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TheRev

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  1. The 3/4, 1/2, 1/4, etc sizing of a double bass refers to the scale length, with a 3/4 bass being around the 41" (104cm). The full length of the bass, measured from the bottom of the body to the top of the scroll isn't the best indicator of scale legnth as body and scroll size will vary from maker to maker. Having said that, my 41", 3/4 size basses are about 180cm, top to tail, which would suggest (assuming the same measurement points) that the bass in question is smaller than a typical 3/4 size bass.
  2. Another cheap option would be to buy a second hand set of decent strings from the for sale forum.
  3. That's a neat solution. Does the gooseneck bend around enough to sit just above and between the bridge legs?
  4. The scale length for a 3/4 size double bass is around 41", but its not a universal standard and will vary from maker to maker. My Eminence is 41"
  5. I posted this in the 'items wanted' forum but it may get more views here: I'm looking for a hardwood bass tailpeice to modify into a floating tailpiece for my EUB - if you have one doing nothing, even if it's been damaged, let m eknow. Churrz!
  6. I have my bass with the neck & scroll between the two front seats, as in your first image. I use a folded up bit of carpet under the upper bout to raise the neck up so that the bass isn't resting on the scroll. I pack my amp bag and whatever else I'm bringing with me on either side of the bass body to stop it rolling over when you round a roundabout.
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  8. There's a Bespoke Superlight EUB on Ebay for £1000: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bespoke-Basses-electric-upright-double-bass/293894729565?hash=item446d7daf5d:g:VxsAAOSw2gBf1elW They're not made anymore but they had a good reputation as well made and good sounding EUBs.
  9. Good question. If you can't play the bloody thing then no amount of gizmos will do it for you. I only put the Jazzicatos on a few days ago and they're a bit stiff for my liking but I'm liking the sound so far. In my experience, EUBs need orchestral or gut emulating synthetic strings to get the DB sound - there's too much rigidity/sustain to use steel strings, they just sound nasal and twangy. I have found that the Fdeck works really well with the realist pickup and gets the best out of the bass. The best sounding eminence that I've experienced was at one of the DB bashes - I can't recall who owned it, but it had Evah Pirazzi weich and a Full Circle pickup and sounded amazing, but I'm sure the operator had a lot to do with the sound....
  10. OK - Eminence EUB with Presto Jazzicato tungsten strings via a Fdeck HPF preamp with the HPF control turned right down (35hz). Down in the hole.mp3 love cats.mp3 noodle.mp3 stop.mp3
  11. I'll record something. Do you want a particular style of music?
  12. On top of @Bloopdad1's excellent advice, I'd add that if it's East German then it probably came out of the 'Musima' factory. Musima basses are generally very solid, built for schools, pretty good sound for a plywood bass and can take a lot of abuse. I've been playing one for 6 + years, and it's coped with everything from festival mud to freezing vans to stage invasions. If it's a 3/4 scale (40-41") and there's no damage to the neck or body then £400 is pretty good - you could drop another £400 on a setup/bridge/strings and still have a value for money bass.
  13. That's a good enough reason to shack up with an EUB! The Eminence and Yamahas are the most DB-ish of the common EUBs available. I've never played a MK bass, but they look very similar to the Yamaha design. The MK jazz model is rather pretty looking..... I'd marry that one if I could. I think you'd be very happy with any of those three - if you have the cash I reckon you could buy any of them unseen and not regret it. I bought my Eminence without ever having seen one in the flesh, never mind touching one and haven'y looked back.
  14. There's not a lot of EUBs available in the gap between the Stagg/Harley Benton price range and the £1500 + world of the Yamaha SLB, Eminence and MK basses. The Aria SWB Lite was about £800 new but I don't think they make them any more. There's one on Reverb for £950, which is silly money . My first EUB was an Aria and while it was pretty good I felt the need to move up a notch after 18 months, so even if you could find one for a decent price, I reckon you'd outgrow it pretty quickly. The Eminence (my second and current EUB) is great - light years away from the Stagg in feel and sound, as is the Yamaha SLB 200. Neither are cheap new, though second hand ones can be had for the £1200 mark. Are you married to the EUB? If you're looking at spending £1200, you could get a very acceptable second hand laminate double bass and pickup, which will sound and play much more like a double bass than any EUB.
  15. In my experience, this isn't limited to the BBC. ..
  16. The Rimimi bass I bought from Old Horse Murphy. I bought it for a project that never really got off the ground, but quite liked the bass do I held on to it.
  17. I have an Italia Rimini. Design wise there's a definite nod to the Rickenbacker 4005, no idea if it sounds like one though, I'm rubbish at comparing the tone of basses. Strung with flats, it does that plummy 60s sound (think Day Tripper), but with rounds and a pick it does a nice agressive punk noise. The weak point (for me) are the tone controls, they're kind of all or nothing with the sound only changing at full on or full off. I keep meaning to get some decent pots for it but never got around to working out what I need.
  18. He normally plays USA MM Sterlings, but looks like he wants a Fender Mark Hoppus.
  19. I think you should buy it. The gold hardware actually looks good on it.
  20. If the neck and fingerboard are undamaged, you might be able to flog it to someone for an EUB build? Even the fingerboard on its own is worth trying to sell, if it's ebony.
  21. Out of the new(er) breeds of strings, D'addario Evah Pirazzi weich and Pirastro Perpetuals seem to tick a lot of boxes. I switched to the Perpetuals from Spiro weich, they're a bit warmer and softer sounding than the Spiros and they don't have that nasal E thing that Spiros do. My arco is scratchy regardless of the strings involved so I can't help you there I'm afraid.
  22. Back in March, I was in a similar position to the OP, in that, in the absence of gigs, my band needed to start working remotely to do some videos for virtual festivals, stand alone music videos and demos for our next album. We have a bloke who does our video editing so myself and the singer just needed audio recording capability. Although I have an old version of Cakewalk, I'd never really learned to use it properly, but Audacity was simple enough for both of us to use with a minimal learning curve. We both bought the Behringer Uphoria UM2 interface and that combination has been enough to do recordings across 4 different locations, for a bunch of videos, virtual festivals and a 'lockdown' EP. The final track mixing and mastering was done by our drummer using Pro Tools, so I'm not suggesting that Audacity alone will produce a slick sounding album... but if the OP just needs something to allow him to record bass to audio files that other band members send by email or whatever, and do basic mixes, then Audacity will do that just fine with no need for an understanding of what aux sends or audio busses are. Our singer can record himself using Audacity, and the nearest he gets to technical expertise is plugging the mic XLRs into the PA. It's really that simple.
  23. Our original guitarist had a habit of threatning to quit when band votes didn't go his way. We usually had to spend a couple of days, talking him down and get him to agree to whatever it was that we had voted to do (which he would then deny agreeing to when the gig was due). The last straw was when he stropped off 10 days before we were due to leave for a small tour of the North west USA. This time, we didn't try to talk him round, just called up the guitarist of a Canadian band who'd played with us a few times and flew him to Oregon for the tour. The tour went great, we had a whale of a time, lined up a new guitarist for when we got home and I never had to speak to the whinging tw@t old guitarist ever again.
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