DanOwens

One's come up: 

I use the Harley Benton Uke bass (fretless) which has a scale length of 21 inches which is slightly longer than the Kala ones, and the body is bigger which I prefer. And it cost £100 which you can't complain about. 

Bass: https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_kahuna_clu_bass_ukulele_fl.htm

Case: https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_1_2_classic_guitar_gigbag.htm

Its not the 23" of the Goldtone, but I find it easy to adapt to (but I play a LOT of different scale lengths so I've got used to adapting).

Just wanted to say that in the loneliness of lockdown, I've really enjoyed receiving your likes on here. Thanks all.

My main DB was from a school. I took it to Sam Wells and he said it's fully carved, and in good condition would be worth around £7k, but since it was fully carved and poorly looked after the top was similar to this one (perhaps worse) and he valued it at £1.5k. He offered to make me a new top for £1.5k and yes it would raise the value but I don't really care about that. I just asked him to glue it up and learned to love it. 

And I really do love it!

I contacted a few luthiers to get quotes and none of them would do it for me; admittedly it was on an EUB and there were concerns about the quality of the wood, but they were all easily dissuaded by smaller factors. 

Since its a destructive process, you'd probably want someone with experience doing the work and I couldn't find anyone up North. 

I think the resolution is I need to buy a pair of DT770s, just because...

It was a toss-up between the DT770s or the AT M50xs and I went for the ATs. They sound great but they're bloody heavy. What are the DT770s like?

Les Claypool bows his through distortion (poor audio but you can hear the grind)  

That’s a lovely finish @ordep

On 02/01/2021 at 22:48, owen said:

 Jack up the bridge and put Innovation Honeys on and it gives a lovely woody thump.

That's exactly what I've done to my CR4M; I tried quite a few strings and none of them were bad, but when I used the stock strings and had the bridge lower, it gave the fretless mwah that you hear in so many demos. Now its all thump. 

I would say that whilst 'third hands' can be useful, they can also be a right pain in the behind as they can be difficult to manipulate into the exact spot needed. One of the bendy ones like @bloke_zero posted above looks ideal; I'll definitely be getting one. 

I agree wholeheartedly with Mr Wind above; start by checking the pickup is sending a signal. If so then all you need is a simple impedance matching circuit (like the mint box   http://www.scotthelmke.com/Mint-box-buffer.html) and you can do the rest in your amp.

i should say that I own about 300 preamps but sometimes simple is best.

My mate sold his cheap Chinese G4M bass on eBay for more than it was worth because the buyer wanted to turn it into a drinks cabinet. 
 

you could always insider that...

Whereabouts are you?

It might be overkill, and somewhat blasphemous, but couldn't you run a Spectrum Analyzer while the band is playing to see where your space actually is? Or where there is so much traffic that you definitely don't want to be there?

I know Basie preferred the Octave RTA whilst Ellington liked Audiotool (but he was famously pro-Android). 

I jest, but it could offer interesting insight. 

15 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

The markbass little mark 250 is a nice amp for home practice and they are quite reasonably priced , and an irig2 would allow him to use his phone or iPod 🙂

I bought a Little Mark 250 around 2006 and it's still my main gigging amp to this day. Second hand they're cheap too. 

22 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

I don't eat meat, so jelly babies won't work for me. 🙁

My solution was spinach. I love the stuff anyway but I committed to a fistful of the stuff every day and it really helped with the speed and quality of nail growth. 

I really like the baby-pink colour. 

War Dogs is a great film, too!

32 minutes ago, Beedster said:

That is not only true but astounding, not sure I want to use mine any more!

I was watching the movie and Packouz has a cameo at the beginning, performing in a retirement home with the Beat Buddy. I did some digging!

Did you guys watch the movie 'War Dogs' with Jonah Hill and Miles Teller? 

Miles Teller (the guy from Whiplash) plays am arms dealer called David Packouz. Post international-arms-dealing, David Packouz went on to invent create SingularSound. Seriously!

On 27/06/2020 at 20:50, Gareth Hughes said:

I like the extension, but being thin I found it digging into my side a bit much. I remedied this by having the upper ribs and neck block of a broken double bass transplanted onto it. The extension now serves to support the new rib. Feels so much more realistic to lean against.

Got any photos of that? It sounds awesome. 

I'm glad it's working out for you! I would add that I practice blindfolded AND play with a bow as it produces a clearer fundamental that allows you to more accurately discern the tuning issues. 

A top practice tip is to buy a looper (I use a tiny Donner one); it allowed me to make my practice sessions a little bit more creative and dynamic so ultimately more fun. 

Hi what model is this?

If you’re after P90 type And vintage style then I love Vintage Vibes’ ‘CC Rider’ which they do in a humbucker-shape