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Hi all I am looking to find out if there are any uk based manufactures off double bass in the U.K. Who make basses for the rock and roll / rockabilly market
Looking for something along the lines of Blast cult or king basses
Really like the blast cult
basses but if anything goes wrong with it it would have to go back to them in the states to much Afro
Got about £5000 to spend

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If you're using a pickup on it, it's a bit of a waste having a high quality instrument. It can be tricky controlling the resonances it creates when you're plugging in (I have a similar problem using a pickup on my Martin guitar - acoustically, it's a grand piano, but a bit too much when plugged in - a cheap instrument is a lot more controllable). A lot of rock and roll/rockabilly players use cheaper, even plywood basses (which hold up better to being stood on and thrown around, too). For the kind of sum you want to spend, a cheaper instrument with a good pickup system could be the way to go. You'd probably have enough change to pay someone for a custom paint job, too.

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[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1503656571' post='3359989']
Thomas Martin

[url="http://www.thomasmartin.co.uk"]http://www.thomasmartin.co.uk[/url]

They're based a five minute drive from where I live, and they also make the very fine Williamscot bass guitars.
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Not really instruments aimed at rockabilly players.

I had a go on artisan's Duke when he was selling it but couldn't raise all the cash to buy it at the time, very nice bit of kit indeed - you can get them from thomann who stock a couple of models or custom order from the guy who makes them in Germany through bassico.eu - I was very impressed by both Dukes I've played (another basschatter was kind enough to loan me one for a couple of weeks) they are excellent professional standard ply instruments.

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[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1503669146' post='3360179']
I don't know much about them, isn't a double bass a double bass?
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Now you've done it!That's like a double bass player saying "aren't all those bass guitars the same?"Let the fun begin....oops,I see Dad has started already...

Maybe you should also post on the EUB and Double Basses forum.

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[quote name='Staggering on' timestamp='1503669738' post='3360186']

Now you've done it!That's like a double bass player saying "aren't all those bass guitars the same?"Let the fun begin....oops,I see Dad has started already...
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My comment was in reaction to someone saying that the suggested double bass wasn't suitable for rockabilly.

I didn't realise double basses were genre specific, any more than a bass guitar is.

Are they any good for metal? 😉

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[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1503677332' post='3360277']
My comment was in reaction to someone saying that the suggested double bass wasn't suitable for rockabilly....
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To be fair, he actually wrote '...[i]aimed at[/i] rockabilly players.'. The equivalent, maybe, of turning up at a C&W gig with an Ironbird pointy thing and a Marshall stack. T'would work, of course, but that's not the target customer base.

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[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1503677332' post='3360277']
My comment was in reaction to someone saying that the suggested double bass wasn't suitable for rockabilly.

I didn't realise double basses were genre specific, any more than a bass guitar is.

Are they any good for metal?
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Somebody please say yes(re metal) and let the good lines roll.....

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[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1503666271' post='3360139']

Not really instruments aimed at rockabilly players.

I had a go on artisan's Duke when he was selling it but couldn't raise all the cash to buy it at the time, very nice bit of kit indeed - you can get them from thomann who stock a couple of models or custom order from the guy who makes them in Germany through bassico.eu - I was very impressed by both Dukes I've played (another basschatter was kind enough to loan me one for a couple of weeks) they are excellent professional standard ply instruments.
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[quote name='PaulGibsonBass' timestamp='1503669146' post='3360179']
I don't know much about them, isn't a double bass a double bass?
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T&G Martin specialise in expensive carved instruments aimed mostly at the classical market, you could play rockabilly tunes on a fine orchestral instrument, but it would be a waste of money - for some styles of music ply basses are much more appropriate, not because of their cost or construction, but because of the way they respond to player input, to generalise greatly, they tend to be more direct and percussive and spit the notes out quickly compared to carved instruments (at least in my experience).

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[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1503688350' post='3360360']

T&G Martin specialise in expensive carved instruments aimed mostly at the classical market, you could play rockabilly tunes on a fine orchestral instrument, but it would be a waste of money - for some styles of music ply basses are much more appropriate, not because of their cost or construction, but because of the way they respond to player input, to generalise greatly, they tend to be more direct and percussive and spit the notes out quickly compared to carved instruments (at least in my experience).
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Thanks for your insight.

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Thanks for your help guys
I have one of them rockabilly basses from gear for music fitted with a rockabilly pro pick up system and rockabilly red strings
Not the best of basses to play slot of dead notes the a string seems quieter then the rest going to put a multi band compressor in front of the amp to try and sort it out
Tye bass is anvsnimal to play horrabale neck got more divers in the fret board than in my front hedge stay away they are awful
It's only the strings £120 pick up preamp £200
And my EBS TD 650 And 2 EBS cabs making it sound good
Going to look at the Duke Basses in junction with Blast cult preamp and pick up system

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