stingrayPete1977

That's no problem, drop me a pm if you are heading to Tofts and if I'm here then you are welcome to call in, from there you could be at my house, try it out, have a coffee and be back at Tofts or going past on your way back to Manchester in an hour. I've never been in Tofts for the fear of a very expensive credit card accident!I presumed I'd need to take the Gedo to them for a proper setup, Jake and Geoff said it's fine as is so I'm happy for now

Tim tofts is not far from me, 15 mins away so 2 birds 1 stone and all that

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1421663295' post='2663621'] I like Ed Friedland's demos. He doesn't play the same stuff each time, he seems good at figuring out what sort of approach suits each instrument. The potential downside of that is that he makes everything sound good! Garth Fielding's demos for D'Addario and Ampeg are pretty good too - he's not showing off, just demonstrating a selection of sounds that can be got. I've found that Youtube demos of EUBs are the worst, as only a tiny proportion of them are by people with any double bass technique... [/quote] I agree with all of this, Ed has cost me a fortune! And it would be great if a good player compared all the eubs from the stagg right upto the fancy ones with all styles shown.

[quote name='Marc S' timestamp='1421662007' post='2663611'] Another company who seem to be really well regarded are Gedo I'm sure there will be another BC'er raving about these shortly.... I've heard not only are they fantastic basses, but the service & delivery from Gedo are excellent too [/quote] Lol, there are a few of us now.

I'm only an hour from manchester if you want to try a Gedo, mine is half carved, adjustable bridge,real ebony board and tail and had thomastik spirocore weichs fitted by Gedo from new. Geoff from discover double bass and Jake Newman both members here have given it a thumbs up, I imagine I would need to spend nearer 3k to make a vast improvement and even then my skill level is far below the Gedo and probably always will even though I'm getting better on it. Do you head south much, I'm not too far from junction 14 M6.

On a budget I'd go for dead reliable but lack of vocal clarity!

Btw I haven't followed that advice either

There is a minimal level of bass and amp imo, I could buy both and a good tuner, stand, leads etc for around £1500 or a bit more, after that I'm not sure who is kidding who?

Do I win a prize? you can add some extra shielding but I suspect its either the actual pickups but worth checking there is nothing nearby that could be inducing it?

Its only ever going to sound as good as the player, I thought we had done 15s are bassy, 10s are toppy years ago? Still its a quiet sunday so why not

[quote name='Cameronj279' timestamp='1421593455' post='2663013'] I raised the action very very slightly on my bass a few weeks back and found it sounded a hell of a lot better. Note clarity, low end and dynamics were all so much better. although annoying it did mean higher action which I'm not a fan of. [/quote] Thats what the pickup height screws are for

There aren't many double basses under a grand you could gig regularly, you could buy one for less but a full setup is often needed, shipping costs, a set of strings decent strings at least £100 or £150 for a set of spiros, then its far more fragile once at the gig too. Since taking a DB out I worry a lot less about my Stingrays tbh

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1421584261' post='2662869'] Er, so... you break a few strings, then? [/quote] Just one about ten years ago

I get almost all of a 1.0mm Dunlop pick right through the string gaps when playing town called mallice

I suppose you cant argue for £250 can you? You might bag a total bargain on ebay though if you hold out, a good used Peavey and tidy Peavey cabs would last forever if looked after.

I've put more little marks and small dents on my basses at home to be honest, my wife knocked the upright hoover over onto my upright bass when it was a few weeks old

By the rules of Basschat someone will be along to tell you they use their Ritter for digging the garden or shovelling snow off the paths once a year as their Squier is far superior Cost is all relative anyway and it depends if a few dings bother you , I would own and use one as I dont care about resale values, I have never bought a bass with selling it in mind and never made any money on one, my jazz has more marks since I bought it in November than EBS Freak has on all his gear including cabs he has owned for years!

Excellent as ever Geoff, I loved the walking in thumb position around 14.30, brilliant! OK I am off to practice, I promise

What speakers are you going to use? If I was starting again now I would keep my Mackie proFX12 desk but I would get a pair of powered cabs instead of the passive Mackies and power amp I have, I like that the desk gets put safe in its gig bag under the bed, pair of covers for the cabs and they can be left in the garage, 3 items and a pair of stands and hey presto, a really loud pa

The old council house fridge door finish.....

I wish I had grabbed a powder blue 5 at the time but I like my Tobacco which is quite rare I presume, how long did it last? and as we worked out mine is one of the very first 5s in the UK by the looks of it ( I forget march or may 2010 I think?), I could do with getting the original preamp checked as I pulled it for a John East as it felt a bit naff to me, any idea who could inspect it and let me know if it is normal or needs repairing DrT?

The sub looks pretty good now anyway!

I like that A LOT!

Even as a Fender user and liker I cant defend their business model, how much is their debt now? I really think only USA models should carry the Fender logo, clamp down on the QC even more although the new stuff appears fairly good, Squier for all the lower models and maybe Affinity by Squier or something for the entry level stuff?

Best tweet him again dieseldalziel as our official contact and ask what bass he used!