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Rainbass

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  1. Think I may have sounded a bit negative in my description in my urge for full disclosure! It plays very well and is a good way to start (or dabble) in the world of the upright bass, I think.
  2. Selling my honey coloured Stagg EDB which I bought in 2008, and to be honest, has never had much use. It's never been gigged, just used at home and still has the original strings on. The nut broke not long after I bought it, and I had it replaced with an ebony nut by J White guitars in Ash Vale. The dot markings on the side aren't really in the "right" place. They seem to equate to where the dots would be on a fretted instrument, rather than the actual fingering position. I have a feeling Stagg altered this for more recent models. I find that the electronics hiss a lot more than i would expect - I've seen various comments about this being a common issue on the forum and some potential fixes mentioned. I haven't done anything about it as I mainly played it un-amplified at home, but I think this needs some attention, hence the asking price of £250. Ideally, collection from North Devon; I put in the dimensions of it on a courier pricing website, and that would add £30 to the price. If you are in the area, you are very welcome to come over and try it out.
  3. So true - a lot less than I paid for it second hand!
  4. I've decided the time has come to for selling my Shuker J Bass. It is the Lake Placid Blue, "Herbie Flowers" stacked pots model, 4 strings, 34 inch scale and Lindy Fralin pickups. When I have recorded with it the studio engineers have always commented very positively on the tone of the pickups. I've had it for about ten years (bought second hand from Bass Gear), and I had it modified by adding a John East J Retro active preamp. It has a couple of nicks in the top and bottom edges, which I have taken pictures of. They were there when I bought it. It comes with the original Hiscox case. Plays beautifully, and you can feel the quality, but it just isn't getting played enough anymore. It weighs about 4.5kg (weighed on bathroom scales) and I am now playing lighter basses (to save my aging back) so I think it is time to see if there is a better home for it. I'm not looking for a trade, as I'm running out of room to store the ones I have! I've attached some pictures, and will try and get better ones in the next few days. Collection from Devon, or I can ship in the UK and Europe at the buyer's cost and with adequate insurance.
  5. Hi do you know what the nut is made of ? Is it a brass Just-a-Nut 1 or a later type? thanks Dave
  6. Six long scale fretted (1 round wound passive, 1 flats passive, 3 active, 1 five string) One short scale One electro acoustic Two fretless One Electric Upright One Uke bass so 12 I guess. I used to try an rationalize them - I needed a backup, I need to switch to flats for one song etc but I kept going beyond what I could justify! Plus two keyboards, one acoustic guitar, three octave mandolas, one mandolin, a bunch of whistles, two melodicas (and other bits that don't get played much anymore). A bad case of gas (and not just for Basses!)
  7. These are really great basses to play - I love mine! Good luck with the sale.
  8. Hi - I had a look at the specs and I think it's rated at 3 Watts, which I don't think will be enough for what I want, which is to be heard against 3 or 4 acoustic guitars.
  9. Hi, is this still up for sale? And how loud is it? (subjective, I know!) cheers Dave
  10. Thanks Rumple, was just having a look at that, and wondered if it would fit the bill!
  11. Hi I think the title gives a good background to this question! The guitarist in my band takes on bass duties for a couple of songs when I play a Mandola. He is left handed and has been playing a full scale bass (an entry level Vintage model) for about a year but finds it a bit of a stretch so wants to try short scale. So does anyone have any advice on what left hand short scale models with a modest price tag might be worth a look? I'm thinking up to £250 price level cheers Dave
  12. It was Sunday night (not last night) but had a really good gig with the originals Duo. Small club in North Devon, and we had dragged in lots of Muso friends, which helps. Got more than they usually get for a Sunday night at the club, good door money and so everyone happy! CD sales were zero Did a few covers in the set, including Wherever I Lay My Hat, and I offered a free CD to anyone who could name the bass player. No one could. No one knew his name when I told them it was Pino. And this was a mainly musician (but not bass player) audience. We are the unknown warriors of music!
  13. Do you still have the amp for sale?
  14. Thanks for this - I too have just been here pressing the patch buttons and wondering why nothing happens!
  15. I used to live in Maidenhead, and work in Reading - and Twyford was slap bang in the middle. It was hard not to drop in all the time! Did drop in one day for a browse and came away with a gorgeous Shuker as a complete impulse purchase! The guys are always so friendly and welcoming - best of luck with the online business.
