ceilidhswinger

Hi, do you have any pictures please?

Thanks for your help Gelfin, I will speak to my solder jockey this weekend Calum

[color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Hi, I recently bought myself a couple of Crown GLM 100 mikes which I thought I would put one on my DB and one on my acoustic guitar but it turns out that they need to be powered by another unit for example The Fishman acoustic blender! Is there any other possible way to power up those [/font][/color][url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Boys-I-II-DVD/dp/B005KGPI60/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1351192070&sr=8-3"]bad boys[/url][color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,] as I can't afford to buy The Fishman which by the way is discontinued. Have tried them thru phantom power units but no joy![/font][/color]

Hi ubassman, Thanks for getting back, how very knowledgeable you are! thought it was older myself. back and sides are indeed plywood, I will read the wiki article and see what I can dig up.

[quote name='velvetkevorkian' timestamp='1383051405' post='2259497'] Any markings or labels visible through the f-holes? (Also, hello fellow Dundonian ) [/quote] Hello mate! good to hear from you, no, no marking, just says made in [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] Czechoslovakia![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]where about in Dundee are you from?[/font][/color]

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Hi, can anyone out there give me a rough age for my DB please it was made in Czechoslovakia, It has ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, top is solid Cedar not ply!

Thanks all for your suggestions but think I will go for Deacon Blues Dignity or for MB1's benefit, Dignaday! Thanks guys

[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1379526115' post='2213746'] MB1. Ain't no stopping us now : McFadden and whitehead.(No "Day" in the title!) Songs with "day" in the title?... Fantastic Day : Haircut 100 Beautiful Day : U2 New Year's Day: U2 Wages Day. : Deacon Blue Have a nice Day: Stereophonic's Tomorrow's just another day : Madness Night and Day: Cole Porter Die another Day: Madonna. ......Now look what you've started! [/quote] Ha ha! sorry for getting you started MB1 some interesting titles their! meant same groove not When day id done,Some of these days,One day like this, Crimson day, The next day Good day Sir!!!

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1379527068' post='2213767'] Sits well..??? in what regard? tempo..?? you'd need to change the key but off the top of my head, 'get lucky' might work. [/quote] More groove and feel rather than tempo as in "sits in the same groove!" but your right, Get lucky cuts it! bloody high vocal tho! Ta!

[quote name='Delberthot' timestamp='1379525728' post='2213735'] For some reason I immediately thought of this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5EmnQp3V48[/media] [/quote] Love this song Delberthot! might work? bit hard to sing and play tho! maybe something a bit more commercial?

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1379525200' post='2213722'] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTQJ2QiK4QU[/media] [/quote] Great song Lowdown, I was thinking of something with the same groove, maybe a bit hard to sing and play for me and I tend to sing in lower register too! Thanks

[b][color=#000000][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Any of you Basschat Brothers out there can think of a Song that sits well with Bill Withers "Lovely Day?"[/font][/color][/b] [b][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#000000]Only ones I can think of is a Herb Alpert instrumental "Rise", a [size=3] [/size][/color][size=1][i][url="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=jamiroquai&start=0&spell=1"][color=#000000]jamiroquai[/color][/url][color=#000000] tune, the name escapes me as I can't stand Jamiroquai and The twat in the hat! and a Fleetwood Mac song with the dodgy "Oooh! Ahhh! at the end.[/color][/i][/size][/font][/b] [color=#000000][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=1][b][i]Mind's went blank thinking about Stevie Nicks! Ooo er misses![/i][/b][/size][/font][/color]

Cheers mate! glad you like. good happy music. Calum

Hi Joe, Will stick a new set of strings on and play it in a bit, see how I get on, strange one this as I used to play this bass a lot and it used to sound bigger than its size! too many bloody basses and too much gear, think that's the problem oh! and going deaf and getting auld! Calum Havana Swing http://youtu.be/_sbRAXmC_W8

Cheers KiOgon!

[color=#000000][font=verdana, geneva, lucida,]Just had my old 1/4 size bass fitted with new sound post and tailpiece shortened as I need a back up bass after selling my old back up bass. I haven't been playing my 1/4 that often as I noticed about 6months ago it had been sounding a bit lifeless and thuddy as opposed to its normally sweet sound. Strings weren't that old so had my guy look at it and he suggested new sound post and tail piece shorten but when bass come back it sounded exactly the same, lifeless and thuddy,especially over G. Could it be because I haven't been playing it that often that the wood has kinda went to sleep so to speak because of no vibration. I know that with new acoustic guitars I own that were needed played in, I battered them everyday (play-wise) and stuck them in front of a speaker for weeks. This definitely helped now those guitars sing like a bird. My friend also has a gismo which clips on instruments and emits vibrations through the body of instruments, might ask for a loan to see if I can wake this old boy up again. Any thoughts?solutions guys?[/font][/color]

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Just had my old 1/4 size bass fitted with new sound post and tailpiece shortened as I need a back up bass after selling my old back up bass. I haven't been playing my 1/4 that often as I noticed about 6months ago it had been sounding a bit lifeless and thuddy as opposed to its normally sweet sound. Strings weren't that old so had my guy look at it and he suggested new sound post and tail piece shorten but when bass come back it sounded exactly the same, lifeless and thuddy,especially over G. Could it be because I haven't been playing it that often that the wood has kinda went to sleep so to speak because of no vibration. I know that with new acoustic guitars I own that were needed played in, I battered them everyday (play-wise) and stuck them in front of a speaker for weeks. This definitely helped now those guitars sing like a bird. My friend also has a gismo which clips on instruments and emits vibrations through the body of instruments, might ask for a loan to see if I can wake this old boy up again. Any thoughts hints help would be appreciated. Ceilidhswinger

Hurley is a great pick up for the money! in my experience, what sounds great to one guy will sound crap to another bass player. he is now making pre amps too!

My boys, the tools of the trade! As used with Havana Swing Gypsy Jazz band and The Cutting Edge Ceilidh band.[attachment=140359:MY BOYS.jpg]

[quote name='Gust0o' timestamp='1338378797' post='1673493'] Hmm... what about this, for impact? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AIJuRGYmWk[/media] [/quote] This is Agadoo put through some Soundforge filter isn't it?

[quote name='Bloodaxe' timestamp='1366849733' post='2058162'] No worries. One simple mod I made to mine was to swap out the front panel input jack. If you take the top off, you'll see that it lives on its own bijou PCB-ette that's screwed to a spigot on the chassis. In my one the spigot was either too tall or too short (I forget which - it was a while back), resulting in the jack unit sitting at a slight angle instead of perpendicular to the front panel. The upshot of this was that the chrome socket bezel had stripped the thread in the plastic socket body when it was tightened up & at one gig it fell off, never to be seen again. Its replacement has proper solder tags & is just held on by the front panel as Nature intended, instead of Ashdown's frankly loony design. I've only ever gone direct - I have a poor relationship with hubs, they all seem to die on me. Wouldn't surprise me though, mate of mine had a Kodak scanner/printer that monopolised his PCs USB ports. Might be a power consumption thing. P. [/quote] Maybe get a look at that pot later Pete, Cheers Calum