SubsonicSimpleton

The Korean guy playing DB in the clip is a passing tourist - the band is based in Italy, and there are plenty of other videos of them performing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djAKqDUqMzU

Probably a good idea to ask on the double bass side of the talkbass forum as well - one important detail which isn't really shown in your pictures is the button, so you might want to completely remove the bib from the bass and re-photo the neck joint area.

Check with the venue on the make/model of desk before you spend your money. The mic vs DI issue doesn't affect the basic method of tapping the sound from the desk insert points, and given a desk with enough input channels you could feed both a mic and DI signal to the desk for each instrument (and record each source separately) and use either/both sources in the FOH mix and your multitrack recording mix as desired. You could also mike the audience for ambience, but mute the channel so it only records.

What desk are you using? Most desks have XLR input which feeds the mic preamp, then there is an insert point on 1/4" TRS which can be used to patch in things like compressors, the insert point usually is situated in the signal chain after the mic pre and before the EQ.

The Cymatic is designed to piggyback the signal from insert points on each channel of the mixer using a very simple wiring loom(1/4"TRS to 1/4"TRS for each channel), so no need to worry as long as your desk has insert points for each channel.

If the desk uses DANTE as the protocol for passing audio, I think it is possible to get a virtual soundcard app that allows you to use the ethernet port on the PC as a virtual soundcard which would allow you to just connect the desk to the PC with an ethernet cable. https://www.audinate.com/products/software/dante-virtual-soundcard

Bought a mic from Tim, excellent comms and very efficient, would not hesitate to deal with Tim again. Thanks Andy

You could shim the bridge on the side of the adjusters that don't have the screwthread using card/veneer washers. On my bridge the adjusters have an equal threaded/unthreaded either side of the wheels, so plenty of scope to shim the unthreaded side.

Might be worth considering something like a removable neck Eminence EUB if you are going to fly a lot - they can be transported in golf club hard cases, and fit the cabin lockers on many aircraft which means you can avoid ever putting it in the hands of the baggage handlers. You could probably buy a nice acoustic double bass for your main residence plus the EUB and hardcase for travel for the same sort of outlay as a hardcase + duke composite or chadwick. Different airlines have different specs for what they consider over sized baggage, and they are subject to change, you might want to check out this thread on talkbass https://www.talkbass.com/threads/airline-restrictions-master-list.1200408/#post-18265522 One thing to consider is how will your practicing be affected by your living arrangements - EUBs like Kolstein and Eminence sound pretty nice acoustically but are very quiet, which makes them very neighbour friendly if you can only practice at antisocial hours.

Check the machineheads and string retainer by playing the offending notes and then touching the various parts of the tuners front and back of the headstock - very common for worn or loose parts to vibrate in sympathy, especially on instruments with old cheap hardware.

Try to find out who is the busiest DB player locally in the genre you are interested in, go watch them play some gigs and have some one to one lessons with them.

The tapco blend 6 that Jack linked is a really nice little mixer, one of the best things about it is it has separate volume controls for the headphone send and main outs, which means you can use it to connect your speakers and headphones simultaneously and mute/adjust either as you feel. The signal routing options are better than any of the other similarly priced/sized options, and self noise is very low compared to the behringer and yamaha offerings. I've been using mine for about ten years without issue, so would recommend.

Why not mount the spacer on the outside of the cab, but mount the speaker to the inside of the spacer?

Maybe try buying a google play voucher in the supermarket.

Whatever you buy, having the guitar set up so that it is easy to play is more important than the guitar itself - with your budget I would get the following; used Yamaha F310 ~£50 (new F310s can be picked up for £99 from argos, and are a much better buy than any of the other competing laminate acoustics in that price range(ie they actually sound nice for what they are), but you can probably get something higher up the range if you buy used) clip on tuner plus shubb capo ~£25 set of extra light guage strings and basic setup work (nut height is critical to make the guitar beginner friendly) with the balance, surplus can be spent on softcase/songbooks/lessons/whatever. If your daughter sticks with it, she can pick out something pricier later on(I would recommend saving for something really nice rather than lots of intermediate upgrades), but the Yamaha will always have a use in situations where you wouldn't want to risk damaging a more expensive instrument like camping trips with friends, or passing it round at a party where people want to have a sing-song but are a little the worse for wear. Lots of people buy guitars and give up, and a big factor is the discomfort and pain caused by nuts that are too high, and having to deal with 12/13 gauge bronze strings with a newbies weak uncalloused hands.

