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Did you mean Mwahmster?

Renaud Garcia-Fons that I saw live a few times is a great bow user. I'll check which record has the most of it, but it'll take some time as I own his entire discography...

Great idea @Burns-bass ! If you want to hear some bowing, on some pieces, Ray Brown was really good at it. So you can add to the list the wonderful album We get requests by Oscar Peterson (Trio).

I shouldn't have sold mine...

At that posh price, they'll surely sell very quickly... 🤦🏻

Even for £350... 🤪🤔😉

Something like that: https://www.switchelectronics.co.uk/products/1m-16mm-linear-splined-potentiometer https://www.switchelectronics.co.uk/products/1m-16mm-logarithmic-splined-potentiometer

I guess you already listened to Ray Brown's Soular Energy and Eddie Gomez' Street Smart ?

Can't wait... 😉

Our own @Andre_Passini is making an excellent headless tuning system.

Try Rob Wasserman too who released solo (electric) upright bass albums. He used to play with Lou Reed at his best period. And don't forget to listen to this amazing album called Basse contre basse by Alain Caron and Michel Donato, a true delight for the ears. That said Stanley Clarke is a very melodic double bass player, but there's no real solo album dedicated to it. And Christian McBride is worth listening to, just like Esperanza Spalding. If you like some jazz trios, try the extraordinary Esbjörn Svensson Trio and the British excellent Neil Cowley Trio, where double bass is omni present.

There: https://www.switchelectronics.co.uk/products/1m-linear-16mm-right-angle-splined-potentiometer https://www.switchelectronics.co.uk/products/1m-logarithmic-16mm-right-angle-splined-potentiometer

Rob, don't forget Lars Danielsson, Kyle Eastwood (yes, the son of Clint), Charlie Haden and, in classical music, the Fantaisie-concerto for double bass and orchestra, op. 65 from Thomas de Hartmann.

Indeed and the fretless is that very one. Sold a bit after by the buyer who is in Scotland.

Indeed, really small number, Chris... 🤔🥱😂🤪😉

In case Overwater can't help you, Banzai Music has a good selection of wooden knobs: https://www.banzaimusic.com/Wood/

Firstly, should you do so, don't buy cheap aftermarket Luminlays, but the originals. Secondly I have these on my two main (sixer fretless) basses and it's working great. I have two original Luminlay torches too, but black light (UV) will charge them as well as cell phone torch and daylight, so I don't think there's any hassle there as it's all quite common including onstage black light. So, to me, the real Luminlays are totally worth it, and avoid the others.

Putting the bass to max is always likely to induce distortion with almost all preamps, and this one is no exception, especially with 18dB of gain at 40 Hz, which is ... way too much. Back it and remember that this preamp is a boost only model even if some iterations have a center detent... To be "flat", the bass and treble should be fully cut, so start sculpting your sound from there and everything will be fine. By the way, it's an excellent bass and don't waste money changing the pickups and preamp for "American" ones, the improvement is really thin (I did it, so no need to do it again).

Just in case, @Aalin, there's this thread about Leduc basses:

As mentioned, the Fishman PowerChip, which is a mixing buffer preamp with low impedance output. And I don't go to Paris anymore as it's a nightmare to drive there... But if you come to Christophe's place for the maintenance (that he still makes for his instruments even if he is 71 years old and retired), I'm living 45 minutes away, just across the border on the Belgian side, so I may come there and meet you with my U-Basse 6 fretless. 😉 And just in case anyone wants to know, the magnetic pickups on the above pictured Leduc are the amazing Q-Tuner from the Netherlands.

@Aalin, the newer piezo pickups (one per string) installed is the RMC and as great as it can be on a fretted, the Fishman BP-100 twin piezo is more able to capture the acoustic tone of the instrument, that's why I asked to put one in my U-Basse 6 fretless (the last ever built as my friend Christophe is retired now) with the Fishman PowerChip preamp that gives you back the slightly missing low end. Where are you located in France ?

Urm, urm...

And with...

I hate those people pretending that as soon as the courier has picked up the parcel, it's not their responsibility anymore... Sorry, but as long as it's not in the recipient hands, it's the responsibility of the sender, who, by the way, is the only one allowed to lodge a claim. So, push the shop to act the legal way and simply ask them the proof of delivery: If they can't provide it, ask for an immediate refund.

The output of the push-pull switches should simply be wired as above. May I advise you to use push-push pots instead, they are way more convenient to use. 😉