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Hum, maybe I'm thinking about this one, I also play jazz guitar... So maybe... https://www.fishman.com/portfolio/platinum-pro-eq-di-analog-preamp/#support

Will this one work well ? https://www.kksound.com/pure-preamp

Hi ! I play on a Rumble 115 (100 W) first generation, it's fine for bass but for double bass it's another story. I read a preamp is sometimes needed (my piezo is a Shadow 950) because of an impedance problème. So what should I do ? A preamp or something like that ? Or keeping playing with the volume at 30 % or more and dealing with the EQ ?

Hi ! This is with the drummer...

Thanks, in fact it wasn't a rehearsal, just one two three four, like a jam session. Next time there will be a drummer because the guitarist mostly plays bebop.

My big bottom is sitten on a bar stool, this bar stool is on a long rubber carpet (150 cm), the endpine is on the stretched carpet, my legs are open, the bass is touching the stool (leatherette)... The instrument doesn't move at all.

When I don't know what I'm wearing under my trousers I will ask you if you know better than I do.

Really ? How do you know it ? It's all about this thread, didn't you notice the bass was going for a sliding trip ? The problem was solved by my wife !

Maybe it's better here...

One of my problems is solved !

The other day my wife (who loves me more than a lot) bought me a rubber carpet and I said it wouldn't work and there was something they sell to avoid things that usually happen to me. After dinner, I took the rubber carpet... My God ! It works more than I expected and you know what ? I play better ! I do it all over the neck.

Far is not the right word... It's farer than far. And yes, you are right, when I tried to play in thumb position the instrument began to slide.

Any durable solution ?

I changed the strings three months ago, I think I will change them soon. Why ? Because I don't really like them (black tape) and I will put the stock ones again. I say it but maybe I won't do it. The more you play a string the best it sounds. Where's the limit ?

Hi ! I bought a nice keyboard but I felt like playing the double bass, it's not a performance but this is what I practice when I'm not trying to record something. Some notes are really out of tune or I hit the wrong note, hopefully I keep the form. Well, sometimes it could sound like 3/4 + 5/4 but many people would play 3/4 + 4/4 : I didn't because I had the form.

Thanks a lot !

Well, maybe some will say I'm wrong but a fretted instrument is more visual than others. When I'm sight-reading while I play the bass guitar I make some mistakes because when I go up on the instrument my fingers basically are on the frets, imagine what's happening. The double bass is less visual, it's adapted to your body and your height. When you're not watching (or not so much) it sounds better. Every method is good.

Again and again...

It's ridiculous the way I used to stretch, now I don't stretch anymore.

What difference does it make ?

I'm pretty proud of how the bass became more comfortable. End of the fingerboard... G 7 mm D 8 mm A 9 mm E 10 mm It's what I guess I measured with multiple methods. It's worth to become a totally blind inexperienced silly luthier than leaving a fortune for a real "set-up"... Every time a professional touches one of my instruments I'm disappointed, when I do it on my own I claim it's a piece of art, even if it's ugly, it works the way I want. This is the other way of what oneself tolerance means.

Thanks a lot !!!

Since people like playing with low action, I wonder if double bassists want to sound like electric fretless basses. I modified the bridge, the action was very high about 13 mm on the G string, now it's 9 mm. I was sure it was around 8-9 mm but I didn't read very well when I was measuring. Having known such an action, your double basses are not so different from electric basses for me. That's bigger, that's sure. It's not sarcasm because if I weren't there I wouldn't have modified my bridge. So I thank you, now it's more comfortable, I'm not satisfied about the sound I get, maybe it comes from the strings, I modified the bridge after changing the strings. Now I can play bad in thumb position, before that I was barely able to play a note. Before After the first modification There I'm a bit out of rhythm and had a strange tone because I was surprised when I was in thumb position. The sustain surprised me too when I was playing... I felt strange... That was the first modification.

What do I risk if I let it like this ? I modified it again.