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Hi Pete/rumple What's the skinny of the Diamond Pete is it worth it. Rumple there's a used MXR M87 on here which would you choose

Hi Pete/Rumple I'd be very interested to hear from you about this Compressor as you can see I do a pretty energetic show and need to have something to counter act the odd extra dig in that happens sometimes in the heat fo battle so to speak without squashing tmy signal to much. Cheers Laurence

Thanks guys the Boss OC2 seems the most popular choice wish I hadn't sold my Line 6 M13 now

Hi Guys How do I mimick the synth bass on Moves Like Jagger without spending much money. Cheers Laurence

Don't have a budget I just want somthing that works and is reliable

Cheers Shep Now for the million dollar question what sort of price am I looking at

Any one got any real world recommendation's, I gig a lot and do a lot of jumping around. Cheers Laurence

Cheers Geoff but I'm sticking with what I know.

So I had a chat with my luthier last night and he thinks the reason my legs wrapped (other than the adjusters and BassBalseriet pickup) was due to the Belgian style Despiau bridge on the bass which has much longer legs and less mass he also said the bridge wasn't aged which was another factor. He's putting on a very nice Aubert Deluxe old selected Maple bridge, the bridge has much shorter less and more mass and because it's been aged for up to 30 years will be much stable and vastly improve the sound, we decided not to put installed the BassBalseriet pickup so that's going to be available if anyone is interested. Both Clarky ans Keith have kindly offer to lend me pickups once I get the bass back so I will see what works best. Interstingly I was old told that the Correlli Tungsten strings sound pretty darn good last night low tension and big sound and they bow really well has anyone tried them? Cheers Laurence

Very interesting Roger the bass player with Tord Gustavsen band uses an Underwood and sounds incredible probably because he is incredible as is Dave Holland I think I'm going to go down that root for now. I just need something that works and doesn't distract from just playing which is the most important thing for me. I read that the Fishman Dual Parametric DI is the best product Fishman ever made and now discontinued is a fantastic pre-amp you can get them second.

The K10's sounds to be a winner has anyone tried the K12. I did use a MarkBass 15 combo for a while but the amp is truly not suited to the double bass. Did you all try the K10 before you purchased it or did buy purely on reviews? My bass is harder to amplify using a mic than a 3/4 bass and the Realist works best on something 3/4 size bass IMHO. I did a CD recently with a fantastic ribbon mic great sound on it's own it would the perfect live sound but impossible to use in a modern jazz situation. Glad to hear you can get a decent sound with Underwood Roger it my not be ideal but at least it works not forgetting a certain Mr Holland is still using one, do you reckon a pre-amp is essential.

It sounded the best in to an Avalon M5 but they are serious money I used it with an Acoustic Image Ten2 and it sound pretty decent but with bleed etc from the kit I ended up using more pickup. So have you ditched pickups altogether? How good is the QSC powered 10?

I have to say I've been under whelmed by the Headway ever time I've tried it. It didn't work very well with the Realist and was really disappointed when I used it with the DPA but I think it was down to my bass rather than the gear. The DPA sounds great FOH though.

I see Underwood have a new website also hear the Planet Pickups small in the wing pickup is ok anyone tried it?

Thanks Greg sounds like a great pickup but a huge financial investment with the Schertler and QSC powered 10 having spent mega bucks already I'll leave that option alone for the time being.