Kiwi

Also found they do a bass version of the cello... ...or is that a cello version of the bass? [url="http://www.nedsteinberger.com/instruments/omnibass.php"]http://www.nedsteinberger.com/instruments/omnibass.php[/url] Anyway, 34" scale also.

How about a double bass that can be played like a bass guitar? My recommendation would be an NS electric cello, it has a 34" scale, comes with a shoulder strap and is small enough to be played like a bass guitar. I have a friend with one and its every bit as good as the electric uprights but in a more portable package. [url="http://www.nedsteinberger.com/instruments/cello.php"]http://www.nedsteinberger.com/instruments/cello.php[/url] Oh yes, it comes in 4, 5 and 6 string versions too!

Sell me the green one.

[quote name='Sean' post='679877' date='Dec 10 2009, 07:58 AM']Are they 34s, Steve?[/quote] Yes, I believe they're both 34" scale.

These are my two current NS5CRs: [attachment=38044:DSC02843.JPG] and the Euro 6 I sold earlier this year. [attachment=38045:DSC01715_1.jpg]

[quote name='Sean' post='678761' date='Dec 9 2009, 09:19 AM']Yep. They're back out, though. Nice pickups but very different from what I wanted. I thought they'd be perfect for someone's Ibanez SR or Lakland 55-01 especially if they took advantage of the coil taps. Shame I haven't got anything to transplant them into.[/quote] If I find a third NS5CR at the right price, I'll have them off you.

There are issues of trust as well. The trust has to be earned from everyone in the band, not just a favoured few who are percieved to be the power base. The consequence is that people start projecting their fears onto a situation given no evidence to the contrary (and god knows I've seen that happen in other situations as well). No substitute for working in an open and transparent way, these days.

Have you fitted those Wizard soapbars Sean?

I've discovered over the years that I find it very difficult to work with people who don't have much experience in collaboration. Last example was the percussionist in my band who basically treated the band as his business of which he was the boss. By default he treated us like employees which lead to all sorts of personal tensions building up which then developed into cliques and eventually a subtle form of alienation. the ironic thing was that he probably had the best of intentions for everyone but the project became too much of his personal mission. I've heard its common with bands though. The big regret I have is that it started off as a group of friends wanting to share something and ended up as a business with a demanding and overly commercial approach which people were given the stark choice of either opting in or out of.

[quote name='AgentCooper' post='675408' date='Dec 6 2009, 03:30 AM']there are [b]much[/b] worse places to be.[/quote] All the Taiwanese people I've ever met on the mainland were a little bit neurotic or just loopy in some way. Is that the case on the island itself or have I just been unlucky? I heard one time that Taiwan has the greatest density of webcams per square km of anywhere in the world. In fact webcams were starting to become a real nuisance in changing rooms and toilets resulting in the government having to step in and pass legislation.

The set of custom Wizard 'Kiwi Specials' that Andy is making for my Shuker this week. Another East MM u-retro for Spector No. 2 Another Spector NS5CR 40" LCD TV Kauri slab coffee table welding kit alloys polished on my car new offside rear light for my car chip tuning for my car surround sound home theatre set up home cinema projector modular lounge suite in black leather

+1 youtube has to be a first stop on the search, Kate. As far as I'm aware though there ain't a lot of electric double bassists playing dance tracks out there. I suspect you may have to improvise a little bit by looking at technique lessons for double bassists (which may have a jazz or classical emphasis) and then repetoire lessons for electric bassists in the style that your partner wants to play.

[quote name='7string' post='674562' date='Dec 4 2009, 10:38 PM']Seems like the UK pickup gurus can more than hold there own.[/quote] Andy at Wizard used to work for Kent Armstrong so has wound pickups for some fairly well known US based manufacturers

Basswood has often been described as having a mid emphasis and poor lows. Its popular with Ibanez because they use it a lot in their guitars. The lack of lows can be compensated for with pickup design but it takes a bit more focus on the design to come up with a good sounding instrument.

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='674296' date='Dec 4 2009, 05:29 PM']who's the tasty bird in your avatar?[/quote] Trade in deal. One in the hand is worth two in the bush apparently.

[quote name='niceguyhomer' post='674002' date='Dec 4 2009, 10:49 AM']Best ring Andy - he's a great guy and a lot of help. I won't buy pickups anywhere else now.[/quote] +1 I remember you and I chatting about replacements. I won't have any other kind of soapbars in my instruments either. The kiwi customs he made me are astounding - warm, sweet and clean.

Hey Johan, welcome aboard Got a link for TKS? Nice choice in amps, let me know if you ever want to tell the Quatravalve.

[quote name='jimmypreston' post='671530' date='Dec 1 2009, 08:37 PM']i h8 my disese![/quote] Be cool about it, we are Just stick something in your sig if you want people to know about your condition and if you encounter any issues, talk to me or a mod.

Ni hao Ni hao ma? What are you up to in Taiwan?

Do yours get really hot after a gig? Mine are almost too hot to touch. They used to warm the car up nicely on a winters evening on the way back.

Oh blimey, I've just soiled myself again...NURSE!!! Thats the first complete Pro 4000 + matching 4x12 rig I've ever seen apart from the adverts. Do you have two Pro4000's? What are the serials? Does the 4x12 have the original volt speakers or replacements?

I've had one on a passive bass and it sounded more like an active bass, which wasn't bad. I tried the same maximiser on an active bass and it just made things sound more scoopy. I think they're the sort of kit that might be worth having if you prefer a vintage sound most of the time but occasionally need to do some slapping.

Failing that, check: The size of the piezo transducers and see if the contact point is slipping in between windings on the string. Or whether the piezo has been damaged or the saddle filed down to take the string.

Sounds all too similar to the situation with my last band. We were turned into a gigging machine and it was doing my head in.