  16. I'm new to the South West, and would definitely be up for one. I'm in Bideford now, and suddenly everything is a long way away, but Somerset would work!
  17. Here [url="https://youtu.be/p5KYq1x26KU"]https://youtu.be/p5KYq1x26KU[/url] is a video taken at a gig we did late last year. Very impressed with the video company Chalkstar Films- tracking camera at the back of the room and 3 other cameras - almost more of them than us!
  18. Hi the electric folk band I'm in, Beware This Boy, have just made our first ever video - [media]http://youtu.be/jggSowtGIk8[/media] We did it at Charborough studio in Ascot, where they do it as a live take (well, 9 takes actually), and I'm really pleased with it. My bass never sounded like that before!
  19. Thanks, I will have a listen to Bellowhead for some ideas.
  20. If you do decide to go for another band, then at least it won't be your first band ever, and that can make a big sub-concious difference to your confidence when going for an audition. Which is just one valuable thing you have picked up from this experience! As others have said, you also have experience from listening to the others (and I would say it is clear that you have good skills in this area, from what you have said about the way the band plays, so that is very transferable). It depends what you want out of a band - some people (your current band members) are clearly happy with a rehearsal band. If you want to play live, this outfit won't get you there. If you don't want that, no problem. Also, I'm curious about your level of skill on the bass - how long have you been playing the bass? How do you feel about your skill level? As a 57 year old bass player myself, I know that there are bands and gigs out there (not fame and wealth, but you can't have it all!). I'm playing in more projects now then ever before. Main thing is, have fun!
  21. Hi I'm going to have a go playing bass in a folk rock band that has a line up of 2 fiddles, cello, electric guitar, accordian, bouzouki and drums, so plenty of frequencies going on in there! They have some recordings from rehearsals at [url="http://www.reverbnation.com/blackthornfolkrockband"]http://www.reverbnat...ornfolkrockband[/url] The Cellist is a very good, lyrical player, and I tend to be a bit on the busy side (there, I've come out at last and admited it!) so I will probably stick to more root/5th territory, at least to start with. Just wondered if anyone else had any experience of playing alongside a cello. They seem to go down to C, so cover a fair bit of the same range as the bass. I could take the 5 string along (and it never get's out much!) to get a bit more seperation. cheers Dave
  22. [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1374013574' post='2144344'] It went great! We played for just over an hour, maybe an hour and 15min. We just wanted to get together and organise ourselves a little. We set ourselves at a crosspath in the park and it was not very busy... but we still got a small crowd and somehow made £47. We will definitely repeat when there's actually some people But back to the amplifier... It sounds good, and it is definitely loud enough without distorting. We had 3 acoustic guitars and voices, unamplified, plus trumpet and saxophone, and the drumer brought a cajon. It would be really easy for me to overpower all other instruments with bass, and sound good. At £148... I think it's perfect. Really happy with it so far. It comes with a wireless microphone, the kind that you wear around your neck and has a stem with a "lollipop" that stands in front of your mouth. I don't think it sounds very good... but it may be useful to reinforce the cajon, perhaps. Tomorrow we are trying again. This wireless has a separate volume... but the two jack inputs work from the same master volume, which is a pity, as you cannot plug two things at once and control their volumes independently... But I'm happy to ignore the small shortcomings and just see it as a portable busking bass amp. Anything else is a bonus. I did not play very loud, but we are now thinking about getting some Roland MicroCubes for the guitarists, so that they can use their electrics and sound a litttle more like "us". That will also allow us to sound a *tiny* bit louder than with acoustics, so my amp will have to work harder but it wll be ok, I am sure. I just don't know how long the battery will last but I will find out pretty soon! We don't want to be loud 'though... busking in many places in Edinburgh seems ok as long as you keep the volume down. The minute you become loud the problems start and we don't want to go there. From my experience with the Crate TX15,,, the QTX QR10PA is a much better sounding solution, and not much more expensive. The built-in MP3 player and radio could be cool too in other situations: a colleague at work who goes fishing a lot saw it and thought it would be perfect for their trips. [/quote] Thanks, mcnach for this suggestion - I went out and got myself a QR10PA for busking, and busked at the weekend with two guitarists with smallish (20W?) guitar amps. They needed power, but my QR10PA gave me a nice, middly tone (not a trouser flapper, but that's OK!) and lasted the full two hours with no issue. A great solution!
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