alexpea

Yo rabbie,

I've had good results using one of these. Only really in the rehearsal room though...

https://www.thomann.de/gb/yamaha_dxr_12.htm

I've got Spiro weichs on mine. They did add more mid range but I haven't gigged with them on it yet.

I might try removing the bridge and experiment with adding a some washers to the bottom

I find my BabyBass has plenty of low thump but sounds quite hollow compared to a proper upright. For this reason I've only gigged it once so far.

Also, does anybody get a bit of end pin rattle/vibration?

Awesome! Could you post a pic or link to the washers you are using? I'd like to try this mod on my KK Baby Bass

just sent you a PM

I use a Kent Armstrong. It works well and each pole piece can be adjusted in order to balance the volume of the strings. I attach it to the end of the finger board with velcro.

I find sounds best blended with my Realist.

Thanks all, not sure why the pic is on its side

KK Baby Bass traditional

Looks pretty good.

The only thing that I noticed is that the string silks at the tail piece end are extending over the bridge...

The scale length he lists looks right for a 3/4 and the bridge appears to be roughly in the right place so I'm guessing either the tail piece wire is too long or he's got some odd strings on there. They look like Spiro Mittles to me though...

Either way it's probably a good deal if it plays alright. I wouldn't have thought it'd cost much to sort the tail piece out.

I had a set of Innovation Braided that bowed quite nicely. They had a quiet arco sound though compared to steels.

David is a great guy. I'd definitely recommend attending some of these sessions.

If it's a good payer then I'd just go for it and not worry too much.

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Yep, if you search youtube for "Bass player falls off stage" I am the one with green strings. To be honest it is very funny.
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Very funny!




… hope you were ok

I think Tokai may have gone back to the Fender copy headstock on some models...

https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/right-handed-bass-guitar/tokai-apb-44-yellow-sunburst-electric-bass-guitar

Interestingly some Tokai basses on this site have the slanted headstock and some have the lawsuit era one.

For me it'd be a toss up between the 1st and 4th.

Would probably go with the 1st...

Would you consider selling just the neck and tuners?

Gorgeous! What is a Limelight?

Usually hit the golden arches but occasionally might go for a band curry if it's not a mega late gig

Hi all,

I find the tone control on my jazz bass does very little. Darkens the sound ever so slightly. Should it be doing more?

Its a passive Amercian standard Jazz 2008 strung with laBella flat wounds. Perhaps with brighter strings I would notice a bigger difference in tone control position, though I can't remember it doing a lot more when I had Fender 8250M strings on it...

Hi do you have any pics of it and the box? If all looks good then I'll take it off your hands.

Are you interested in any trades?

The icing on the cake for me would have been for Edgar to play some Bach

Well that was awesome!

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The convention - as much as there is one with notation for harmonics! - would normally be that the normally shaped note indicates the finger position to find the harmonic and the diamond-shaped note indicates the pitch. I'm not sure how that would work in this case though! What show is it? Context might help to work it out...
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That was my initial thinking too Neil but in this case that would sound an E harmonic. Sometimes it's done the other way round too where the diamond shaped note indicates the finger position. I've played some Ravel pieces where he adds a third note to instruct which string to play the harmonic on.

Just tried playing it how I suggested in my earlier post though and it seems pretty impossible to achieve so not sure I'm right there. Could just be my playing though...

I'm going to this. So are most of the bass players in Bristol I think.

As it's at St Georges and just the 2 of them I wouldn't be surprised if they play completely acoustic or just with mics.

I turned up early for an orchestra gig there a few weeks a go and had the stage to myself for half an hour, it was great fun playing solo in that acoustic. Not sure the harp player who turned halfway through and tried to tune up would agree though

Looks to me as if they want you to play the C on the A string whilst stopping a harmonic roughly at F on the D string which would give you an A but 2 octaves higher.

I think...