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[quote name='bagsieblue' timestamp='1474050765' post='3135329'] I've got a pink 'un - might gig it soon!!; 90's Bass Collection [/quote]

A raga on Radio 3. Sorry, missed the title and artist.

I suppose the other thing would be to get a preamp/pickup set which needed 18 volts - which would need a two-battery route, which would be bigger, which would obliterate the evidence of this foulup.

After my initial shock has worn off somewhat... It's very 80s - though there are similar Italian designs from the 60s, IIRC. I wonder what it weighs - that extra upper bout (?) has to add to the weight. I suspect that doesn't actually do much except add weight and look, um, "different" seems the least controversial word - so I don't know whether I'd bother, even if I could afford it.

Ouch... That's no help, I know. But good luck!

Erm, I ticked two boxes in the poll... (No I wouldn't.)

Got one. It's noisy. (Anyone detecting a pattern here?) I haven't done anything about it yet (I have too many basses already). Shielding was my next move, but if it's not terribly effective to do that, do we know why? I'm considering stringing it ADGC, because I've found the E string "flabby". I'm curious to know what strings other people are using? Thanks

Me too - if it was mine, I'd be going for a clear finish. Not sure if I'd leave the headstock as is

If you can rig something up so that you can get contact on the mastoid (contact with the bone behind the ear, like an old-style hearing aid), that will go a long way towards hearing it enough to practice, even if it's muted.

I reckon you need a wide-angle lens

The three-string is interesting. Though I doubt I would buy one; four strings seems a comfortable number with a useful range of pitches.

Looks nice - and white isn't my colour

Aluminium-necked five-string. Never heard of this maker, so I'm curious. Does anyone know about them? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Vaccaro-X-Ray-V2-5-string-bass-Kramer-1998-2002-Aluminium- neck-/252533460042?hash=item3acc2acc4a:g:uRIAAOSw9IpX0-b6

[quote name='ixlramp' timestamp='1473070015' post='3126491'] Piccolo bass works certainly. I often string up my fretted and fretless basses with thin strings. My basses are 34" or 35" a short scale is not at all necessary. It's simply a case of finding thin strings long enough, and choosing the right gauges to keep the tension low. Tension must be low for very thin roundwounds or thin plains to not break them. But the lower strings need more tension, so the optimum is tension falling steadily from low to high. This also turns out to be optimum for chording, tapping, bending and other alternative techniques, and best for general playability. Kalium Strings of USA have a huge range of piccolo sets in any string count, and bass length singles down to .008. But postage is expensive. Much cheaper is to buy D'Addario 'loop end' plain steel strings, which are extremely long, and improvise ball ends for them (or even squeeze old bass ball ends into the loop). I buy mine from Strings Direct. Then use those beside standard bass wound singles down to .025 or so. For the tuner post nearest the nut some guitar strings are long enough, just thread an old bass ball end onto one. To design a set the Kalium tension chart is very useful as it covers all scales, all gauges and a complete pitch range, the data roughly approximates any brand of roundwound. [url="http://store.kaliumstrings.com/TensionCalculator/index.html"]http://store.kaliums...ator/index.html[/url] Soon i will be stringing up a 5 string fretless with a mix of D'Addario Chromes bass flats, a Chromes guitar flat and a plain steel string. [/quote] Very useful, thank you

Warren Zevon bootleg.