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Thanks Andy, that ties in with what I know about the history of the bass before I got it, in 1979.

Andy, would you mind having a look to see if there's anything for a BB800 , 001176 ? I think it's around '77 / '78.

Bilbo, I have no experience to offer in this regard: just wanted to say that I'm glad you survived and give my best wishes for a full recovery. In your shoes I'd be thinking about depping out gigs in 3 weeks time, but if you need someone to roadie or drive you around drop me a PM and I'll help out if I can.

Also comes in handy for playing the bass and guitar parts to 'Peaches' at the same time.

Really good find, in that case! I'm interested in the pickup if you decide to sell it, please send me a PM.

A croc clip makes a good temporary heat sink - just clip it to the leg.

That looks like a pretty good deal for 80 quid. Judging by the strings I'd say that's probably in G-D-A-E tuning, but easy enough to change. The second clip is a tenor in C-G-D-A, the first one looks like a plectrum banjo, but I don't know for sure.

Cool. Give your guide dog a biscuit from me.

The resonator itself doesn't make a lot of difference to the weight. Maybe a pound or two. The major factor in the weight is the tone ring: at the price range you're looking at, this won't be significant. Usually a short-scale tenor has 17 fret and a long scale is 19 fret. Actual dimensions will vary, short scale will be 20-21 inches, long scale 22-23.

I saw Yola Carter at Red Rooster Festival earlier this year, having decided to actually get out of the house and find some new music instead of sitting on my derrière watching the TV and whinging about it. She has an excellent set of pipes, very powerful, and put on a great live show. I'll be watching it and hoping it goes well for her. Barking Spiders, if you really don't know who Yolanda Charles is, I suggest you go and find out before making a fool of yourself in front of everyone.

I play frailing/clawhammer style for American old-time music, and used to play 4-string tenor for Irish trad, so I'll offer the following. You could also try asking on banjohangout.org, bear in mind it's a very US-centric site but there are some brits on there too. If they absolutely have to do this, it might be better to consider a Ukulele Banjo. It'll be easier to get started on than any of the other choices, the learning curve will be less steep, and it's much more likely that he'll be able to find either a teacher or a Ukulele group, which will give him an additional social outlet. Banjo Ukes are a bit more expensive than other Ukes, but this one also from Harley Benton looks like excellent value, for an instrument with a flange and a resonator. https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_bju_15pro_banjo_ukulele.htm? As with a bass, it'll probably need to be set up; the head tension will need to be adjusted and the bridge put in the right place, for a start. If he's not played an instrument before, the learning curve is going to be pretty steep whichever style you choose. Billy Connolly is what I'd call a frailer or a clawhammer style player, and he's not half bad either. For that you'd need a 5-string banjo. The HB one that you picked out also looks like incredible value for money, with proper planetary tuners (the ones that point backwards) but it's fitted with a resonator and would be more likely to be the choice of a bluegrass player. Frailers normally would pick an open-back banjo, such as this one https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_bjo_35pro_5_string_banjo_ob.htm, or this slightly better one https://www.andybanjo.com/cgi-bin/trolleyed_public.cgi?action=showprod_RBROVERRB22P . There are exceptions of course. Trad Jazz players would normally use a 4-string tenor banjo tuned C-G-D-A and tend to just play chords. Scottish and Irish players usually tune G-D-A-E, an octave below fiddle tuning, with heavier strings to compensate. They tend not to play any chords and just pick out melody. There are short-scale and long-scale tenor instruments. Short scale are easier to play, I think they're probably the way to go for trad jazz. My opinion is they don't sound great in octave tuning but some people use them. There's another variety of 4-string called a plectrum banjo - these are about the same scale length as a 5-string, use a different tuning to the tenor and are probably best avoided unless somebody gives you one for nothing. It'll be up to you to find out whether there are any teachers or sympathetic players in the area. There are lots of books and youtube videos. For old-time there is a great book by Dan Levinson called Clawhammer Banjo from Scratch. I don't know enough about bluegrass to recommend anything: personally I find bluegrass Scruggs-style picking unfathomable and I think the trailing style is a lot easier to pick up , but it still poses a few challenges. Hope this helps you make a decision. Happy to chat further if you want to send me a PM.

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In that case, you might like to check that you have a serial effects loop so that the whole of your signal gets processed (many are, many are parallel) and that the Helix is happy to run at line-level.

Thought it was bad practice to allow Paypal payments if an item is being collected - what's to stop you picking up the bass and then registering a dispute, which you would win because the seller had no proof of delivery?

Well done Roger, I do so like a happy ending!

www.wheresthegig.com ?

Think you need to refine your google search techniques. I found it in 2 seconds. And since the last thing I'd ever want to own is an acoustic bass guitar, I'm not going to say anything!

Hate is a bit strong, but I've never been a fan. Perhaps I'm biased, having grown up with the double bass and then gone on to electric bass guitar. Even in the pre-MTV Unplugged days, when the only choices you had were Eko (say no more) or Fylde's Sir Toby (beautifully made, but with the same issues of sound, volume and playability), they've never matched up in my mind to an acoustic double bass. Now the choice is better, Breedlove and the Tanglewood TB-10 are amazing instruments, but still not quite there for me. Brook_fan I've seen your solo stuff on youtube and I have no doubt that you are going to be an absolutely superb folk double bass player, following in the footsteps of Danny Thompson and Ben Nicholls. Not much we can do about 'awkward to carry' , though a modified golf bag trolley comes close. The absolute worst moment for me was the revolving door in the Kings Hall, Herne Bay!

Well if it's good enough for Dave Pegg ...

Crazy stuff. Why do they even need a bass player? How about using a decent octaver? Should be possible to find something that will track down to the 4th fret on a normal 'E' string.

Take it that you have a serial effects loop? If it's a parallel loop, the un-effected part of the signal (the part that doesn't go through the loop) will continue to cause low-frequency problems.

That's the original V-Bass so a bit naughty of them to put VB-99 in the keywords, they're quite different. I'd say this is priced about right, considering there's no GK3B with it.

I tried a lot of pedals, and none of them were much good. The Korg G5 was the best of the bunch, wish I'd kept it. Roland VB99 works, but has other issues when used live - my stress levels went through the roof every time the singer went near the 13-core cable in her stilettos!

This has a lot of potential to go horribly wrong. You'll need to allow extra time for the sound check too, and you're going to need a load of microphones that you probably don't need for a drum kit.