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Your website link looks bust. Wish this was a little closer, I'm up for a new electric project.

I've had the best overall results on my basses with the Fishman Full Circle. I've tried and liked the Bassmax. The one I liked the most is the Rev Solo 2 but they can be fiddly to mount and keep in the right position. I'm venturing into the mag pickup realm soon.

A few mics may give you a better "room" sound. We've placed mics in all sorts of positions. Last time was a SM58 wrapped in foam stuck in the bridge feet plus a nice valve mic about 2 feet away at bridge level with a condenser somewhere else in the room. We also fed just a little piezo into the mix. Another time we stuck a 57, valve condenser and a D112 pointing at various angles towards the top but all at bridge level and about 1-2 feet away. Depends with the tone/sound you're after. Experimentaion will be your friend I can't recommend an interface as I leave that to the other guys.

There are these too, a little different from the Roland [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009L4KZ8I?colid=2UEM3I3QG0K8R&coliid=I3R79FDF321TIB&ref_=wl_it_dp_o_pd_S_ttl"]Battery operated PA[/url]

That should be a nice sounding modular rig. Enjoy

Used an entirely new setup last night at our Now Nows gig. Duke double bass with Spiro Weichs, Underwood pickup only in one slot, Harke LH1000 which was used to drive my new Fearless F112. I had some doubts at the beginning but most issuse were resolved by turning up the amp It wasn't too loud but the cab needs some goose to bring it to life. Not sure on the pickup. I'm going to order a mag pup I think. The Underwood was thin on the G, but sounded good everywhere else. Also not sure about using the Hartke as a doubling amp...lol. But, the F112 needs a beefy amp to get the best from it. The Duke sounded great. (sorry for the crap photo)

I bought a pedal from Frank and he was very helpful in sorting out a problem. Great comms and a very fair dealer. Very much recommended.

If that pickup is a BP100, they are hard to get a good sound out of IME. They usually have clips that help secure the paddles to the bridge. Try a google search for images of BP100 and you'll see. Also, even something like a pedal tuner will help with the impedance matching. What amp are you plugging into? Try to find the specs online for the input impedance. If it's below 1m ohms then you might think about using something to help the impedance matching. When we record, I send a pickup signal, a close mic and a room mic and then the engineer does his magic with a mix of those. The last recording I tried the old "wrap a Shure SM58 with foam and jam it in the bridge feet" trick and it sounded great. These aren't hard and fast rules. Everyone hears differently and everyone's basses are different, but there are a few common denominators that will help.

Nice one. Looks great. Enjoy

Nice one. Sounds like it will be a great bass for you. Enjoy

What about guts? There are a few guys on here that slap/pizz them.

Sounds great Kev

I purchased a set of tuners from Gareth. Very easy, straight forward and speedy deal. Thanks again.

If you have a medical condition it may be beneficial to rent a bass for a number of months to see how you get on.

[url="http://www.thenownows.co.uk/"]The Now Nows[/url] are playing the Hop tonight in Wakefield. Come down and have a laugh and check out our acoustic punk-ish, rocky, countryesque acoustic trio

That's a rather nice gift . I don't have a Yammy so not sure how these strings will sound on there but, Velvet's or Innovation Honeys might be a good start.

What's also tricky is doubling. I have thick callouses on my right index and middle finger from playing slab. I got the blister under the index finger but to the side as I was using the meat of the finger for DB. My right index finger ends up looking like a Chupa Chup when I have a lot of gigs on both slab and db

[quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1423646945' post='2687319'] 6 weeks without playing is more than enough time for the skin on your fingers to soften. There are creams you can get to help but, overall, I think that maintaining your callouses through regular playing and practice is the only foolproof way of staying on top of it. [/quote] ^^ This. Recently I changed strings and got a blister under my callouses, and they were pretty built up. If you manage the blisters well, they firm up nicely. Just try to keep the skin from peeling. If you know you will be playing a lot and your fingers aren't ready, you can either tape them or carefully apply supper glue.