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I've not used Solo myself, but as solo tuning is one whole tone above standard, using solo strings at standard pitch means effectively de-tuning. Generally this means lighter tension - easier to press the strings down, but also easier to make them rattle if you dig in, and most likely a slightly softer tone with a touch less volume. Anyone with direct experience of this?

Excellent! Unlike most of these 'small child playing their ass off' vids, this lad actually seems to be really enjoying the whole thing.

I use Picato 766LHR-5 on a 35" scale Overwater.. just fit nicely! We sell them in the shop (I make sure of that!) but I notice only the 4-string set is on the website. We have the 5ers in anyway.

How cheap is cheap? Anything under a couple of hundred for a 5 string and I'd change the strings as a matter of course. If it's new, I'd have it back to the shop and let them worry about it! If it doesn't work properly it needs to be ridiculously cheap as a project..

You need to gain access to the back of the pot. Usually all the screws are in pretty logical places. Squirt Servisol into the back of the pot and give it a wiggle back and forth. Repeat a few times. If that doesn't work you're into amp repair territory.

Most likely a simple fix.. http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/2750 Servisol is one of my must-haves in the toolkit; I even rescued an amp one time! Bring the bass down to the shop in Cleckheaton some time and we'll give it a check over to make sure.

Tasty! Is this the one they've posted a couple of build pics of on Twitter/FB? http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=13808542&l=4228537d79&id=325141415745

Welcome aboard! You do realise, don't you, that hanging round BC means you'll probably play even less? Put down the computer and step away slowly.. that's good, now pick up the bass.. Oh, and another thing.. be very careful around the Marketplace. Temptation lurks within!

Maybe that's what an 'untseted' bass looks like with a few scratches..

Hard to be sure, but I once got that kind of sound coming from my Overwater - one of the really good ones! I was a bit freaked to start with, but then had a thought as such a problem had never occurred before.. I asked if there was one of those induction loop thingies for hearing aid wearers. Turned out there was, and as soon as that was turned off (not actually needed anyway, they switched it on in that hall as a matter of course) all was fine. Never had a re-occurence. Does your gear sound as expected again today? If so, I'd suspect the venue!

I occasionally play (occasionally enough to not have yet found the chance to ask him what he's doing!) with a guitarist/singer frontman who wears earplugs and has a 40W valve combo cranked to just breaking up - on the verge of painful, which is probably why he wears the plugs, and on it goes. Especially as he generally comes out way louder than the drummer, WHY???

[quote name='dood' timestamp='1358521155' post='1940757'] I had a good ole rant about this earlier on FB. Here's the cliff notes!! lol [/color] Edited, as it was a bit of a pre-coffee rage first thing this morning! [/quote] Nice one, Dood.. have a coffee and relax, now.

This one http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/product_info.php/cPath/303_304_446_489/products_id/4458 is really good as books go. We sell quite a few of the series, and I've had plenty of good feedback on the various titles. Can't help but agree with Bilbo though - there's no substitute for putting in the hours, whether you use books, DVDs, a teacher or just your own ears. Never stop learning!

Most likely around - all hands to the pumps at Folk Festival time. Always good to meet BC folks in real life!

Yes, and kind of.. Tribal Planet as such is sadly defunct after the death of the founder, but we now do the follow-on which off the same kind of protection.

[quote name='jalapeno' timestamp='1358327611' post='1936900'] Dimensions of my Yamaha BEX4 are ... Length: 118cm Depth: 7cm Upper Bout: 29.5cm Lower bout: 39cm [/quote] We have three thicknesses of bass guitar size bag, which will nicely accomodate that - 5mm, 10mm or 20mm of the more dense foam, the last also having extra velcro-in squashy pads for extra fitting and protection. Standard prices £19.40, 28.16 and 66.36 respectively, I feel a BC special coming on..

What are the dimensions?

Can we get more accordion in the monitors?

Also there's the AKG C419, now morphed into the C519 Last time I asked, John Spiers of Bellowhead was using these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INy1YqmCI5k A veritable riot of noise on stage!

[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1358069452' post='1932454'] I have a Microvox on one of my accordions and the box player in our pogues band also uses one, and yes they do feed back a lot at higher volumes. We have had some success taming it by running it through a feedback destroyer - this is far superior to a graphic IMO, because all you have to do is press a button and off it goes. (-------) The absolute best solution is a Roland V-Accordion, but not a solution for you, it's not available as a diatonic instrument. Plus they are quite expensive. [/quote] I used to play in a touring band with accordion at the front; after I'd been in a while the accordionist got Microvox stuff, which was fine up to a certain volume. To get any louder, we learnt to tell the monitor engineer to drop the resonant frequency of his box (in his case about 550Hz) out of the monitors - worked rather well. Feedback Destroyer is supposed to do it automatically, but a parametric is manual and more controllable. The Microvox mics themselves are actually remarkably good (I was also using one on whistle in the same band) but combine an instrument-mount mic with a resonant box and trouble ensues.. The Roland FR-18 is the diatonic version.. http://www.themusicroom-online.co.uk/product_info.php/products_id/4780