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[quote name='TheRev' post='524743' date='Jun 26 2009, 11:54 AM']Apparently the easiest and most effective modification is to remove the bridge, cut a piece of bicycle inner tube to the size of the channel the pickup lies in and lay it underneath the pickup so it lies between the pickup and the bass body. It takes away a lot of the brightness and brittleness of the Palatino's sound.[/quote] Yeah the bloke did that you know its quite a nice looking thing really...

[quote name='lemmywinks' post='524542' date='Jun 26 2009, 08:19 AM']Gear4music do cheap strings for about £20, i'l be sticking some on my stagg next week so I'll let you know how I get on with them[/quote] Great cheers I don't want any mods to start costing too much....

I know I saw it I was just too lazy to read it

Hi Folks picked up a very cheap palatino EUB, which I'm basically gonna use for wee jams in my lunch hour in work.... First impressions are: It's a bit sh*t, it sounds very thin, the action is high, it doesn't sound like an upright, however, it's perfect for what I need it for and it was very cheap. In saying that I wouldn't mind making some improvements, the caveat being I don't want to spend too much money, I know there are loads of mods and improvements : Can anyone recommend cheap strings (would they make it a bit beefier)? Can anyone recommend a cheap bridge (could I fit it would it sort the action) Any other cheap upgrades appreciated! Cheers Stevie

I bought two double basses and a cello in the Barras market in Glasgow for £75 all in, the basses are both sorted and are great, cost a bit more to fix em up but a proper bargain. I recently bought an Ashdown LG 1000 for £269 which was ridiculously cheap and it sounds pretty cool to me I've owned and used loads of amps and cabs I wouldn't say it particularly lacked quality, the wee guy in his pants on the front looks a bit sh*t mind you

[quote name='dangerboy' post='462417' date='Apr 14 2009, 07:37 PM']I don't think you can go wrong with a GK MB150. Available second-hand on eBay for 300-350, hold their value, are small enough to take anywhere on the bus with an EUB, and you'll never need an upgrade.[/quote] I have a PJB bass briefcase which is great for the upright dunno about an EUB though.

Yeah it's awesome

Just bought the Flite cab off Pete an absolutely splendid guy I felt a wee bit guilty getting the cab for such a bargain price!

Just purchased my Ashdown Little Giant 1000, £300 from reverb with an extra 10% off for Easter so £269 for 1000 watts of smallness, even with the sh*t buttons that is a bargain! Here it is with my new cab (Cheers Pete)! [attachment=23578:rig.jpg]

Well just went in and tried the LH1000 the good points are the price, the size not tiny but small and it sounds great for the money, in the 30 mins I was messing about I was really impressed by the versatility and quality of sound. The bad points are it looks a bit sh*tey, just the layout is a bit crazy and the posing pouch bloke, buttons are way cheap one actually fell off but is cheap, worst of all though was the tone shaping option which unless you were looking for the sound of a stylophone wasn't happening.... turns out the amp was broken. However in saying that I still think I'm going to buy one because you just can't beat that price for a back up or a small form factor amp.

Cheers Dave that's great info, obviously they won't be the quality of a markbass or anything but seems like a very cheap lightweight option.

Right a quick question thinking of getting the lg1000 would it be fine to run both channels into two seperate 300watt 4ohmcabs and risk overdriving the cabs. Or is there a way of daisy chaining the cabs and only using one channel at 500 watts.

Anyone tried these I have the briefcase which is an amazing little amp, but looking for something with a bit more welly really for playing with the upright... Any thoughts would be appreciated..

My roots rockabilly combo playing tonight in Glasgow

Hey Sy that would be great cheers, I'm going to try and catch you guys at the Glasgow Rhythm and Blues festival looking forward to it. The Chihuahuas are playing in the Griffin next Friday if you are around, we have a new fiddle player but haven't been able to get the box player and the him playing in the same room yet so it might be a bit of a rammy!

Just got Spotify today I'll give it a go

I just bought it I'll probably learn one of the lines in forty or fifty years

[quote name='WarPig' post='443984' date='Mar 24 2009, 05:17 PM']My copy of Ray Browns 'bass methods' arrived today, seems a really useful book, covers many scales.[/quote] I was looking at this is the book, is it just standard notation no bass tab for the less gifted??

Hey cheers for this it's awesome....

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhFLtOIhhCw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhFLtOIhhCw[/url] This is very cool

I have a Czech made Boosey and Hawkes from the 60s I think and use a K&K bass max pick up with the the K&K pre and the fingerboard clicky at the moment. I have a PJB bass briefcase really as a monitor and a preamp into the house PA. I just ordered a SE-2200A from ebay, which hasn't arrived but thats more for recording hoping to blend it with another mic. I'd like to try a few other things the fishman pro plat and the LR Baggs come to mind

I have the K&K bass max and the clicky with the dual preamp for blending the sounds, just got it last week and I have to say I'm digging it. Had to get it shipped over from Gollihur music site so it was a bit pricey but it sounds cool. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/K-K-Rockabilly-slap-double-upright-bass-pickup_W0QQitemZ330305657106QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Sting_Instruments?hash=item330305657106&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1688%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318"]Bloke seems to be selling one on ebay [/url] It was a toss up between that and a fishman pro platinum but I just couldn't seem to get one of them for the right price, if anyone is selling one I'm still interested! How are the silver slaps by the way? I have steels on my bass at the minute but was really interested in those strings.

The briefcase is very cool I've used for smallish gigs and as a monitor for larger venues and taken a Di into the desk I really like it, I'm going to try for the suitcase though as I worry about cranking it to be honest but for quiet gigs its plenty loud. Perfect for acoustic.

[quote]I used these 2 to record the second Red Jackson album[/quote] Hey Teej that's awesome man the tracks on the website sound absolutely brilliant...