Rosie C
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Top of my list is a compressor pedal, probably a Boss CS-3 but I might stretch to a CP-1X. I just sold my Höfner bass so it might be ordered soon. Also one of those lithium power packs, something with a nice clean output to use with an amp. If I somehow come into a pile of cash, I'd love a Hagström H8 II.
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This is about the third iteration of my home-made pedal board. Nothing fancy, just basic Boss pedals and a passive DI. The tuner has the handy side-effect of splitting out a signal for my IEMs. The EQ is mostly used to stop my upright feeding back. The pedal in the middle slot varies, but isn't ever tremolo when playing bass! I built the board for gigs with a PA, where I'm using IEMs - although I don't actually do any of those anymore. It runs from a cordless drill battery and I get 3-4 months use from a single charge.
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PIckup for a Bouzouki? Any ideas / suggestions welcome
Rosie C replied to Marc S's topic in Other Instruments
I'm a bit late to this thread, but you're in South Wales as well, so I'll pitch in. I have a mandocello I wanted to play through a PA, but fitting a pickup was problematic. It has a fancy rosette glued in the sound hole which didn't help. The trapeze bridge didn't suit a pickup, and the end of the fretboard was the wrong size for a pickup. I didn't want to cut a hole in the body but in the end it gave more options, so we just went for it. The pickup is a K&K big shot pickup fitted on the inside. It's paired with a Fishman pre-amp from a guitar, cutting the holes for the pre-amp gave access to fit the pickup - I understand that involved two drumsticks and some blu-tack. Anyway, as I say I'm a bit late replying, and you did say you din't want to cut holes! But you're probably not far from me so there's always the possibility of popping along to try it. -
Martin's Violin's in Caerphilly have worked on my double bass - doing general setup and fitting a pickup a couple of years ago.
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Carbon fibre bow, twin bow case & composite bow I've not bowed my upright a lot - I've mostly played bluegrass and jazz with it. So it seems likely the buyer will know more about bows than I do - so feel free to ask questions or ask for different photos. I'd very much prefer collection - I'm in the Chepstow area - not far from Bristol and Newport. Carbon fibre bow Made by "Roth & Junius", 3/4 size, ebony frog, natural hair. Bought in 2020 from Thomann: https://www.thomann.de/gb/roth_junius_rjb_carbon_bass_bow_3_4f_bk.htm Condition is generally good, the leatherette near the frog is lifting slightly. Gewa Maestro Double Bass Bow Case Fits two bass bows (German or French) Wood construction with leatherette finish Also bought from Thomann: https://www.thomann.de/gb/gewa_maestro_double_bass_bow_case.htm Decent condition, mostly used to store bows in the house. Composite bow I don't really know much about it, it came 'free' with my double bass, and I kept it in the case as a spare in case my carbon bow ever broke. -
I had similar - a faulty IEM amplifier, Thoman said they'd just send a replacement and to keep the faulty unit for 6 months in case the replacement developed a similar fault, then dispose of it.
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Lugging a double bass is rarely fun, and I can't change my car without taking it along to check the size. But I love the "theatre" an upright adds to a performance, and I love the 'thump' that they have. I just have a cheap unbranded one, but it sounds pretty good.
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It's the Widders Border Morris in Chepstow. I've only just joined - quite a new thing for me, but a lot of fun. So far I played recorder and mandocello with them, but I'll be taking my double bass along at some point. I love playing it but I'm getting a touch of arthritis in my hands lately and I find I know about it the day after playing double bass
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It seems it's traditional to post an introduction. I've played bass since school in the 1980s when a friend loaned me a bass and said if I could play it I could join his band. I played on and off, only really rock covers, never going past the fifth fret until a few years ago when a friend dragged me along to his community jazz band. That was a bit of a step up, I moved on to double bass, joined a bluegrass band, but found the double bass too hard on my hands. I bought a Fender acoustic bass but found it very quiet, but that got me into mandolins, and the string instrument I actually play most at the moment is mandocello, which I've lately been playing in a Morris side, and also at our local church. I'm at kind of a crossroads with bass playing at the moment, not in a Robert Johnson way, but in a sort of "been there, done that" sort of frame of mind. Maybe this group will give me some enthusiasm.
