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Probably done the rounds before, but really enjoyed this and comparing the different instruments.

If he thinks rap is current... Rap's been around for nearly 40 years - e.g. Rapper's Delight 1979, or my favourite the Message, grandmaster flash 1982. I'd say Grime and drill sound pretty current though, but hardly mainstream enough to replace 'rock', whatever that is classed as. He gets some great publicity though, as if he was some type of music oracle or spiritual guru, best of luck to him.

These are beautiful instruments, and look top quality - I'm sure it'll sound ace 🙂

I haven't tried an Omni but I think you're right about not being better than a fretless. The NXT or WAV is more of a 'standard' length for 3/4 size upright basses, so if you switched to a different EUB you wouldn't have to relearn the shifts/finger positions. That's why I'd go for the longer neck.

Amazing band, so many fine musicians.

Looks great, what sort is it?

I've only briefly tried the Harley Benton/Palatino and the Aria SWB Lite stick bass and they both to spun/rotated. The Far West looks like a quality instrument, though I don't think the bridge is adjustable so I thought twice about that one, as I didn't know how it was set up. The Eminence or Yamaha SLB-200 are both stable, so I hear, difficult to try out though as I'm sure you know.

I've been doing this chromatic exercise on my upright bass & also on my fretless, and I'm finding it good for intonation.

What is about this talented, successful & professional musician that people don't like? 😉

If you're down London way the Bass Gallery have a red head on their website.

Yes agreed mate. Remember hearing this years ago on the BBC radio 2 anniversary tribute to John Lennon, brought tears to my eyes...

Have you tried to dial in a more electric tone with a preamp or pedal ? I use a KK Pure Preamp (mid, and treble controls plus an internal gain trimmer) to dial in a more acoustic tone if I play somewhere with a tinny PA, so something like basic EQ controls would enable you to get the tone you want.

Ed Friedland's done a nice review on YT, and he had four so must be pretty good...

I guess he's been a professional musician since the 1960s and at the very top end of the business so he must be doing something right, and even if you're just talking about his bass playing, I've have him in my band any day 😉.

Couple of nice 32 " scale Maruszczyks in Bass Direct. I think there was even a Jake 4p for sale on this forum too.

They look great, but as you'll know, there's nowhere you can go and try one out. There is a Ray Ramirez in the Bass Gallery, so maybe next time I'm visiting the Big Smoke I could try it out. Maybe cheaper to hire myself a personal body guard for the evening 😉

@TheRev Yeah I think you're right mate. Maybe it was sold elsewhere under another name. Thanks

Can't find any info on the web about this Artisan. I was toying with the idea of trying it out for open mics/jams/pub gigs when I might not want to take my acoustic (e.g. pubs where a few of the punters can be slightly worse for wear). Thanks.

Get your trousers on you're nicked ! 😉

Highly unprofessional IMO, I doubt this person will much of a future in the sound business. I'd be callin my lawyer!!!

There're loads of free tutorials available on DiscovereDoubleBass.com, and many courses that you can sign up to which very reasonable, I've signed up to two. I find the website great to use. If you're playing pizzicato, I also found this DVD Jazz Upright Bass DVD by Ed Friedland, to be a great DVD to take you through the basics from stance, hand positioning, tone, etc. Good luck!

Friggin great track there - will be looking out for your live dates!

I'd say the Ford Cortina mark 4. Or is that a mark 3? Also has the distinction that Tom Robinson wrote a song about Cortinas.

I do like the look of these, and the strings & AeroSilk pickup look like the same as on my Ibanez SRH400, and sound great. Agreed the video doesn't demo an acoustic-type sound, but I'm sure you'll be able to get a usable tone out of it. Let us know what it gigs like.