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The Marcus Miller comment was interesting and crystalises why the top players always work and get paid top dollar. I have been around people (John Parricelli - guitarist, being the best) who can sight read the most obscene fly s***t on paper and make it sound like they have been honing that piece for years. It was a humbling experience. My reading is good, but I realised that I was in the presence of real quality. Interstingly, the better the player the less you are aware of it until they actually play.

Lightweight aluminium and wheels. Easy.

Try my Hofner. Lighter than a light thing

Reading the manual. Why did I not think of that!

They are paying. If they are stupid enough to spend half an hour fixing something which would be a 30 second drop, more fool them. As long as the cash is good they can do what they like. If they like what you do and you deliver what they need they will use you again. It's a job.

I have case GAS. Tragic.

[url="http://www.scottdixoninc.com/music/cases.html"]http://www.scottdixoninc.com/music/cases.html[/url] [attachment=36033:TripleBassThumb.jpg] Nice

[quote name='TheRev' post='647899' date='Nov 7 2009, 10:09 AM']Chris Larkin does a six string, fretted version of his Blen EUB [url="http://www.chrislarkinguitars.com/blen.htm"]Super Blen[/url][/quote] Thanks. Crazy stuff. Aesthetically a lot too busy for what I had in mind, but comforting in the fact that I am not totally alone in this concept.

I followed the recent F0 thread and it was probably that which got me thinking about scale length again. It would not be a ridiculously long scale bass. It would be the same as the Double Bass I have been playing for the last 27 years. My left and right hand techniques are ready to go. The amplification is not an issue because it would be used with PA support. I'm certainly not going to be hefting fridges around with me. One of my questions would be are there going to be obvious intonation issues with a fretted instrument with a mahoosive scale length? knuckleguitarworks seem to have it going on. [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='647820' date='Nov 7 2009, 01:06 AM']The scale length isn't the limiting factor nearly as much as the amplification. You just want a ridiculously long scale bass so you can have a really low tuning? Think making an upright style bass is overcomplicating things really. The was a thread on this fairly recently.[/quote]

I played with a SYB5 today. I looked potentially useful, but for me the lack of programmability was a bit of a downer. I particularly liked the press and sustain the note facility and could see that working well with some other pedal to run a filter sweep. Could this be done in a GT10B? TIA

I have spent 8 hours of my life travelling to and from Music Live today. While on the road I started thinking about ERBs. I have no desire to play rich chordal passages. I have no desire to have 3 octaves available without moving my hand. Other people love that stuff, but it is not for me. I would like to have a genuinely useful bottom F sharp. I know all about scale length giving better tension for the strings that can moonlight as towing cables. I am also a Double Bass player. So I was thinking - how about an upright fretted 41" scale six string strung F sharp to G? I know Barker in the US make an upright sort of thing but it is only 34" scale ( [url="http://www.barkerbass.com/"]http://www.barkerbass.com/[/url] ). I am thinking more in line of an EUB with frets. The fingerboard can have a normal Bass Guitar radius on it. I will never need to bow it. It can essentialy be a plank because I will not need a body to make it look groovy. Has anyone done one of these? NS Design seem to be doing a 34" scale one [url="http://www.nedsteinberger.com/instruments/omnibass.php"]http://www.nedsteinberger.com/instruments/omnibass.php[/url] but I cannot find a 41" one.

I have a main rig and a Mackie SRM 350 for small (no drummer) stuff. It is superb.

I am using status round core nickles on my Bolin, but that is 35". Interestingly, I have tried a set of status and a set of roto plastic wraps on thd bolin and both gave HUGELY inconsitent volumes from string to string on the piezo. More to do with tension accross the piezo pick ups. I do realise that this revelation is a pretty minority intrest one.

I have dealt with Gillento off this forum. It was all very smooth.

That looked like a lot of fun.