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Yep Tobias can be very expensive but like many manufacturers there are some cheaper versions. This is very good though, with a gem of a neck profile and finish. The output is slightly quiter than some of my basses and if I was to upgrade anything, I'd shove some barts in, but it looks and feels good and have a super low action courtesy of moi! But, and hopefully Bassassin will back me up, I'm an outstanding pillar of the community and assure you it's no dodgy scammer from Shetland.

ABS custom flightcaee, fits trace elliot 715 or similar cab/combo. Rock solid. £120 Warwick pedal case with connections. This is boxed and unused. £120 [attachment=71647:DSC00353.JPG][attachment=71648:DSC00355.JPG][attachment=71649:DSC00357.JPG] Pm me for any further details/pics Best Steve r

[quote name='hhoward' post='1119109' date='Feb 7 2011, 05:03 PM']Hi Steve thankyou for your help, i appreciate it My Email is [email protected] it is always nice to hear people's comments that have the same interests Regards HowardH[/quote] I'll try get on it tonight - camera just ran out of battery so hopefully in a couple of hours. Hope it helps:)

when I was younger I did not realise he played stick on elephant talk and figured the main parts by tapping them on my bass; sounds like Primus got a few ideas from that stuff! I did purchase some funk fingers from TLs site about ten years ago - they are pretty much the butt end of a drum stick with a groove cut which holds and adjustable strip of velcrose. Send me your email if you want me to take a pic so you can robthe design.

[quote name='TheRev' post='1112580' date='Feb 2 2011, 04:09 PM']Sounds like you've got the SWB02 or 3 - solid wood body in a miniature double bass shape? If it's a hollow body you've got a SWB04. These basses work best with orchestral or synthetic strings. Steel core (eg, spirocores) are a bit too bright for solid body EUBs. I've used Helicore Hybrids & orchestrals and Innovation Honeys on my old SWB01 LITE. The Helicore Hybrids had good definition but the Honeys had a more double bass-like sound. Others you could try are Obligatos, Velvet Blues or Thomastik Dominants. If you keep an eye on the 'for sale' forum, second hand sets come up pretty regularly. I might even have a set of Helicores knocking around if you're interested?[/quote] Appreciate the info mate - what sort of price? Yeah got a hollow body; quite a cool bass really. Never liked the amount of dots on the steinbergers!!

Hello all; being an upright 'owner', in that I use it way less than my electric basses I have a q regarding strings. I own an electric by Aria which I got the best part of a decade ago, and I'm sure someone said strings were to be obtained from Aria for one reason or another - or this may just have been marketing... Anyhow, I need some new strings, what would possibly be most useful for this electric, played mostly pizzicato, in styles of jazz, blues, drum'n'bass, hip-hop etc. Thoughts would be useful - I've forgotton what model but its like a squashed double bass!! Best Steve r

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1082623' date='Jan 8 2011, 09:45 PM']I love my rare exotic basses...crap to sell on, but a joy to own.... my new love and GAS is this bass.. they are unfortunately..mega bucks!.. there is not that many in the world... from a source/friend in the US, he has told me they are just incredible sounding basses... John Myung used to play them... This bass does it for me.. i also love Surine and New York Bass Works basses... Sukop too let me see the rare basses you love.. pics please...we all ant to see these beauties..[/quote] I think this one was on sale in Mississipi for some time - I emailed the shop and was very close to buying it as I really love their sound and indeed they are very obscure. Kind of wish I had now!

As with many things music, it is a subjective issue I think. To cop the feel of a piece is how I generally work, especially when depping or busking a tune without rehearsal or prior learning. Other situations require absolute detail to a written score - although sometimes you have some 'artistic licence' provided you spot the unison parts! And there are situations where I feel blasphemous to even dare deviate from the original line because its so good. I don't know how others feel, but some lines (a few notable ones include Good Times, Addicted to Love and, oh loads really!) have a subtlelty within in that on the surface they are fairly straightforward, but to get CLOSE to the original requires a lot of attention to beat placement, tone, articulation et cetera - some players deviate by adding fills and skips and so forth but it does not necessarily enhance the groove it sometimes distracts and also highlights how a fill without reason can be a way of disguising a lack of focus on the groove - the tunes mentioned are so well played they don't need lots of fills/variants. Bit of a can of worms as always this, but one way to know for sure is to record and listen back. That said, play to a load of pissed people and they probably won't know/care. As long as you play Kings of Leon!

Very sad indeed; a hugely influential player.

[quote name='JTUK' post='1073870' date='Dec 31 2010, 05:39 PM']Andy Crockett in Canterbury, I think. [url="http://www.crockettguitars.com/Jazz/CROCKETTCONTACT.htm"]http://www.crockettguitars.com/Jazz/CROCKETTCONTACT.htm[/url] Give him a call. I know he makes the things..not sure if he still does set-ups, etc[/quote] Yep andy is very thorough and well worth it if you can get hold of him!

