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I wouldn't want to gig a C extension; it wouldn't last long. It could be good to get that bottom Eb but otherwise............

Daf, thanks for all your help with 'stuff' in the past and hope you'll be around for a long time.

Bowie's sparky was electrocuted. He had a song written about him - The Man Who Failed to Earth.

Frank Loesser, the songwriter was married to quite a nasty woman. She was known as the evil of two Loessers. True jazz fact, there's more.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1415270686' post='2598542'] Hi-Fi buffs! They'll buy any old expensive snake-oil! Like £10,000 mains leads made of oxygen-free unobtainium. Despite the fact that all ALL the wiring from the power station to the house is 1p a metre from Wickes... Edit: Hmm, looks like I seriously underestimated the gullibility of hi-fi buffs... [url="http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2011/nov/power-cable.cfm"]http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2011/nov/power-cable.cfm[/url] [/quote] Unobtainium - like it!

First of all, anyone new to the DB, or contemplating getting one, should get About the Double Bass - a player's guide - by Peter Tyler. This tells you everything you want to know about the construction of the bass, the different types around,strings, accessories, in fact everything to get you fully familiar with the instrument. Then there's The Evolving Bassist by Rufus Reid; that helps you on the path to actually playing the thing and takes you on to advanced techniques. Regarded by many as the Bible. If jazz is your thing, and a particular favourite of mine is The Jazz Bass Book by John Goldsby. It takes you through lots of exercises backed up by an excellent CD. And it has mini biogs of all the great bassists of the past (and present) and gives you a great picture of how the bass has sat in the jazz world. There are others.

[quote name='marvin spangles' timestamp='1415105272' post='2596673'] I agree with Clarky in that it all depends on volume. It's my view that DB is no fun at high volumes . If the volume gets to the point where the DB sound is compromised so much that you'd be better off playing an EB then I think I'd play EB. [/quote] The DB sound tends to get compromised as you progress up the volume scale anyway and stays reasonably OK until feedback kicks in. That is if you're not using FOH. At the recent Double Bass Bash Stingray Pete brought his DB fitted with a magnetic pickup which impressed many of us who attended. While a mag is not completely bombproof it can go up to very high vols before feedback. And Pete's sound was quite acceptable. Just to pick up on the Rev's love for the MA45, I find that cab to have a high resistance to feedback and it's not a boomer. Interesting that that and the Crazy 8 came from the same US source and follow a different theory that I'm not totally au fait with. But they work.

Yes, as Clarky says I like my Crazy 8 a lot. I'm starting to use it in places a bit larger than I'd expect it to work properly. I've used it with a nine-piece with no probs. I took it to Blenheim Palace last Sunday - oo-er - and the ace guitarist who I was working with was very complimentary. And we had drums. You may lose a bit of bottom off some of the smaller cabs but I have generally valued good middle and top articulation. The bottom, a lot of it generated by the acoustics of the instrument, tends to take care of itself by the time it gets to the audience.

I played with him on a few occasions and not only was he a great guy to work with, his 'personality' obscured a fine musical talent - a bit like Louis Armstrong who was thought of as a bit of a clown but was in fact a major jazz innovator. A pal of mine sent him a get well card when he was undergoing therapy some time ago and he sent one back saying 'I'm undergoing radio therapy; I thought it would be a bit like Radio Bristol but I've discovered it's even worse'. RIP Ack.

My Upton Prof DB doesn't go out these days 'cos it's just too heavy to carry about. It can't go under the bed so it stands up in the corner. The ply beater went to the SE Bash yesterday but now it'll stay in the garage until the outside gigs resume in the spring. The other three will do out tho'.

Yup, a great day. Thanks Nic and Colin and all Basschatters for great mateyness. Some fab amps in the shoot-out. My back's feeling better already, Jack. Thanks for that.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' timestamp='1414568351' post='2590659'] OK, so a quick update on the idea of a valve vs solid state vs hybrid amp 'shoot-out'.. Having discussed it with Chimike, we think it'd be interesting to compare the relative merits of: Valve amps Hybrid amps (valve pre + solid state output stage) Lightweight Class D amps We have the following amps put forward for this so far: EBS TD650 Fender Bassman Trace Elliot Quatra Valve Marshall Superbass 100 Ampeg (model TBC) GB Streamliner 600 Aguilar Tonehammer 500 Hughes & Kettner Bassbase 600 Mesa Walkabout If anyone has any other amps that might make this more intresting, then please let us know? Thinking of Markbass, Thunderfunk, GK, Eden etc, etc. We will probably do this using a couple of different basses and a couple of different cabs, including my SWR Triad, which is a good all rounder.. Suggestions/offers of basses and cabs for this will be very welcome In terms of other talks in the Theatre: Happy Jack's talk will be at 12pm Roger (basssace) will have his DB with him to do small sessions as and when (hope that's OK Roger?) See you Saturday! Nik [/quote] Fine by me, Nik. If I've got room I'll bring along an EUB as well.

I don't want to give a talk, Nik, but I'll set up a double bass in the theatre and do some one to ones - or even one to fives if anyone wants a go.

Saw him at Cornbury a couple of years ago. he was very smiley and his playing was great. RIP Jack, one of the true greats. Very sad.

A session player made BBC TV news this morning! And rightly so. RIP Raf.

No, you'd be told if it's in the minor. Major is assumed.

