steviedee

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...

[quote name='cheddatom' post='404354' date='Feb 9 2009, 02:53 PM']The mixer would suffice as a DI but you may suffer from your standard soundcard. I would suggest buying a decent firewire or USB audio interface. Some of them even have pre-amps with phantom power so you'd only need the one box.[/quote] Cheers Cheddatom I probably didn't explain myself to well I have an m-audio fastback which is basic but fine I could plug the mic straight into that and record the bass acoustically, but wondered if there would be anything to gain from running the mic through a preamp, the only one I have being on the briefcase. This might be a sh*t idea mind you!

Anyone got any experience of home recording an upright? I just purchased a se 2200a mic and can get my hands on some small condensers. I'm thinking of going into a laptop if I was using a desk I'd have peamps but I'll be DIing into the computer. Could I use my pjb briefcase (which has a bass buddy preamp and DI out) as a preamp and plug the mics into a wee mixer, then into the briefcase, and finally into the laptop or is that a really dumb idea!

[quote name='BassBus' post='402619' date='Feb 7 2009, 09:41 AM']Any chance of a pic. I've never seen a half size before. Be interesting to see what it looks like.[/quote] There you go here are a couple of pics, the bad quality one shows the Selmer in relation to my 3/4 Boosey & Hawkes. [attachment=19965:basses.jpg] [attachment=19964:small_bass.jpg]

I have a double bass labeled as Selmer, I reckon they imported basses and badged them as Selmer, the one I have is Czech made it's a half size and is really quite beautiful.

Hi Folks I know bows are pricey and all but can anyone recommend a decent budget bow for a beginner?

Ha ha 'purplenecks' nice one

Recorded on a videophone not bad quality though a bit quiet but cool for our second gig! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxfj8ZR5hyo"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxfj8ZR5hyo[/url]

Hi Folks I've just bought a K&K Dual-channel Pro Preamp I'm intending to use it with my wing pickup and a fingerboard clicky for rockabilly/country slap but wondered if I could plug a mic in instead of the clicky for a different sound? So the upshot being are there any cheap clipon mics around I could mess around with .... we are talking BUDGET here

Looks great!

First upright gig! www.myspace.com/chihuahuasband

Cheers Dan you sir are a gent