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Help an experienced guitarist choose his first bass guitar + amp!
TheRev replied to bisonkills's topic in Bass Guitars
Have you tried the Squire CV jazz? Lovely basses that are almost as good as the American Standard jazzes but less than half the price. That'll leave you almost £900 for a lightweight rig - like a second hand Markbass LMII and a Barefaced compact cab. -
[quote name='4 Strings' timestamp='1318319878' post='1400340'] ......cymbals transported as if they're made of glass with just the minimum finger contact at the edge. [/quote] Why FFS? He's going to spend the next hour twatting them with lumps of wood! They're percussion and therefore designed to be hit - I don't think a fingerprint will break them....
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Like the boys said, a decent preamp like the Fishman platinum pro will go a long way to sorting out your sound. Transducer pickups like a much higher impedance than most amp head inputs provide, so a dedicated double bass preamp is pretty essential to buffer the signal.
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Welcome aboard!
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The Stentor Student 2 and the Thomann 22 bass are both decent instruments for the money. Both are hybrids - solid tops with laminate back and sides.
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That's the spirit! I have a set of Thomastic Superflexibles which came with my laminate DB, so I've no idea how old they are. They look in good nick though, and the bloke I bought the bass from ahd stopped playing due to RSI, so they're probably only just broken in. These strings are a bit too stiff for piz for my liking but great for arco. I though my arco technique was total pants until I had a go with these strings. Now I realise it's still pants, but helped by the right strings... Also have a set of Helicore Hybrids with an orch. G. This is the standard set issued with the Eminence EUB, the orch. G helps to tame some of the nasal tones you can get on the G string with EUBs. Used for about 8 months. I'd like to try pretty much anything but am particulalry interested in Innovation Honeys or Super Silvers or Spiro weichs/mittels.
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Hi all. There's been a lot more activity on the double bass forum recentlyly , a lot of it about different types & brands of DB strings. Trying out new DB strings is an expensive passtime, so I'm wondering if there would be any support for a string exchange sticky? I'm not talking about a 'strings for sale' thread, more a 'swap my Spiros for your Honeys' sort of thing. I have a couple of string sets just hanging around and rather than try to sell them for £40 and then find another £80 to buy a new set, I'd rather swap them for a pre-played set of something a bit different to try out. Any takers? Dave
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If you do end up splitting the rig, I'll be interested in the Contra. -
[quote name='hairyhaw' timestamp='1322736558' post='1454984'] Do many of you guys and girls do BV’s? If so, how do you memorise your words? I've thought about cheat sheets with prompts taped to the back of the PA but I'm maybe a bit old fashioned in thinking it'd be a good idea to actually try and memorise them. Any thoughts? [/quote] I've found that writing (handwriting, not typing) the lyrics down helps me to memorise them. Once they're in your head, singing along to the track while driving etc, keeps them fixed.
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The Bassmax is as good a place to start as any. You could also try the Schatten RB-1.
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[quote name='Blademan_98' timestamp='1322601981' post='1453482'] Sounds like you are better off out of it My acoustic duo have split up. I only know this because I went to a gig on Sunday and found out the other chap was playing.......... We haven't spoken for around 4 months and he didn't return my calls or emails. I don't know what has happened so I am trying to start an electric band instead [/quote] He clearly didn't want to play with you any more but didn't have the bottle to say so. I've come across quite a few acoustic singer/songwriter types like this. They decide thay want a bass player (or a band), get some people together, realise that they can barely organise themselves to get to a rehearsal or a gig, never mind 2 or 3 other individuals and insetad of saying anything, they bury their head and the sand and hope that everyone will go away.
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For strings, I'd suggest a set of Innovation Honeys or, if you're feeling flush, a set of Velvet Garbos. Personally, I love the Garbos and they're perfect for the soul (think 'Georgia') and bluegrass/country stuff that I play. They are rather expensive but I've had the same set going on two years and they're still going strong.
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My main band normally got out for £250-350, depending on venue. We're playing two of our regular venues on Christmas eve eve eve (i.e 22nd) for £550 and NYE for £700 (plus all the booze we can drink, plus rooms). We're a guaranteed draw at both places so it wasn't hard to bump the fee up.
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[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1321970476' post='1444913'] Hah, that is great. Amazing music, who says bass & drums on their own aren`t interesting? [/quote] Needs more cowbell.
