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How do you know what a used DB is worth?
TheRev replied to Richard Jinman's topic in EUB and Double Bass
And this is why we don't go on talkbass... -
How do you know what a used DB is worth?
TheRev replied to Richard Jinman's topic in EUB and Double Bass
If you're looking to spend £5k on a bass then it's definitely worth your time going to the Double Bass Room or Thwaites or anywhere with a selection of basses in that price range and play as many as you can get your hands on. That's the only way you'll get a concept of the difference between a £3k and a £5k and an £8k bass. -
Posted over in the 'Amps & cabs' section, but it might get more interest here. BFM Omni 10 1x10 cab - a fantastic double bass friendly cab for very little money. Churrz! Dave -
Another Puma 500 for DB user.... great amp for not very much money. @bassace I think bought your spare one? -
Sub at back of stage ......... feedback???
TheRev replied to Pirellithecat's topic in PA set up and use
My upright is about as feedback resistant as its possible to get, the problem is the sound bouncing all over the place - impossible to get a clean sound for anything. Tom Brown's does music fairly regularly? The cider festival in Borough Gardens is always entertaining. -
We use iZettle. It needs to be linked to a bank account, but that can be your personal account or band/business account.
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Sub at back of stage ......... feedback???
TheRev replied to Pirellithecat's topic in PA set up and use
Ugh. Skittle alleys... There's a pub in Dorchester that I dread playing or doing sound in their skittle alley- low frequencies are mush, high frequencies are cacophonous. -
For our own gigs I'll put close mics on the snare, rack tom and floor tom, plus a mic in front of the kick. I quite like an overhead, but last guitarist was too loud to use that without significant bleed. Now he's gone, I might give it another go. When I do sound for festival stages it'll be two overhead condensers, snare top and bottom, kick inside & kick outside and rim mount/close mics on the toms.
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How many of us are in bands that have broken up?
TheRev replied to Jonesy's topic in General Discussion
I'm technically still in a band I joined in 1997. Had a couple of rehearsals, then the guitarist said he was away with work for a couple of weeks and he'd arrange rehearsals when he got back. Never heard from him again. -
It's also worth considering the impedance of any wireless transmitter if you're plugging directly into a piezo pickup. Bob Gollihur has some useful information on his website: https://gollihurmusic.com/going-wireless-with-double-bass/
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I tried a Lekato and an X-vive and wasn't happy with either in terms of sound quality vs a cable, so I took a punt on a Line 6 Relay GS2 which, to me, sounded no different to a wired connection. I've only had a couple of situations where I've had dropouts as a result of lots of Wi-Fi on stage (tablets/digital mixers), which is mildly vexing, but not enough for me to shell out £500 on a proper wireless system. Before I went wireless, I solved the 'pulling the jack plug out' issue by fitting my pickup with a locking jack socket. You still have to have a very secure way of mounting the jack socket on your bass mind.
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Bill Fitzmaurice Omni 10, built around 2009 from 22mm ply by a BFM franchised and ex BassChat builder, so it's solid as the proverbial outhouse. I've long forgotten what driver is in this, and the messages between myself and the builder disappeared in the migration from the old Basschat site, but it's a decent one. These are great for double bass and also work well as tops for a small PA - but you'd need to find a second one! The cab has mostly been sat in the rehearsal studio for the last 9 years 😳 with the occasional outing as backline for a small acoustic stage at a festival. Collection preferred, delivery/meet up possible within 30 miles or so of Bristol. Shipping isn't out of the question if you pay & arrange it. Churrz. Dave -
If you're going to buy a bass that you don't need and can't afford then it should at least be an interesting bass. Job done, I reckon.
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Some of our best gigs have been Friday nights in Chewton Mendip.
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That's Fat Mike from NOFX on bass, he's a bit good. Back in the early - mid 2000's I was in a band doing rocked up versions of pop songs. The best of the bunch was a ska-punk version of Beautiful by Christine Aguileria. Band after that was a three piece described as 'obscure pop songs played in a jazz style' The current band is a Scrumpy'n'Western band (totally a real genre, look it up....) doing parodies of pretty much anything in whatever style we can manage as long as we can shoehorn in lyrics about cider, drunkeness, pasties or shagging your own cousin.
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The blue/yellow/blue rings a bell.... I want to say old Innovation Honeys? What do the ball ends look like? If they're bars rather than balls then they're probably Innovation.
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The Monaco sounded better to/for me. Caveats: I was playing my carved bass with a Realist pickup rather than the ply bass with a Krivo magnetic pickup which I normally use 98% of the time, so in essence, my carved bass was sounding like my ply bass?? Also, my carved bass is quite bright, so I may not have produced the lower frequencies noted by Chyc. Honestly, I think either cab would be great for DB, and noticeably louder than your Upshot. Everything else is just personal taste.
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I actually preferred the 12" Monaco over the Monza, but that was probably because it sounded closer to my MAS 45. If I had to replace my MAS cabs, I'd be looking at a LfSys Monaco or a couple of Barefaced 10s
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I believe the Earbox has a ridiculously high impedance so you can run it from your amps second speaker output, even if your other cab is 4Ohm/minimum impedance for the Clarus. Never tried one though. Much as I loved my AI amp, their speaker cabs always left me feeling underwhelmed.
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The heart wants what the heart wants. Just make sure they'll fit before you buy them. -
I know - they would have looked proper mint.
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Any particular reason you want to use a dedicated multitracker rather than using an interface into a pc? I've owned a couple of Tascam units in the past and exporting the tracks was always a major PITA. I found it much easier to do the same level of recording with a £30 Behringher interface and Audacity.
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I bought these as replacements for the plate tuners on my Poller bass, but didn't check that they would all fit on the scroll.... So, they're as new, other than been taken out of the packaging and dry fitted at which point I realised I'd cocked up. Image is from Thomann's web page, I can take photos of the actual tuners if anyone wants them. Price includes UK postage. Churrz. Dave
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There's a load of great live venues in Bristol city centre - for a covers band I'd look at Mother's Ruin on St Nicholas Street, Mr Wolfs on Baldwin street, The Ill Repute (and possibly the Stag and Hounds - not sure how regularly they put bands on these days) on Old Market and the Bristol Stable on Canon's road on the harbourside