For live tracking it might be worth giving reaper a try - people over at the cockos forums have been sucessfully running reaper for big multitrack sessions on budget windows tablets. The benefits of no fan noise, being able to sit your transport controls pretty much anywhere (like a mic stand tablet clamp) when self-engineering and the uber compactness is worth taking a look at IMHO, assuming your 828 will play nice over USB.

[quote name='thebigyin' timestamp='1481035790' post='3189174'] Hi Folks, New to the world of Double Bass and a few months ago i enquired about Gut strings with mixed reaction. I bought some second hand Gut-a-like strings and they are sh*te [size=6]my Double Bass is poorly set up as it is [/size]and the stock strings it arrived with are bloody awful aswell. Could anyone recommend some decent strings Not Gut that give a nice warm response to play pizzicato for mainly Blues and Jazz thanks in advance cheers Bob [/quote] If your bass has setup issues, strings are not going to magically cure them - things like getting the soundpost fitted and adjusted properly and having the nut/bridge fettled will improve both sound and playability with whatever strings you choose to use.

The best way to approach theory IMHO is using a holistic approach that encompasses academic, practical and aural at the same time. For example, you are learning about major chords, so the academic understanding is how the chord is constructed and spelt correctly in each key, the practical application is learning where you can find the notes that make up that chord on the fretboard(or fingerboard on DB), the aural application is learning the sound of that major chord - singing the arpeggio accurately is a good place to start. You can choose to address these three aspects with any degree of thoroughness, the better your grasp of the basics, the easier it is to get your head, ears and fingers round more advanced concepts.

Get yourself to a music shop(or several) and try the different basses on your list+anything else they have that is in your budget(both sitting down and standing up with the bass on a strap) - if you don't get on with the neck, or general ergonomics of the instrument you are wasting your time and money. So what you want to consider is IMHO; Do you like very skinny necks(jazz/Ibanez SR), very chunky necks(classic 50s P) or something in the middle. Is the weight of the instrument an important consideration. Are you more comfortable with 34" scale or 30" scale. Which pickup types produced a sound you liked with you playing (youtube demos are of limited use, because youtube compresses everything, and you have no idea how much the sound you are hearing has been altered by the recording method used, how much it is coloured by any other equipment it has been run through, or what processing has been applied to the audio) You might find during this process that something jumps out at you as feeling just right, in which case stop analysing and buy it - but don't go into the shop thinking 'man I really need an [xyz]' because you can bias your own perception so heavily that you end up with something that isn't really right for you. Once you've found something that 'fits', you can do a lot to change the sound with your choice of strings, and your technique before you start considering pickups/pedals/amps/cabs.

Why stop at 4x15, another basschatter built an 8x15 cab a while back, suprised no one else linked it http://basschat.co.uk/topic/259954-custom-8x15-bass-cabinet/page__view__findpost__p__2757298 There is also a vid of it up and running elsewhere in the thread.

That wear groove on the side of the frog implies that this bow has been played a lot for many years, so I wouldn't worry about it's provenance or net financial worth as long as you enjoy using it.

All the positive grid apps are on sale at the moment, but due to their buy the app and then pay again to unlock further bits within the app structure, combined with what looks like some overlap in content and functionality, it looks like a potential spend your money multiple times for almost identical stuff trap - anyone with some experience with the bias & jamup apps care to weigh in with opinions on what is/isn't worth buying?

Your issue with the bass being quieter near the nut on the E string may well have been caused by the position of your cab relative to the nearest walls, and your position relative to the cab - if there is no volume drop on the problem notes when you listen to the bass through headphones, the issue isn't with the bass. Varying how close your cab is positioned relative to the nearest wall changes which frequencies are boosted by reflexions from the wall, and which frequencies are cancelled.

I spotted this on gumtree when it was first advertised and was deeply sceptical, seller has readvertised and it isn't a fender item.