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Having only owned 1 upright (from new) can i have a perhaps silly question... What would a rattle mean ? I assume different depending on where but would anything be considered "terminal" or a major red flag ?

Any idea what It could be worth ? 🙂

A friend of mine has an upright they mentioned to me they are selling. Haven't seen it in person yet but they just sent me these photos. It's 1967 I think and looks to be Hungarian made. I love how it's aged it looks so much prettier than my Thomann 22 3/4 ! It's been in storage (in a soft foam case) for 20/25 odd years so I'm sure it's going to need some set up and new strings at the very minimum. Im not sure exactly where in terms of temp/humidity. Though I'm wandering what kind of issues I should be on the look out for or common issues basses that have been in storage encounter that could be costly to repair. They are asking for 275 for it as this is what they originally paid in the 90s when they were a student. Would you go for it ? What should I keep an eye out for ? Is it too much risk of being a money pit ? Also am I right in thinking this is carved or is a hybrid ? Thanks to all for your knowledge in advance !

Oh mate no I completely agree with you on that a shit load of it's definitely DI'd and the bass tone is for sure. I just mean apart from the live mixing on the day there wouldn't have been a big post mixing process like with a recorded single/album ect. But yeah who knows, what's going on with in general with his tone though is more my focus and his personal choice of the moment as opposed to someone's after.

I do agree to a point but in this case there is a definitely a certain voice and character to this dudes tone that I hadn't come across before in this specific setting Being a live recording I guess that have some post prod but that it's a smaller slice of the 🥧

Yeah man this sums it up really well for me, I think there is a certain level that is only achievable from this headspace.

Yeah honestly mate, the way they are so chilled while absolutely burning. I dream of that level of mastery and mind state !

Yeah good shout man I might do that, yeah there was almost like this weird (possibly boxy) quality to it that's sounds nuts in the mix but solo'd I don't really like at all. I feel like it's got to be somewhere in the 400-800 but I've got no clue really. This was the best example of this I've seen and I'm on a bit of a mission recently to refine my live tone. Standing near the amp it's impossible to know what sounds good out there. If I was standing next to this amp I would not like it at all but as I said in the mix it's perfect. Trying to steal some of this knowledge on this magic midrange quality which seem to be a bit of a dark art ! 😂

Hey all ! Got a few questions about this performance, first of all it's absolutely nuts if you haven't checked it out. There a link below. The bassist I'm not sure of his name but his tone is willdddd something about that midrange cuts through incredibly. Can someone educate me is that a certain "sound" of a particular bass and or amp brand combination or is it just slamming the hell out of a particular mid Freq and if so how do I get it ? Also if anyone knows the bass he's playing I'd love to know Tried to get a few shots of the bass too but it's super hard to see as the headstock isn't visible! Happy holidays to all !