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Wanted - affordable 3/4 double bass
TheRev replied to sockdeluxe_mikey's topic in EUBs & Double Basses For Sale
+1 on the Thomann 22 bass - I was within a gnat's whisker of buying one of these when a nice old 50s ply came up for sale locally. AFAIK, when you order you can write a note to the sales team outlining what you want. You can also call them up - they have an excellent customer services team. Setup will depend on the sort of sound you want and whether you want to do arco, pizz or both. If funds allow, i'd suggest adding an adjustable bridge - that way you can set the string height to whatever works best and raise it as your strength develops. I started with a 7-8mm on the G and 10mm on the E, which is lowish. I still have the same height on my Eminence but the Laminate is a couple of mm higher. Low tension strings will make the biggest difference to playibility. A set of spirocore weich (light) will be rather nice for a growly jazz sound or a set of Innovation honeys or super silvers will be a bit more gut like and thuddy - good for folk/bluegrass/rockabilly. Again, if funds allow, add a set of decent strings to your Thomann order and have them fit the strings for you as part of the setup. -
[quote name='marvin spangles' timestamp='1321917600' post='1444506'] good to hear ....Does the new tailpiece make a difference? [/quote] Difficult to say as I replaced the existing Thomastik Superflexibles (lovely for arco, hard work for pizz) with a set of Velvet Blues at the same time. The bass is noticeably louder and more open sounding, though again, that could be due to the much lower tension Velvets allowing the table to vibrate more. The old tailwire looked like a oversized bit of coathanger wire and was pretty rigid, so replacing it with something that allows a bit more resonance can only be a good thing. Right? This is a new bass to me, so I'm still experimenting with the sound. The Velvet blues are a bit zingy at the moment, but are a lot closer to the sound I'm looking for than the superflexibles. I'll need to find someone to do a proper set up at some point as there's a couple of dips in the fingerboard, (one right under the D on the A string ) that will need sorting out.
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Cheers chaps. Did the change today with no soundpost related disasters.
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Velvet Animas? Low tension silk core with a copper wrap.
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Dipping my toe in the upright bass pond?
TheRev replied to The Dark Lord's topic in EUB and Double Bass
[quote name='marvin spangles' timestamp='1321785582' post='1442913'] Not sure "look way cool" is the best motivation for taking the plunge. [/quote] It's as good a reason as any other, and probably why most of us started playing bass in the first place.... Hiring is a good idea, it worked for me. If you're aiming at making up your mind in two months, make sure you put in some proper practice every day as it'll probably take two months to get to the point where you can comfortably play a set's worth of songs in tune and without hurting yourself. -
Hi Rich, I'll have it. Can do paypal or bank transfer, whichever's easier.
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[quote name='marvin spangles' timestamp='1321556128' post='1440664'] Yes +1 put the bass on its back on a bed or soft furnishing. You could place a few heavy books or get someone to apply some light pressure. The odds are that the post will stay in place anyway . I've done it a few times for various reasons. It'll only take a few seconds to put on the tailpiece. Good luck [/quote] Cheers - that's pretty much what I was hoping. I use a laptop bag to carry my LMII, cables etc, hopefully that shoud be heavy enough. I think it's going to take more than a few seconds to replace the tailwire, the existing one is a 4mm diameter solid wire that looks like I'll need to hacksaw apart to get it off the tailpiece.
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Afternoon chaps. I've just got some nice new strings for my newly acquired laminate bass and I thought that I might as well change the solid tailpiece wire for a braided version at the same time. Obviously, this means removing all the strings and releasing the pressure on the soundboard and in order to stop the soundpost falling over, the general recommendation is to put a heavy weight on the soundboard to hold everything in place. Is the soundpost likely to be that loose? If so, does anyone know how heavy is 'heavy'? The soundpost in my Eminence is glued in place, so I've never had to worry about this sort of thing before. Ta. Dave
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[quote name='Walker' timestamp='1321463166' post='1439493'] I'm sure this has been asked a million times, but is making the transition from bass to EUB a mammoth task? [/quote] Wot Bartleby said... I'd also recommend a book like Rufus Reid's Evolving Bassist and/or a lesson with a teacher or experienced teacher to get your left and right hand technique sorted before you fall into any bad habits. I found that a proper right hand pizz technique did more to make my EUB sound like a DB than changing strings or pickups etc.
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I have an Eminence EUB you can have a bang on if you're ever in Bristol. Any shops that stock EUBs will probably have the Stagg EUB. They're OK, but at £350 ish, you get what you pay for. Same goes for the Palatino/Harley Benton bass. For around £500 you'll be able to pick up a second hand Aria Lite One (essentially what the Stagg bass is modeled on) or a NS WAV. Either of these basses will be a good starting point and you'll also be able to shift them on fairly easily if you decide to upgrade/jack it in.
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[quote name='Gareth Hughes' timestamp='1321212504' post='1436593'] Easons? [/quote] Or WH Smiths if you're not in N. Ireland.....
