symcbass

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Too far away or I'd have this in a minute. I have an old beat up one I've had for about 20 years, this looks in lovely nick.
These basses sound great, good luck with the sale.

Had issues like this with my GS412 when I got It second hand, had to fit new wadding.
Never had the issue with my DB410.

E-mailed Klier too, waiting for a price now, thanks again.

Thanks folks,
I'll stay away from the Ebay ones though, the quality of the Ebony is very suspect on ones I've seen. If you try to plane/dress them the grain is not straight at all, nightmare to work with. I've seen a nice one at Bob Gollihur's , just thought I'd give it a go on here first, thanks again for your ideas.
Sy.

Long shot, but worth a try, looking for a 3/4 double bass fingerboard with or without Romberg level, must be in good condition Rosewood or ebony only thanks.

[quote name='Mr Bassman' post='1040978' date='Nov 29 2010, 11:43 AM']I've a spare Underwood that's out on loan at the moment.
I might be persuaded to part with it when It's returned.[/quote]

Great, let me know when you get It back thanks.

Thought I'd post this here and in items wanted.
Looking for an Underwood, must be in good working order and condition, thanks.

Some retailers make reference to solid or carved basses as being "massive".
Solid and carved are different though. You can buy a bass made with solid wood which isn't carved. Basically they take a solid wood board, wet it and form it, and from what I've seen and heard are inferior in terms of lifespan and tone to a carved bass.
As for fingerboards, a good quality ebony or other similar density board such as rosewood is preferable. Some basses have softwood fingerboards which get eaten by the strings quickly.
As for carved or plywood, not all carved basses are better than plywood basses. If a bass is not carved right, a plywood bass can play and and sound better than a poorly made carved bass.

How old Is the cab?
Where are you based?
Cheers, Sy.

Ply all the way for slap. It's what most of us Rockabilly guys use.
As for string types, there are many brands and types which double for pizz and slap.
The Innovation Silver slaps are nice strings, I use Golden slaps with a gut G & D, as I find the Innovation G & D a bit twangy for slap.
Innovation Rockabillys are also nice. A good all rounder string. Low tension, easy on the fingers.
Enjoy your double bass journey, mine's been a blast so far.

Is it 8 ohm then?
Ideally looking for another 4ohm cab mate.

What finish is the cab? Is It 4 or 8 ohms?
Used to have the DB410 (loved It), now got a GS412(love It even more), and find myself in the same boat as you, struggling to transport It due to the size of my car. Depending on your replies, would you consider selling?

Still get on with my Underwood, I keep going back to It. Old workhorse, It can be a bit scratchy and honky if you don't eq It right.
The bassmax is nice for the money, you get good volume, a nice woody sound even string response and doesn't feed back too easily,
The full circle is a good pickup, I've only used It once though, but faithful acoustic, rounded sound and decent volume.
The realist is nice at lower volumes. I found If you try and play a loud gig with It, forget It. I always had feedback issues.
As for eq, the Fishman pro EQ platinum bass, make sure It's the bass one, is easy to use and has useful features.
I use a D-tar solstice for blending two pickups now, this has been my favourite so far for my uprights.

I've got the GS412, much easier to handle than an Ampeg 8x10.
Well placed handles, good heavy duty wheels, I can lift It in and out my car myself.
Sounds amazing too!!

I'll be at our guitarist's tomorrow, so I'll take some pictures, and see what kind of price he wants.
I've had alot of interest already, I'll PM everyone when I get a ball park figure.

Our guitarist came across one of these in his music cupboard. It's new in the box, never used, still plastic wrapped. The date on the warranty registration is 25/02/1992.
Don't have a clue what this would be worth now, but he's not interested in using It.
Someone want to make him an offer?
It's a stereo valve preamp with clean, crunch & lead channels, built in tuner, and footswitch.
Thought I'd post It on here first, I'm sure someone would be after one of these, as I said unused, sealed in the box.
If anyone's intereted I'll post pics.
Also It's still in the wrapper, so It's not tested, I'd do that though if someone Is interested, just to make sure all Is well with It.

Stay away from the BP100!! Much better pickups out there for the money........

I'd love to go 2 DB212's.
I'll need to do my measurements, but maybe a DB212 and a Db210 would fit in the car, slightly smaller than 2 212's.
A single cab would be most realistic though, so my head tells me to go for the single DB410 at 4ohms again, but in Tweed this time.
Mr Foxen, It you want first shout when It's going that's fine, only problem Is I'm near Glasgow.

I love my Aguilar GS412 cab. It's the nicest sounding cab I've had so far.
It's big, but not too bad to move thanks to the wheels, and the sound more than makes up for It.
Previous to this I had a DB410, which I also loved. For It's size It was amazing....now....
I'm an upright only player, and need to change my car soon,downsizing, which means I won't be able to get my GS412 in along with my Doghouse and everything else.
I don't want to lose too much volume, so
Do I go back to a DB410 again? as I know and love the sound, and It was plenty loud for a small(ish) cab, with good fat bottom end, or do I go 2 DB112's or even a DB212, as I love the sound of twelves now? I just don't know If the 2 DB112's/DB212 will cut It in a loud band with my upright, as I don't use the PA for my bass. Oh and I'll be going tweed this time if I go for Aguilar.
Thoughts and experiences with other cabs that would solve my big bass sound issue, would be greatly appreciated guys.
I use an older American SVT3PRO and an IAMP800 as amps..........Apologies to the guys who were interested in my SVT, my illness was worse and lasted longer than I could have imagined.

Gut strings, Underwood stereo wired with a schaller oyster under the fingerboard into a D-tar Solstice, into Iamp800, into Aguilar Gs412, huge, woody, deep acoustic bass sound.
Underwood into the Solstice or Fishman pro plat into old SVT3pro then 2 Aguilar DB112's, got a lovely sound too.
Depends what kind of sound you're after though, and how loud you need to be on stage. I don't play through the PA much, so my loud backline suits me.

Is this still for sale Alan?Cash waiting.

No problem man, It's a fantastic pickup. If I was playing pizz only, I'd never have got rid of It. No dispute, It outshines the rest for pizz in every respect, so well made too, wish everyone would use quality materials like that!Glad you like
it.

The shadow served me well for years, preferred the Underwood though. Remember to fit the E side only, It cancels out the phase issues, giving a deeper bottom end also.
For anyone mailing me about the Planet wing, my personal messages don't work on this site for some reason ( as can be seen from previous posts), I can be contacted at [email protected].

I've got a brand new condition Planet Wing pickup that I'd sell, the copper plated fibreglass version. Open to a reasonable offer.

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