stingrayPete1977

Loads of things for next christmas though when people are stuck for ideas! Just looked at the bows, what a minefield!

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1355655314' post='1900903'] Ooops that was the wrong link Pete, that bow was for a 4/4 bass, mine is 3/4. But you get the picture [/quote] I was typing so you have answered my first question already

If your not sure imagine where I am with it I presume you buy a 3/4 or a 4/4 depending on the bass rather than your preferance? So 3/4 for the Stagg? I will wait until the wife calms down before I order any more stuff from thomann, I have found the evolving bassist book for £12.15 plus p&p on Amazon so I might treat myself to that Its a whole new area and I guess all the same threads run here like they do in the rest of the forum, why have a 5 string, why learn to read blah blah? I can see a divide between the EUB and DB players but most people look to be happy to accept the two in their own right, Its looks like some DB players dont class you as an upright player on EUB? Im sure I will fall into one of the traps like I did asking about 5 strings a few years ago in general chat

I ordered it saturday so It would be nice to have it by next weekend All the hours to play it (try and learn how to play it) instead of watching crap christmas TV has to be good

So are they made by Tokai then?

I haven't ruled out anything, I'm not a big classical fan......yet. I'm very open minded and happy to try all styles, I already do on bass guitar. I have mentioned a bow earlier in the thread so maybe your the man to ask, is there a budget bow worth trying or am I looking at an expensive one? One of thevreasons I went for the stagg was because of the reviews saying it could be played arco unlike some others with flat boards, may as well just hold a stingray on end if its like that!

That's it, you can hire our village hall unsupervised which includes the bar and kitchen all three phase. Rcd and plug testers all the way

Very true doddy has lessons himself

If money was no object I would go see him every week, its also a 45 minute drive away. I have had a few lessons off him on electric bass but mostly regarding reading, he didnt seam to think my playing was too bad which is nice as his is very good! I'm hoping I can follow a regime better with upright as its totally new and try and get better at reading/theory, after all the years playing and gigging electric bass its hard not to try and miss out the easy stuff. I might look for a local class but I'm not sure anything useful exists, also I currently have a broken arm but the cast is coming off on monday! No point having a lesson until I have the strength to play it but hopefully in the new year I will be sorted. I'm waiting for a reply from doddy, I bet he is working as this is his busy time with the shows so I won't badger him

Cheers the lower the better, how simple is grade 1? I have no idea what level I am at.

If you think of places like kitchens then its unavoidable, some appliances are even 3 phase that unskilled persons or even the public hiring the venue are using, dishwashers, mixers etc. The thing you touch the most is a lighting bank of switches, these often have 415 present unlabeled. I would certainly not mix phases in one cabinet though and a warning notice between more than one is a sensible addition. Truth is its all around you!

One mm won't make any difference imo just get an mm sr5 you say nowhere near stocks ebmm but your avatar thing says birmingham?

Ebmm are the cheap ones, see sig below

My teacher should be able to tell me if they are ok or not, what about a bow then?

Cool I will see what its like and file them down a bit at a time then, I have factored in about a ton for strings as and when so I'm not too far off. The next bass up looks like the ns nxt at about £800 which I could go to in a year or so if things are going well, I'm sure I could sell the stagg with the probable mods and proper strings on here to put towards it too.

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1355593673' post='1900387'] On books and reading, the classic tutor book is SImandl which teaches the various left hand positions but also bores a lot of people (me included) to death. Lots recommend Rufus Reid's Evolving Bassist http://www.amazon.co.uk/Evolving-Bassist-Rufus-Reid/dp/0967601509/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1355593614&sr=1-1 The following link is to a good cheap book with melodies from well known jazz and big band songs transcribed for double bass, so it has the benefit that you are playing recognisable melodies rather than painful (albeit necessary) scale type stuff http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mckee-Andy-Jazz-Bass-Double/dp/1423489535 [/quote] That evolving book looks worth having anyway, had a look inside and its very comprehensive, history types of bows and strings the lot.See what santa brings

[quote name='apa' timestamp='1355592633' post='1900363'] Im realy pleased with mine but you do have to do a bit of setting up to get them going. 1. Cut the nut so the strings are nice and low on the board. This will make it much easier to play straight since they are big tough old birds to grapple with. 2. I had to cut the D and A notches in the bridge so the contour matched the board. 3. I also wrapped some padding around the post to stop a rattle. 4. The power problem with the pre was cured a long time ago on the early ones so dont worry about that. 5. I swapped the strings straight off. The stock were bent and lumpy so useless. 6. It takes a bit of EQ to get a good sound out of it. Boost lower mids and upper treble. Cut the lower bass. Dont bother with the 'Bass boost'. 7. Have a good read of the Stagg EUB Mega Thread on TB. 8. A few have been prone to the machine heads snapping if knocked. Mine have been fine and stock cheapos can be used to replace the ears and stems. Only the posts are bespoke. 9. Its an expensive hobby - Look at the price of strings just for starters so dont go getting too much GAS I think thats covers what I did with it. A [/quote] Looks like I am going to be busy! Just how low should I get the strings to the board at the nut? I don't want to overdo it. Hopefully I can get on with the strings for now until the pot looks a bit fuller, but what should I be putting on it? Thanks

Three phase can be present between two sockets fairly close to each other, often they will be installed to an engineers spec to try and acheive an even load across all three phases, so a single story venue with a stage may well have a stage ring main on one phase and dance floor area sockets on another, throw in a cleaners socket on the third phase and you could be using all three between band, lights and dj! Certainly even in primary school we wire dado sockets for computers on one phase with auxiliary sockets within an arms reach of them on another.

Sounds ideal then, how are you getting on with the proper db?

The olp ray5s are narrower than the usa ones , the tony levin edition one is a nice bass in general.

Puts the which strings do you use or p vs j nut width threads into perspective!

I'm going to start lessons after the new year pm already sent to someone on here Long term I would like a ns but I need to get the basics first and the general feeling seams to be that the stagg can give me that, I bet the proper db makers love these as its probably a popular first step, I doubt I would either buy a db or an eub if it was going to be £2000 minimum but I will happily if I can play one in future

Logged in now and it has green coins

Do they keep any uk stock?

I will update the thread as soon as it lands