[quote name='chris_b' post='1070864' date='Dec 28 2010, 11:52 AM']I bet you can't! James Jamerson could play anything but listen to him on Boom Boom, Higher and Higher and Can I get A Witness. Anyone could play more notes but just because you can you won't be playing "better" lines. I could play more notes than Dusty Hill but that would not be right either.[/quote] True indeed. We should be playing because we love to play and not expect to be slated if we are not virtuosos. Have fun and try to play within context; lets face it, if we all followed some 'how to do bass that will please everyone' guide we would be dull and similar. Some people play lots of notes and some play few, but ultimately I reckon we are better off practicing right now to improve our craft, as opposed to talking about it and how we could do better. (guitarist and lightbulb joke?)

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='923812' date='Aug 13 2010, 12:18 PM']We've had overrated, but awful is a difficult one. I agree that in the studio it can be fixed or ghosted. But live? If a band becomes 'well known', the bass player should have done enough gigs to play to a decent standard. If we're talking 'annoying', that cheese farmer from Blur when he appeared on Jools Holland once, playing a double bass and trying to look cool by smoking a fag.[/quote] Haha nail on the head! Strangely I saw him judging some talent thing on tv once and he was horrid to some young metal band and said they were not controversial/outrageous enough (or words to that effect) but failed to see the controversial/outrageousness in them when they proceeded to dump a bowl of pasta over his head! Out rolled the diva...

[quote name='witterth' post='923799' date='Aug 13 2010, 12:12 PM']This could get interesting this, Oh go on then, I'll chuck one that'll get hair and teeth flying, Adam Clayton (there, I've said it ) ok ok, not totally awful but a bit lucky inne?[/quote] Its true to an extent but also worth considering that him and the drummer keep the foundation perfectly for U2 - who the face of is really bono and the hedge. Were some great bassist to play for them it'd probably sound 'wrong'. For the record, I don't particuarly care for much of u2's stuff but I think that some 'average' bassists are doing the correct job. Fame isn't based on virtuosity by and large. This could be a can of worms!!

[quote name='Moos3h' post='923765' date='Aug 13 2010, 11:57 AM']The original bass player from Oasis![/quote] Yes - and to think they gave something like a 4 page feature in the uk bass mag at the time... Nothing to do with boosting sales?

Genuinely nice guys and very funny. Not a single untalented person in the group - all capable of rock with the creative ability of jazz, and a superb cross pollination of styles, and performance overall. They have done workshops at Canterbury Christchurch uni for the last few years and the odd gig throughout the UK. Thoroughly recommended.

[quote name='Bassassin' post='1041230' date='Nov 29 2010, 02:49 PM']That was a couple of years earlier Steve, if I remember rightly. Didn't know your mum's house even had a basement, otherwise I probably would've left stuff there... With Abstract I had a 70s HH VS combo, which lit up green but only worked properly lying on its back (the amp, not me!), which I PX'd for a Session 410 Bass Compact (poor man's Trace-Elliot back then!) at Frenchy's in Duncan Road - which was run by a Mark Knopfler wannabe & amateur pornographer called Geoff - remember him? The GK's great - I really want a decent 2x10 to use with it now. Oh, and a band with some bloody gigs would be good too! J.[/quote] Wow - I had a carlsboro valve and 4x12 for my first amp - got it from some guy tony knew and got in my first band at 18. Yeah I remember geoff - I used to drool over the hohner headless basses in his window (and a zemicki which was uncool but I wishede I'd bought!) as a paperboy; he would get me to nick fags for him from the shop in return for cables etc...a right old fagin! And yeah I heara few stories about him chatting up schoolgirls. He also had some dodgy assitant who I realise in retrospect was a bit of a druggie as he was always offering me spares and stuff for like 10 or 15 quid. Geoff sold some trash but I last sold him a guitar I put together minus any internal electronics (as I knew he didn't check them) and that part funded my first bass!! But he woulde rip any one off - i mean I was 15!!! Talk about how to learn about the music business:) Yeah I've been using a markbass 2x10 lately. Nice and light. I have a 4x10 but don;t always need that much power when theres a pa to do it for me. Gona flog quite a few of my basses as got a CT this year and may buy a roscoe off a mate which is one of the best basses I've ever tried. And as I;'m doing less touring work etc I don't need so many damn instruments.

Oh well - shame to hear such things. Seriously, I've never had a prob with them. Some of the old denmark street gaffs on the other hand...

It's a shame the Bass Centre didn't survive as a physical shop - always fantastic stock and staff. I've used them since the mid-90s and never had a problem. If it transpires that whatever I've ordered is out of stock they always phone back immediately and let me decide if I'm happy to wait, but that has only happened once. Always found their staff knowledgable and helpful to the max.