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  1. Clarky
    On the grounds that the Stevie Wonder clip I posted above is a bit fizzy/scratchy sounding (mine sounds warmer in real life) here's another clip of a Rob Allen which gives a more representative impression of what a Rob Allen sounds like (this is the short-scale Mouse model but they are very similar) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iWt-0qTydE
  2. Clarky
    Couple more pics [attachment=111184:RA2.jpg][attachment=111185:RA-ThumbRest.jpg]
  3. Clarky
    Thank you Silvia for coming along - and of course Sean, Wayne and Alastair! Nice photo
  4. Clarky
    See you all later!
  5. Clarky
    Here's a guy playing one to a Stevie Wonder track for example [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIf2O22p5oc"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIf2O22p5oc[/url]
  6. Clarky
    Well it has one tone only and thats a woody, piezo tone. So it sounds 'quite' like a double bass but not exactly. Its not, for example, nasal or middy. Its more rich and rounded... but with a piezo you get out of it what you put in, so your playing style can change the attack and decay of each note. Think of it as a piezo fretless and you will get the best idea of what it sounds like.
  7. Clarky
    [attachment=111086:RA-Front.jpg] I recently acquired this gorgeous bass from German BC'er Markus (BC username Bender) but I have decided I prefer my Takamine B10 as a double bass emulator (and the band really likes the gypsy jazz vibe of the B10 too). I can't really afford to have two DB emulators so I am moving this on. The bass in question is incredibly light (6.5 pounds) and has a very slim, fast neck and a lovely piezo-driven DB-esque tone and the specs, pinched from Markus' FS thread ([url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/177556-sold-rob-allen-mb2/page__hl__rob%20allen;"]http://basschat.co.u...l__rob%20allen;[/url] has a ton of pics), are as follows: alder body (tort binding) with flamed walnut top (200$ upgrade) maple neck / lined ebony fretboard with side dots matching bound headstock (200$ upgrade) Labella black tape wound strings Protec Contego case There are a few tiny nicks and scrapes (all pictured in Markus' thread) but nothing in any way significant and it could pass for new from a few feet away. I paid Markus' asking price of £1500 plus post and would be looking to recoup this. For an unbiased third party opinion of this, you could always ask BC'er chris_b who came to try it out this morning (he is after a 5-string MB-2)
  8. Clarky
    [quote name='Mr Bassman' timestamp='1340359420' post='1703216'] Get a set of [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=needle+file+set&tag=googhydr-21&index=diy&hvadid=7669080733&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12088818731965606582&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&ref=pd_sl_1qj5qi8byz_e"]these[/url] [/quote] The nut slot is too deep for the string so I assume you mean taking down the fingerboard slightly? Hmm, sounds like serious screw-up potential for a handyman numpty like me!!!!
  9. Clarky
    [quote name='thunderbird13' timestamp='1340356204' post='1703154'] Yeah I have my pass for tonght ! If you see a confused looking midde aged man in a crumpled Rush Tshirt that'll be me [/quote] watching a confused middle aged man with a silly grey mullet trying to figure out which end of a double bass you play
  10. Clarky
    To the top!
  11. Clarky
    [quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1340352076' post='1703069'] Her Shoes? Are you mental? Use leather from one of her handbags, much better quality. [/quote] Good idea, really don't want to have to cut up my thong
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    [quote name='sarah thomas' timestamp='1340347632' post='1703023'] If you can get hold of a bit of thin leather, it should last longer than the card. Glad it's sorted! [/quote] Thanks Sarah, I will try to do so. Now which pair of Mrs C's shoes shall I cut up?
  13. Clarky
    Looks like change to thick gut-alike Silver Slaps caused the problem. As these are so thick compared to the Helicores which were on it before, I assume the amplitude of the vibration was bigger than the gap between string and board, near the nut. So my choices are to swap strings, stick with a shim in the A slot in the nut, or have the nut or board professionally worked on. As I like Silver Slaps and don't want to send the bass away again for work to be done, looks like its the shim!
  14. Clarky
    [quote name='Mr Bassman' timestamp='1340283769' post='1702266'] try a bit of thin card under the string at the nut [/quote] Bingo! You are the man Keith. This sorts the buzz. As Clouseau would say, ze problem is sol-ved
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    Just picked up a combo off Jamie. Very straightforward deal. Nice one!
  16. Clarky
    Nice one matey
  17. Clarky
    [quote name='billyapple' timestamp='1340228349' post='1701573'] Might be able to make it, will know closer at the time [/quote] Cheers Sean, I think the BC roll-call is WaynePD, Bluejay and possibly Thunderbrird 13 (aka Alasdair) :-) Would be great to see all of you there!
  18. Clarky
    Its rubbery!
  19. Clarky
    <p style="margin-left: 40px">The strings are Silver Slaps - my only other set is Kolstein Heritage steels which are utterly different in character. Would swapping the A over tell me much, as their vibration characteristics are likely to be very different?</p>
  20. Clarky
    So far I've checked the headstock (tuners solid, nut good), shunted the bridge 1mm sideways and back and tweaked the bridge feet, checked the Full Circle p/u wires and jack barrel, checked the bridge after-length (which is damped anyway with a piece of rubber tubing) and shifted the endpin into a different position and tightened very hard ... and you guessed it, yes, the rattle is still there
  21. Clarky
    [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1340258229' post='1701715'] So - let's get this right: You left the band, and he replaced you with Will Lee? That's quite a compliment. [/quote] That is one interpretation ... unfortunately not the correct one! No flippin' way I could play that bass line for starters
  22. Clarky
    It's like Percy has just got progressively less nice sounding fretless basses each time he moves on. Reminds me of a thread to that effect I posted a few months back when I put forward my view that his nicest, woodiest tone was actually with his fretless Precision back in ealy Brand X days, followed by his Wal in later Brand X days http://basschat.co.uk/topic/163053-percy-jones-fretless-tone/page__p__1525888__hl__percy%20jones__fromsearch__1#entry1525888
  23. Clarky
    The singer from my previous band, Rattlin Bone, Wily Bo Walker has just released a new single. Its rather different from our Tom Waits-voodoo vibe output as Rattlin Bone. Bo has managed to blag some uber-musicians to play on it, including Will Lee on bass! This being BassChat I thought some of you would be interested in hearing Will Lee going through his paces - very tight, funky playing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0uOa40p0Os
  24. Clarky
    PM'ing you Chris
  25. Clarky
    [sup]Thanks Sarah, I didn't get the chance to take a look at the bass last night (small matter of football) but will be doing so tonight[/sup]
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