Clarky

Thoroughly enjoyed that Pete, very polished performance. One of my two fave SD songs (other being Take Me Alive)

Is this the source? http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/new-squier-classic-vibe-jazz-818849/ Here's a man who had his CV re-finned in surf green, looks fab http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/surf-green-classic-vibe-762027/

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1319204013' post='1411280'] I was trying to think of a musical instrument which could be played with one hand, and all I came up with were harmonica (badly) and piano (sort of) [/quote] Most of my DB lines could be played on open strings with my right hand only!

Now this is just getting silly [attachment=91638:immagine_galleria_15.jpg]

Here it is played standing up. Looks like it will swallow him! [attachment=91635:16_Ralf-Gauck.jpg]

PS, Roger, I PM'd you a review of the AER amp for a DB

So sorry to hear this Roger. Hope your recovery is uneventful and swift.

[url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/NS_Design_WAV.html"]http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/NS_Design_WAV.html[/url] NS basses come with a stand. If you google NS WAV bass I'm sure you'll find plenty of videos

During my research into DB sounding acoustic basses recently I came across these German basses, Stoll Acoustic basses. Not cheap (> EUro 2,000) but beautifully put together and absolutely humungously large! Posting in case anyone is interested [attachment=91613:427px-AlexmitBass.jpg] Video of one in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD7s4W5QIr0

I too am in this position with Rattlin Bone - I joined after the double lass lines on the debut album 'The life and death of ...' had already been recorded by Wily Bo, the front man (who is a bass player too). TBH, doesn't bother me in the slightest. I love playing live with this band and there's some really nice people in it too. Plus I am recording stuff for the next album and some side project stuff (eg, the lady singer's first single, which I put in the Recording forum in BC). I am just grateful to have fallen on my feet with such a good band!

[quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1319126309' post='1410341'] A transient is the leading edge of a signal (ie a note). It is significantly (often very significantly) louder than the following note. It is of very short duration (several ms in length, maybe as much a 20, more often less) It contains very little true pitch information, often being largely a percussive noise It has a far higher ratio of high frequency than the tone making up the body of the note that follows it (the harmonic content lives in there) Every note you play however gentle, however hard whatever technique has a transient at the front of it, it can also be considered the attack phase of the signal in envelope terms. Hope that clears it up a bit! [/quote] You are the man 51m0n!

More helpfully, I found this review of AER Amp One and upright bass on TB [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f15/aer-amp-one-407746/index2.html#post6455522"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f15/aer-amp-one-407746/index2.html#post6455522[/url]

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1319125239' post='1410314'] But is it any good for double bass? [/quote] Sorry Roger, you're not allowed to comment in this thread unless you know what a transient is PS, I don't

I like the comment "probably needs to be varnished" Should read "Probably needs to be burned"!

This Alleva Coppolo LG4 is back in my hands again, after a brief affair with Happy Jack (the bass, not me). The last one of two made fully by hand in the NYC workshop in 2008 (AC moved to California subsequently) [attachment=91559:IMG_1414.JPG][attachment=91560:IMG_1412.JPG] PS, cheers to lozbass, the original BC owner of the bass, for his photos - his lovely sonic blue LG4, pictured further up this thread, was the other of the last two from NYC

A lot more laid back than your last band Wes. Very old school and none-the-worse for that

Cheapest way is just to DI, which is what BC'er BurritoBass does. You will need some sort of preamp for control of sound and feedback, eg a Fishman Plat Pro. If you want to monitor yourself or cannot DI, any small combo with the Plat Pro or similar preamp (eg LR Baggs) in front will do although the cleaner the sound of the combo, the more faithful to a DB tone it will be. Another alternative is preamp into separate head plus cab. The Genz MB200 is small and cheap as a head and you could buy an Eden 1 x10 cab quite cheaply. A 1x10 or 1x12 would work best (not a 1x15). Clearly second hand on BassChat gets you a much bigger bargain. It may be worth replacing your pickup with say a second hand BassMax of which several are FS on BC right now (roughly £80) as this will improve the sound coming out of your DB and possibly make more difference than your choice of amplification, especially if coupled with a decent preamp.