Yes, I like the Lifeline a lot. The only problem is that when you turn it up above a 'medium' vol it can get a bit thumpy. Worth considering though. I prefer it to the realist.

1. Hamster - 2. Silverfoxnik - BC Rich Eagle, Schecter Diamond P5, Levinson Blade B15, amp & cab tbc 3. Bluejay - with no fewer than two cameras, and possibly her so far pretty successful - despite being lefty - Warwick Corvette 5 Pro 4. Happy Jack - who knows what I will bring this year? 5.Chris B 6.TheGreek 7. iD Entity - Zon 5, Wal 4, Amp of some kind, a couple fun pedals 8. Bassace - German laminate double bass, TecAmp Puma 500 amp, MAS 45 (4x5") cab 9. Walman - some bits to be decided 10. Kiwi 11. Sibob - Whatever I'm using for my gig that night 12. obbm - Sadowskys, Mesa Prodigy, Berg CN212, Mesa Bottle Rocket and some cables 13. StephenY - Alpher Bass #004 and EBS TD650 14.seashell - MIM Fender Precision 15.Bottle - mixed bag of goodies, Ibanez, Squier and a bunch of cabs, amps n pedals 16.Macdaddy - possibly Paul the drummer. Will confirm at tonight's gig. 17. Billy Apple. Burman rig and a Ric. Maybe a Squier JV and some other bits 18. Clarky - maybe something DB-ish as my Fender JV Precision is covered by Billy Apple's 19. PTB - MTD 535, Reverend 5, MarkBass combo, any new toys acquired in the meantime 20. ChunkyMunky - Musicman Bongo 4HH, Musicman Bongo LTD '07 HS, MarkBass F1. 21. Charic - Modded MIM P, ACG 4, Yamaha RBX6JM, Hartke Kilo, Bergantino NV610 + Pedals 22. Shockwave - Waghorn RD Artist carved top clone. 23. Walbassist - Fender American Special Precision, Sandberg Custom Thinline fretless 5, Demeter VTBP-M-800D, Bergantino HD210 24. Johnm03 - Satellite and small Stagg thing... 25. steve-bbb - hartke + trb + status + couple of J's 26. xilddx - Fender Japan Power Jazz Bass Special / Zulu Bass / 1961 Gibson Melody Maker guitar / POD X3 LIVE 27. Bradwell - Fender MIJ Jazz Bass, Danelectro '63 short scale, Home Built Fretless, amplification TBC 28. rumblefish - Reverend Rumblefish bass,WAL custom, Alembic F1X pre amp,RSE power Amp,Berg CN212 29. smaz - Lakland Skyline Duck Dunn, possibly Squire JV Precision. Barefaced Gen3 + Orange Terror if I bring my amp! 30. barneyg42- Status S2 headless 5-string, Status headed S1 5-string. TC BH500 TC 2x10 Barefaced Compact 1x15

[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1412862368' post='2572774'] Didn't know what all the fuss was about. Until I listened. I am not a prejudiced man and - though some may believe otherwise - it is a [i]very[/i] rare day when I find myself reduced to sheer, choking rage Let us set aside the ham-fisted arrangement, lumpy mix and turgid 'beat'. Let us quell the nausea we may have experienced upon viewing the soupy, simpering visuals which accompanied the 'music'. Let us ignore issues of provenance and draw a veil over questions of faithfulness to the original. The truth is that this performance of 'God Only Knows' is truly the most appalling piece of sh*t I've heard in a long life that includes enforced exposure to the [i]oeuvres[/i] of Paper Lace and Mr Russ Abbott. One may not even recline on the old chestnut of 'the valueless-ness of subjective opinion in musical criticism'. By every objective measure the song falls so low as to be skimming the bricks at the bottom of the sewer. The fact that it is intended to support a charitable effort in no way detracts from its unutterable loathsomeness. In fact it makes it worse; if this is the best the BBC can do in a noble cause, God help us all when they aren't much bothered. Stuff for charity doesn't [i]have[/i] to be half-arsed, y'know; the authenticity of the charitable transaction is not [i]undermined[/i] by professionalism, taste and talent. In any event, it is immaterial whether a musical performance is intended to relieve - say - the suffering of the Thomson's gazelle or merely to line the pockets of its composer. A song's ulterior purpose is irrelevant to its inherency. This being the case I shall now proceed to youtube, there to seek out 'The Horst Wessel Lied'. It may have been the Nazis' marching song but it's musically superior to this bloated, formulaic, self-regarding train-wreck. It will also make my ears vomit, the better to resume normal listening. [color=#ffffff].[/color] [/quote] Send it to the BBC!

[quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1412780439' post='2571971'] No, but this is............ http://youtu.be/Qgcy-V6YIuI [/quote] Ooh. I managed/played in a group in the sixties that had two young girls doing the vox. They covered this tune. Makes me go all wobbly to remember it. Thanks BetaFunk

And remember, what you hear on stage is not necessarily what the audience gets. So a lot of the scratchy trebles could be lost out there.

'at last week's gig we were asked to do something Irish - so in the interval we dug the carpark up.' 'We only do requests if we're asked' 'Our drummer's the best in the country - in the town not so good' 'Always keep the audience wanting less' 'This week we've got our singer in person - sorry, that should have read 'in prison'.

That mag pickup of yours will do the business, Pete. Made for the job. Nice Gedo bass too.