BassTractor

Yup. Roughly that. Or rather... satinly that. I mean: Choose, people! Choose! Not that half-baked nonsense ("onzin") of trying to find something inbetween shiny and matte! Take a stand for once, fer cryin' out loud! [/soapbox]

Hey Rebinterleave, and welcome! Here's a half-decent double bass that might take yer fancy, seeing as you already have a Fender Jazz: (sorry I couldn't find pictures of "bands to play in" on this internet thing) [url="http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/doublejazzbass_zps82d3402a.jpg.html"][/url] Enjoy our company! best, bert

[quote name='TheSiberian' timestamp='1409324303' post='2538675'] Does it sounds better than the regular flat one? [/quote] We may never know. I'm not good enough to be able to compare, and certainly do not "deserve" this bass. My other StingRay is fretless, so comparing them would not give good results.

No. Though of course "born to be" is the wrong term, I was born to be a composer. However, I've always been drawn to bass parts (Bach as well as the pipe organ pedals certainly have had their say in this), and have always been drawn to the sounds of the bass. Whilst I'm an organist, I've never been too fond of its sound - just of its willingness to let me play all those musical parts on all those keyboards and with all those stops. I've told it before, but it is typical that I owned zero organ records and loads of bass records when I entered music college. So when I decided to drop my keyboard instruments, the bass was the obvious choice, though I must soon add drums to that. I need to beat the Hull out of something - in rhythmic fashion of course. Psychologically, the archetypal supportive role held by flegmatic, peaceful and intelligent people is mine only few days per week. The other days I'm Keith Emerson or the drummer at the wrong gig, though I hasten to add I'm never the Korean drag bass player.

How about Motorpsycho? From the riffyrocky to the proggy to the experimental, but they also had a poprock phase. http://youtu.be/qaOgLrqWBiE

I'm not a bass head! I'm a bass cab! Welcome, Siberian one, or Lëtzebuergesch one! Enjoy the site, and share your wisdom, please. best, bert

Hey Paul, and welcome! Just have a look at all the sections and their different fora. Each one has a description about its use. If you find no fitting one, then General Discussion is your path to Knowledge. Enjoy! bert

Hey, Bradwell, and welcome! Don't - do NOT - post pix that are GAS inducing! My GASometer is between 125 and 126 already. Enjoy BC! bert

Huh? Is something legal going on about Shadows/Cliff music?

BTW, I just realised that that neck is filled to the rim with 24-tone (and other micro-tone) markings. I'm shaving off the frets! Experimental music, here I come!

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1409122836' post='2536424'] In fact I wish my English was as good as your English [/quote] Demn you! I was gonna write that! Thanks though! Allow me to abuse the situation and add a word of seriousness: I keep repeating that my English is not as good as it may seem. In one way, I have better control over writing (using expressions I'm fairly confident can be used) than over reading (people tend to not use exactly my subset of the English language - - bastards, all of them!), but still have no clue about how some stuff I write comes across, and am often not able to edit so as to sand off the edges, so to speak. I think this is a shared capacity of many who Englisch not as their first language have ( ), and feel we can sometimes come across as overtly modest, overtly insensitive or sensitive, overtly harsh, overtly melodramatic, overtly kind etc., once our English gets somewhat better than the typical learner's level. Rant over.

Welcome from a field in Norway! bert

I love the Hohner B2B as a full scale travel bass, where it sits in its very compact Steinberger case. The reach of the neck in my overweight case is reduced a lot by a shorter strap and change of angle. I now have a dedicated strap for the Hohner. Reportedly, other people are helped by the same trick. My Ashbory always stays at home. It's become a bass more for fun in my case.

Thanks, Pete! It helps. I now understand that "satin" just means "satin", and is not one specific guitar neck treatment. We have the word in Dutch in the same meaning as your explanation.

I'm sorry to read this, John, and I hope for your sake that you'll have the same experience re folding bands as I had: that it wasn't such a terribly big deal after all, as one remains with the memory of something that was fun to do (and yes, I know everything about not having accomplished enough). The tinnitus IME is a different matter, and I hope that it will eventually become manageable for you. All the best! bert

Blue Dawn! Isn't it? Luvverly stuff. Was just ogling one today, and muchly tempted, but I must really sell first, buy afterwards, even though it requires something the others call... er... apostline?

Hey Dicky, and welcome! Enjoy our company. We do not bite all the time. best, bert

[quote name='Greggo' timestamp='1408962301' post='2534882'] Is it a satin finish? [/quote] Sorry, I don't know what a satin finish is. But IMS these necks are treated with a mixture of oil and wax. I don't know how finely the necks are sanded, nor how they are roasted. I just stumbled upon it, was stunned, and quickly bought it before anyone else did, and must now find out these things afterwards.

[quote name='Raslee' timestamp='1408979298' post='2535155'] Now, I'm mostly looking for something small and easily portable and perhaps with a bit of warmth as both my Carvin head & current Genz Combo are very clean sounding - i have really enjoyed the Orange Terror in the past but obviously that is too big for the gig bag. [/quote] A very flexible one that I feel does a fair approximation of the old school stuff, and can easily be dialed in to scoop like the Terror Bass would be the Promethean. Its Beta Aivin sibling also comes with some more choices on the back than the Ibanez version, IMS ground lift and pre/post switch for the loop. The Promethean front is filled with switches so you can dial in the knobs beforehand, and just switch the functions in and out live. Be aware that only two of all the switchable functions can be governed by a (double) foot switch. That said, it probably isn't in the same build quality ball park as most of the others you mention, but I deemed it worth a mention at least.

[quote name='antnee' timestamp='1408908470' post='2534539'] Beautiful. Edit: Actually, stunning is maybe more appropriate. [/quote] You know, I think that that is the very best description of the thing. Stunning more than beautiful. [quote name='Zenitram' timestamp='1408968168' post='2534975'] that isn't my cup of tea at all. [/quote] Says the guy with the flamed roasted maple avatar with neptune blue background! Bah!

Akai Miniak has many sequencing possibilities. Fantastic little thing that in its presets in essence is a complete trip down memory lane, with great virtual analogue copies of all the known sounds. The preset set on the Miniak reportedly is better than the set on the Miniak's sibling, the Alesis Micron. Rather good keyboard on it, as well as good modulation wheels. However, its tiny display makes it's a good idea to also get the pc software for editing. Also, people sometimes use some type of home made prism with mirrors to change the viewing angle for the display - so one doesn't have to move one's head away from the playing position when viewing the display.

[quote name='bigthumb' timestamp='1408896047' post='2534411'] Good God! [/quote] Ah! C'mon. It's not THAT ugly! Blue and brown are what we pros call a [i][b]dynamic tension[/b][/i] colour combination.

Website. He's on here, but not often. The answer he would give you though is this: the stuff works well with a lot of different pickups. I knoooow, alright?

Hey Jools, and welcome from a keyboardist who [b]just[/b] wanted a cheap bass to punch in some bass tones in keyboard recordings... I hope you'll enjoy both the journey and the chat. bert

Dunno, Rubis. Should be a breeze, I reckon. BTW, here's the back of the neck. It's gonna break, isn't it? It's gonna break! [url="http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/1IMG_0069_zpsf842502c.jpg.html"][/url]