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Don't forget Acoustic Image Contra. Small, portable and bags of power with the down firing 10". [url="http://www.acousticimg.com/index2.html"]http://www.acousticimg.com/index2.html[/url]

Well done with your CR4M. Great basses with a great sound of their own. Not sure if it sounds like a DB to my ears. I hear a bit of Rickenbacker in it. Very powerful output, I played mine on a stage in a marquee a while back and had the bass frequency turned up a bit too high. You could feel the stage move and that was just through an AI Contra.

Thanks Rich. It needs new strings so some Hot Wires on their way. Can't wait to get that zing into the sound. EDIT: Just swapped over the strings from my Hohner Steinberger. What a sound, just what I want.

I'll add to all this splendid feedback, just picked up Will's black Washburn Series 1000. Lovely bass and great bloke to deal with. Even went to the trouble of meeting halfway. Thanks Will.

Just picked up Will 2x18's Washburn Series 1000. Dead chuffed. Apart from a few dings on the front which I can live with it is lovely. Sounds great too. I think I'll add chrome knobs to it which should look good against the black. Some pics attached with Miss Maple.

Have a look at some of the youtubes of Jazz 625 with Oscar Peterson. This was shown recently on BBC 4 and Ray Brown was on for when there. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ObhDNKrTxs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ObhDNKrTxs[/url]

Haven't they come out well. Myrtle looks just gorgeous. I'm picking up a new addition tomorrow. A nearly Status.

Hi fingers Stentor instruments are pretty good value. I don't know anything about the cheaper basses but I've been playing a Stentor Arcadia for about five years now and had no porblem. It has a good tone as well, to my taste anyway. If you buy mail order be aware you may have to lay out for a setup, that might cost anything upto £100. On the other hand it may be playable when it arives. Often the bridge is not in place when it arives. Zeller basses have a good rep as well and have some cheaper models too. I'd stear clear of Antoni though as I believe they often have weak neck joints. You'll never regret going to the dark side in jazz and you'll certainly be in demand if you are good at it.

Nice bass Rich. You've been having quite a turnover of instruments recently.

I think you're allowed impulse buys when they are that good. Looks in great nick. How old is it? Well done, good buy.

[quote name='pete.young' post='449868' date='Mar 30 2009, 08:26 PM']Going a bit further afield, the double bass is an essential part of many Finnish folk music bands, along with fiddles and harmonium. JPP are a brilliant band in that style. [url="http://www.myspace.com/thejppband"]http://www.myspace.com/thejppband[/url]. Just found this amazing link: [url="http://m.folk.ee:8080/ramgen/2004/JPP.rm"]http://m.folk.ee:8080/ramgen/2004/JPP.rm[/url].[/quote] Good call on that Pete. Haven't heard them before but they are great. That's how to play bass in trad folk too.

Well there's a good move. The Electro on ebay has sold for £856. Unless I'm mistaken (and correct me if I am) that was the Electro in the Gallery untill the start of the year for £750. Good call sir and well done to whoever won it. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140309539311"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=140309539311[/url]

Sometimes in A too. What sort of folk is it you'll be playing, traditional, instrumental, songs? Keep your playing simple. Probably just first and fifth until you pick up the vibe, 2 or 4 to the bar. If it's traditional folk tunes there will be a lot of notes being played by the fiddles, whistles, etc. so keep your playing simple otherwise it all gets a bit muddy. Follow the guitarist's chords and you won't go wrong and just listen.

[quote name='saxobass' post='404076' date='Feb 9 2009, 10:07 AM']Hi again chaps....more info. on the Selmer: the label says `Aristocrat by Selmer. Handmade copy of Antonius Stradivarius. Model No. AR 233. Serial No. AO 126.` I am told it is 10 years old and was then priced at £1200. I really would appreciate any help regarding current value, how good it might be and who actually might have made it. Cheers.[/quote] Don't know if you have googled "Antonius Stradivarius" but the link below throughs up some interesting info on the labeling if it's of any help. [url="http://www.afvbm.com/strad.htm"]http://www.afvbm.com/strad.htm[/url]

I've always found my taste in music has evolved as I grow older. Bass playing has been no exception. In 2001 I hadn't played bass for 7 years but had the offer to dep with a local jazz band. After a series of coincidences I took up the offer and played BG with them. I felt the natural progression was into DB. Never looked back.

[quote name='Shockwave' post='438460' date='Mar 18 2009, 05:00 PM']Well. I got the strings, put them on... annd i cant get on with the scale length, I am too engrained in the 34inch way of doing things. So i will be moving this on. Its a real shame as its a really really nicely constructed bass. Really deep sound.[/quote] At the risk of sounding like teacher, you've only had the bass a short while. As the cliche says 'Rome wasn't built in a day'. When you started playing bass I'm sure it took a while to get used to the long neck and this one is only an inch longer. Give it ten minutes a day and who knows how you'll feel in a couple of months. How old does that make me sound.

Interesting you should say that Rich. When I bought my Stentor I tried a Zeller along side it and the Zeller was much boomier. It had a tone I didn't take to. Whereas the Stentor had a lovely clear tone.

Thanks for putting the pics up, Rich. Looks like a good time was had by all. Well, I'm sure Moo and Todd would keep the party going anyway. How many Status basses were collected together this time?

I would agree with hubrad on the sound developing with playing. I play my DB at a local folk session and I always feel it takes about half an hour to get a sound from it that I am happy with. There's a lot of wood to get moving in a DB. I have heard that some luthiers place new violins on the speakers of their hifi so the vibs 'play in' the wood of the instrument in.

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='431105' date='Mar 10 2009, 11:00 PM']As for hypnotism, I don't need any encouragement to buy another Status. Just a bigger bank balance, as Nick will also attest to![/quote] Don't you just hate it when someone else tries to make you spend your own money. At least you can write them down as a legitimate business expense.

[quote name='doctor_of_the_bass' post='430760' date='Mar 10 2009, 05:34 PM']Go for it sir! You know you want to![/quote] There you are Rich, a wise man speaketh. ^_^

Well done Rob. I remember Zigmondo selling that bass and it is a real beauty. Now Rich. Look into my eyes, not around them look into them. You do not need to resist. You haven't resisted much so far so why start now. Why not add to the beauties you allready have?

That looks fantastic. I haven't seen too many all black S2s before. Good luck.

[quote name='Low Down Dave' post='423122' date='Mar 2 2009, 12:51 PM']BTW dropping the action at the nut rarely means replacing the nut and is an easy job with the right tools, but it is very easy to bugger up if you are not sure what you are doing and do not have the right tools.[/quote] £73 for four files from Allparts you might only use once, unless you have them already. It might not cost much more to have the job done professionally.