to be moulded, buying online is not possible. As I live 'out in the sticks' shopping around becomes difficult, any suggestions? cheers.[/quote]

I paid something along those lines; not quite as much but close.

I guess it depends on how comfy you find the ER-20s, which are a tenner (including shipping), or thereabouts.

[url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Advanced-Communication-Solutions-Musician-Earplugs/dp/B000UJ8RHE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288859159&sr=8-1"][/url]

They'll do the job, just not as comfy or frequency neutral (imo).

Mine's called "the man cave".

We do quite a lot of playing with electronic drums & headphones in there.

I heartily recommend the fridge like rack unit for mounting all the rack stuff (and a rack mixer, of course, for evening out levels). Saves a lot of time plugging everything in.



Also, I second the headphones over hi-fi; it'd have to be some pretty serious kit for volume levels, and you're liable to blow the speakers unless you compress the mix: have you considered a cheap PA / active monitors instead?

Always; and I too believe they improve the sound.

I have custom moulded ER15's and it's the best money I ever spent. I also have a set of 25 inserts that I only use for Motorhead gigs

[quote name='simon1964' post='1005363' date='Oct 29 2010, 03:46 PM']Highway to Hell.[/quote]

[quote name='lojo' post='1005596' date='Oct 29 2010, 06:37 PM']Sit Down[/quote]

+1 to both. Although they are well received.

[quote name='iconic' post='1006085' date='Oct 30 2010, 09:47 AM']for what it's worth I have never sold a bass and not regretted it...[/quote]
+1

I say keep it unless you [i][b]REALLY[/b][/i] need the money.... and only have one kidney left.

Thanks for all the input guys; the TRB sounds like it's the winner, unless I can snag that ACG!

[quote name='ezbass' post='999888' date='Oct 25 2010, 12:07 PM']I just remembered that I saw this Yammy John Myung for sale the other day [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=94471&hl=john+myung"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...p;hl=john+myung[/url] well within your budget.[/quote]

That's PERFECT.

Just 2 months early

Promising myself I wouldn't buy a bass before the end of the year, I'm now mentally spending in the new year. If that makes sense. Only 2 months to wait.

I fancy a mass production 6-string of some description; ideally used, up to about £750 - the idea being that a used mass produced instrument in this price range should be relatively easy to shift on here without losing too much money.

I'm considering:
Bongo 6 (well outside my price range!)
Warwick Thumb (a little bit out of my price range!)
Ibanez (BTB676)
Yamaha (TRB1006)
ESP (LTD D-6)
Peavey (NTB6)

Question is: has anyone tried / owned one or all of these who could give me insight? Is it worth saving an extra scoopful and spending 1k on a thumb?

D.

An ACG 6-er
A bongo 6-string stealth.
A slab bodied '51 p.
I've always fancied a Rick.
I've always wanted a Sadowsky R5.

Major GAS for a new upright: shame I can't justify it in any way shape or form! Just have to learn to play the one I have...

I love mine, and so does my son....



I think Jean-Luc Pickguard is right: you have to treat it as a separate instrument.

It certainly makes a change to lugging an upright around.

You could try a 'vintage'.

[url="http://www.jhs.co.uk/reviews/V1004DXGTR1207.pdf"]Review[/url]



Seems about right, [url="http://www.dv247.com/guitars/vintage-v1004dx-bass-guitar-natural--64677"]price wise[/url]?

+1 provided it's not too far north (I'm south of the M25 & getting around it can be a pain).