BobVbass

mine's called Baby as the drummer said "wow look at that baby" when he saw it first time - and as the band's called The Razors I kind of like the "baby's playing with Razors again" joke....... ( I know.... sorry )

I've got some new weedwackers if you want to try them , never got round to fitting them as I liked the metal strings too much - PM me your address and I'll post them over. They're a lovely shade or red as well



Bob

There's car sharing clubs as well where you join and rent the car by the hour..

came across this - it looks excellent - anyone tried one?

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yes that sort of thing except with a volume and tone (these chaps are out of business now tho) I've got a kent armstrong around here somewhere as well although its in a bit of a state! haven't tried it yet!

yeah that's what I use at the mo - great for no feedback but not the most refined sound - hence the idea for a bracket to use EMGs + the schaller rattles worse than my beetle engine. I have bass max a well and use it with a fishman platimun pro (which is excellent) - great sound but feeds back at the volume I need to play at

I know it won't be a true DB sound but I reckon it will be better than a schaller and hopefully no feedback!

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or plug in a couple of hundred quid extra and get this one - perfect

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worse case it's a great ply bass but you might even end up with it being hybrid or full carved... if only I hadn't just bought one

Ok... well Thomann's stuff is good gedo-musik.de do some good ones as well but you'll need to pay for them to be set up (£200-£400) depending where you go what you have done etc.

the one on gumtree - your guess is as good as mine, can't tell form the pictures really so you need to take someone along to have a look.

Your best bet is to get a secondhand ply bass (pref an old B&H or something like that) that's been regularly played - they do come up on ebay regularly for between £400-£800; if they won't deliver, ask on here you might find someone that will drop it off for you (or a few people that will shuffle it along)

A better idea for you for the moment would be to hire one - lots of schools/councils have hire schemes and you can get used to playing one for little outlay and risk - I had one for six months, cost me £18! bargain and then I knew what I was loooking for when I went to buy

hope that helps


Bob

PS don't go for a 4/4 - they're a pain to sell on!

our old drummer had a top of the range roland kit with mackie speakers and sub woofer and it was brilliant - great to be able to change drum sounds to suit the song (or part of the song) saying that tho it wasn't any smaller than an acoustic kit with all that added.

Current drummer uses a cheap yamaha electronic kit for practice and yes - it's crap

after holiday hup

gedo-musik.de do loads of lefties for the same price as Thomann - Bilbo's Gedo bass is superb

Lindy Fralin's for a P bass and Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounder on my Tele - the Fralin's have amazine tone and clarity

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what are you aiming to do with it btw? don't discount ply basses especially 1960's - 80s ones - they tend to be well made and extremely robust - perfect for regular gigging and you can get a great one for under £1000

It's better to get a good ply than an average carved - they come up regularly on ebay

[quote]Anyone who knows my thoughts on this will know that I am not that bothered by the set up - I knew that, whatever I had, I would have to adapt my technique. What I needed was to make sure my instrument was credible and that it wasn't a total piece of junk. After that, I woudl find my way over time. I had a bass before on loan for six months so knew what to expect but to suggest that I would have an informed opinion on set up woudl be disingenuous. I am in no position to decide what my ideal set up woudl be so go with the flow. As I develop and learn, I can form an opinion and get any modifications I need made as and when it makes sense to do so.[/quote]

As usual excellent advice from Mr B - exactly the approach I've taken - when I know what I'm talking about then that's the time to form an opinion on what needs to be adjusted. I took the approach of getting a well maintained bass from a professional player and I'll adjust my playing technique to play it - it's working brilliantly at the mo!

my db is actually miles easier to play than my old EUB - Better positioning with the body, thinner neck- and it's sings to you as well - played a 3 1/2 hour gig with it last saturday ; I'd have never managed that with my EUB

sounds like rubbish to me - thomann do some great carved basses new for £850 ish (33 model) To be honest you'll probably be better of with a 60's - 80s ply bass anyway if you're going gigging as they're far more stable and robust.

Bilbo got an excellent fully carved bass that looks the mutts nuts for just over £1000 from gedo-musik as well so unless a) you know the repairs are superbly and professionally done b ) you really fancy a Gewa, I'd avoid it - I'd certainly want to play it for a long while to make sure I liked it

Just my sunday "I'm feeling brutal tonight" opinion!

Bob

how much is it up for? There's lots of decent basses new and secondhand for around £6-800 that are in brilliant condition

brilliant - that looks perfect - thanks chaps!

Hi

I've got a double bass and an electric and I was wondering if there is such a thing as a footswitch that can take two inputs and switch which one goes to the amp? If it was a pre amp with different settings for each input channel that would be superb - can't find anything though - any ideas?

thanks

Bob

bump!

I reckon it'll probably top out around £7-800 quid on a good day - bung it on ebay and give it a whirl - or check out the completed listings tick box on ebay to see what they've been selling for

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