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I have a book that my uncle gave me, Jazz riffs for bass by Rick Laird, great book .

I can't say I've ever had a problem with the low B on any bass, must just have been lucky. I'd never personally go above a 125 for a B string, you'd have to go higher too with the other strings otherwise it'd feel unbalanced and I've found you lose the sound, and get more feel of the low B. You may also have problems with the nut slot, if it's cut for a smaller gauge.

It's all music, doesn't matter what you play it on, the instrument is just a tool. I write and record a lot using just a midi controller keyboard into logic x, what comes out is just kind of just a rough shape which then I'll spend ages tidying up and messing with it until it resembles what I envisaged in my mind.

I'm told add uni to play Lydian over major, it avoids any clash and adds a nice bit of colour.

[quote name='Paulhauser' timestamp='1388041732' post='2317995'] If this is your first time to own a 7 string, I'd recommend to buy a used Conklin, much easier to sell if 7 is not your world. I had a Conklin GT7 for a couple of years and I have to say that was one of my best sounding bass. (owned many spectors, yamahas, ibanez etc.) You can check how it sounds on the link below Although I did not use its full range it this song, you can get the idea how it sounds. I used only a EBS compressor and a EBS microbass DI for the recording [url="https://soundcloud.com/bluevoodoo/minds-mirrors-counting-on-me"]https://soundcloud.c...-counting-on-me[/url] Also this Conklin was the bass where I could reach the lowest action, tapping was incredibly easy and the nect was stable. I have no experience with other 7 string basses, but I do know Conklin GT7, hope my input helps. [/quote] Thanks .

It's well worth buying, I've had stuff from CD baby a few times, it usually arrives within a week. He did a one day masterclass and a gig the same night in Ireland a few years ago that I was very fortunate to attend, I picked my copy up from him there.

There's a Michael Manring one which is absolutely amazing, I got it from a gig, it used too be available from his website.

I was looking at yours yesterday, I was planning on emailing you in the next couple of days. I really like the look of the Stalker model .

I don't like Jon Letts he's recently let me down over something, and check his signature on here, he doesn't even spell luthiery properly Drop me a link to your website please . Anthony Olinger's Xylem basses are very Carl Thompson inspired, I'm after something a little more conservative in terms of body shape.

[quote name='Matte_black' timestamp='1387925175' post='2317378'] I've made lots of ERBs but I thought you were in the market for something "readymade". The GT series is not a real Conklin, though... they're built in Korea. [/quote] No, ideally I'd like to have something made, I've emailed Fred at Bee basses. I'm just not able to commit to something like a Sei, I don't have the budget, or the patience .

[quote name='Matte_black' timestamp='1387904140' post='2317106'] An used Conklin GT7BD is 1000 times better than those things. If you can live with the tight spacing it could certainly be a keeper. [/quote] Yeah, I was thinking Conklin, thanks . [quote name='Dread Bass' timestamp='1387923184' post='2317347'] Talk to Alan at ACG. That's who built my 7 string. I hadn't considered ACG, I didn't realise he made 7 and over strings, thanks . [/quote]

Yeah, i have his email address, he's not too hot at answering email though

[url="http://www.teoria.com/exercises/"]http://www.teoria.com/exercises/[/url] Chord/triad recognition exercises, interval exercises, a whole load of stuff here .

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1387910684' post='2317174'] Here are some previous threads on this. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/216689-ebay-global-postage-system/page__p__2205183__hl__ebay%20global__fromsearch__1#entry2205183"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry2205183[/url] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/215454-some-outlets-on-usa-ebay-completing-customs-charging-at-point-of-sale/page__p__2188207__hl__ebay%20global__fromsearch__1#entry2188207"]http://basschat.co.u..._1#entry2188207[/url] [/quote] Thanks for that .

How does this work, it says I'll pay import duties upfront. Anyone any experience of this ?

I feel your pain, I had to learn treble clef for uni . It's still awkward switching between the 2.

Can you not just transpose the bass part into treble clef using sibelius or something ?

Anyone have contact details, specifically a phone number please ?

Looks like it's being held up at gun point 😃

But who to build it ? My budget doesn't stretch into the likes of Sei or Smith, so who makes a good but affordable (£2000 max) extended range bass ?

[quote name='ead' timestamp='1387804309' post='2315855'] Alan at ACG get his ramps made by Williams Guitars, so maybe worth looking them up? [/quote] Cool, thanks I'll look them up .

You know I find it amazing that in this day and age, when we're in the middle of a recession and when you have the internet and can let thousands know about the poor service that we still have such shoddy service. There's another thread on here about poor service from custom build people, luthiers and pickups. I approached a guy last week and asked if he'd build a ramp for one of my basses. He replied sure no problem, wedge will be £10 ebony £20, plus postage. So I gave the exact dimensions and paid him by bank transfer, he said he'd post it the following day. Saturday, still no sign of it in the post so I sent him an email, to which he replied "sorry it totally slipped my mind, I'll get it posted today". This being 2 o'clock, even I know the post office would be closed. So I replied, can you post it special delivery on Monday please, so I get it before Christmas, I did pay £3.50 for the postage, and it is only a small bit of wood. No reply from him Saturday, so I emailed him again today, and no reply so far to that. I was gonna get 3 more made, but they won't be by him.

I want someone to build some ramps for my basses, I just want to send them the dimensions and have them build them and post them on to me. Anyone recommend anyone ?

I saw Nick Beggs with Steven Wilson, he's a really great player.

When do you need to know by ? Might be good aural and transcribing practice for me .