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  1. Clarky
    Best gig yet with All The Queens Ravens. Played the Hoxton Bar & Kitchen. Great sound on stage, appreciative audience and we just clicked really really well. This is why I do this, still buzzing We were support act to a new Country-esque act called Phillious Williams. My word are they good, they will be signed to a record label very soon I predict
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    These may now be sold (to chrkelly)
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    These came on my old German flatback that I bought from BC'er Emlyn several months back. I took them off immediately as they are too high tension for me (I prefer Kolstein Heritage and SIlver Slaps very low tension strings). They are a bit ragged on the silks (not very) but completely useable. I am fairly sure they are Helicore Hybrids as that is what I recall Emlyn telling me (they have green silks at the ball end with golden thread if that helps identify them). New these are £104 a set at String Express, so how about £35 posted to reflect the somewhat used state? You can see pics of the strings in situ in Emlyn's FS ad [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/166526-sold-german-flatback-circa-1880s-tim-batchelor-restored-double-bass-for-sale-wfull-circle-pick-up/"]http://basschat.co.u...circle-pick-up/[/url]
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    Oops, sorry Al I have scoured the house and cannot find it - or for that matter my Ray Brown double bass tutorial book. Guess I must have lent them to some one and forgotten who ... I do have a couple of other DB books I will bring along on Wednesday, one a very basic beginner's DB book and the other a bit more involved (walking DB bass lines). You are welcome to have those for as long as you like!
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    Today, 9.30pm. Yay!
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    I love Burt Bacharach's 60s/70s output As well as Look of Love, here are my two other faves http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ63MCd7jPE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6inwzOooXRU
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    obbm's feedback

    Clarky replied to obbm's topic in Feedback

    another happy customer with two excellent cables arrived promptly this week
  8. Clarky
    Me, trying to work out which string is which mid-gig [attachment=114309:250871_458355767509893_1409969074_n.jpg]
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    Been reading about mic'ing a double bass (eg with DPA 4099B, which seems to be the most popular) and - whiIe I understand that this risks picking the sound from other instruments on stage (and monitors) - I don't understand why various sources talk about trying to avoid feedback. WIth a piezo I can understand that if the bass starts vibrating (eg from a boomy stage or monitor nearby) it gets picked up by the pickup and a feedback cycle can ensue. But an isolated mic (the 4099B is just attached by rubber feet to the strings below the bridge) surely only picks up sound, not vibrations, so why does it feed back?
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    FWIW I just tried my new Bass Max on my Kolstein. It sounds hugely better than the nasal, reedy mid- heavy sounding Planet Wing pickup I had on it before ( the stock pickup with this DB). Nice coverage from deep bass through to the upper registers, without that horrid finger noise or middiness I had before. I am really quite happy with this. I can only suggest Kev that your Bass Max is damaged or alternatively that it's just sods law and it simply is not compatible with your bass/string/bridge set up.
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    Beautiful Nick. My fave colour of the non-standard 'retro' schemes, just trumping fiesta red. Hope it plays as well as it looks mate
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    tomorrow!
  13. Clarky
    Hi Elena! Are you a bass player?
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    Still nothing as scary as hearing a shrill female voice yell "Clarky, where are you?"
  15. Clarky
    A number of you know Malcolm Healey, the best repairer of DBs in SW London who also makes a rather nice DB or two. Just as an FYI, when I took in my bass to get the soundpost and bridge fixed, Malcolm said he is semi-retiring and closing the shop in Sutton down. He is going to concentrate on building DBs from his home in Boxhill, Surrey (near Reigate, just south of the M25) but will also need some repair work to help pay the bills. For those who want to use his services (or indeed order a new hand-built DB) his new details are as follows: Malcolm & Jane Healey Violins and Basses Boxhill House, Boxhill Road, Tadworth Surrey KT20 7PW 01737 844164 Google map: https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?client=safari&q=Boxhill&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&ei=p7ASUITyNPOb1AXYg4G4BQ&ved=0CEcQ_AUoAg
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    Well that all ended well. Drive to Malcolm Healey's was reasonably OK, bit of a monster drive back .... but Malcolm reset sound post, reassembled bridge (which is adjustable with a Full Circle) and set it up to play, all for the ludicrously reasonable price of £10
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    and my fave cover by Metallica, their version of Loverman by Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Tl18T38P4
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    The Misfits' tasteful Last Caress as interpreted by Metallica http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj-F9CUz_iA
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    I think it was indeed when I tried some higher tension flats (I have tended to use Chromes historically) that I noticed this problem, Jas. Somewhere in the recesses of BC's old posts I did put up an enquiry about solving the issue. Great news its been sorted and - even better - for free! Good one, Fender!
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    I have a Planet Wing piezo on my Kolstein and all the comments made in the OP about the BassMax could be applied to this. It sounds frankly rubbish in the home, amplified, on what is an extraordinarily beautiful sounding bass acoustically. I have just bought a BassMax to see if this improves things
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    Me again! James just bought some strings off me. All tickety boo, in order, etc etc. Happy to recommend James as a good guy to do biz with
  22. Clarky
    The Killers of the more modern genre and Kings of Leon to name but two with frequent Hooky-esque lines
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    Even if you don't like Hooky or Joy Division/New Order, this bass riff is utterly brilliant at sorting out the intonation on a bass - I play it every time I get a new bass (which is lets face it quite often) to help me do the setup properly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVdheR0bUwI
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    If we are allowed to post our own stuff (Jake!) here is my old band's sleazy New Orleans style cover of Tom Waits' Yesterday is Here, which i am still fond of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI18ZZ7MCPs
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    and this. How is this not a memorable riff, even if in the high register? Its not funky but it hits the spot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGMDBppWBOo&feature=related
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