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Just saw this on YouTube. Steel strung, so possibly resolves the intonation issues normally associated with fretted U-Basses…?

The OP reminds me of Spike Milligan‘s “An Audience With…” appearance in the 80s. “Hello! I have nothing planned for this evening… so nothing can go wrong.”

Hi Guys, thank you all for the advice. You’ve certainly given me plenty of good ideas to work with. I will be trying these various options in the near future. cheers, Paul

Next port of call will be a high pass filter. A parametric would be after that. I’m already at low volume. Any quieter and I’ll wear out my right hand (I’m stood right next to the drums, on the “wrong” side i.e. next to the floor tom).

Thanks Chris. Space is very limited, so changing position options are too. It’s a semi-permanent set-up on a show stage, so a crate, even covered looks a bit meh. Gramma pad May be an idea.

Hi all, I work in a show without an amp - instead I hear myself via a pre-amp through an active wedge. All fine so far. However, the wedge tends to turn the riser that I am on into a massive sound box, producing tons of muddy bass frequencies. Improvised efforts to decouple the wedge from the riser improve things significantly, however, I would like to build/buy something more permanent and optimal. Are soft acoustic pucks more effective or are the small spikes (reducing contact to the riser) better? Any advice would be much appreciated. Cheers Paul

My name is Paul and I am a bass-player… Hi Paul….

That is simply fabulous

Wot, your chastity belt?

Love the poster …..as in the advertising medium, not Mr. msb.

Will you lads at the back puLEASE keep it down…. SOME of us are TRYING to listen to the bass solo!

I stand corrected.

I think I read somewhere in this thread that he has serious hearing issues. If that is the case, I can't see him performing with a band, sadly.

Nice rig, lovely bass. And, between the hairstyle and the axe, if your band ISN'T a Who tribute, it seems an awful waste 😜