Maude

It's very playable, I haven't put it down all week. I was going to put flats on straight away but I'm liking the growl with the stock rounds (D'Addarios). Definitely not just an oldskool wannabe. Go Nigel go! 😁

It's got a lot of Ricky Capri vibe going on hasn't it. Also reminds of the Shaftsbury bass that looked very Rickenbacker.

I haven't used it through an amp or PA yet, just at home with headphones so far. I haven't noticed any unwanted noise through headphones at home from the pickup, usually worse with household electrics, dimmer switches etc, so fingers crossed it'll be fine. As for feedback it'll be used in addition to a doublebass on gigs, if there's going to be feedback issues, it'll be with the doublebass. All my gigs for years have been everything through the PA so never any feedback issues anyway.

Steam - Peter Gabriel

Venus in Firs - Velvet Underground

I've just done a NBD post on my recently purchased Rivolta Duocata if you're interested.

If was after something to double on gigs with my upright bass. In order to quickly put down the upright and pick up the electric bass it needed to be lightweight and shortscale. The band is all acoustic (through PA) so I wanted it to look right as well. I saw Eastwood selling Rivolta guitars on their website and they were making twelve of these Duocata basses and it ticked all the boxes. I do like the look of Rickenbackers and love a florentine cut. These basses have checkerboard binding and more than a hint of Rickenbacker about them, the soundclips were good so I ordered one. It was a gamble as I'd never heard of Rivolta before but it paid off, this little bass is fantastic. So well made, so playable and sounds great. Simple, single PU, volume and tone but there's so much variation in tone with playing position. I'm really fussy but I really can't fault this bass, well I can but it's three really minor things that most people would never notice, or let bother them. The volume control is a touch on the on/off side, there is a tiny bit of plastic swarf on the inner lower edge of the 'f' hole binding, and the biggest bug is that the scratchplate isn't perfectly aligned to the strings. Told you I was fussy. All easily sorted though. The woods, the grain and the colour is lovely. The neck is a three piece with two more strips on the headstock, like a Rickenbacker albeit they're all the same wood. I don't know what tuners they are but they feel solid and stable. Nor do I know what pickup it is but it sounds great. The binding everywhere is perfect, you cannot feel any edges, the frets are nicely finished, paint is perfect, just a really well made bass. They're made in Indonesia then sent to Rivolta in Nashville where they set them up and QC them, it arrive still in tune really nicely set up. Anyway, enough waffle, pictures 😁.

Caffeine Bomb - The Wildhearts

Offshore Banking Business - The Members

I wish Olympia flats were available in shortscale. I really like their longscale flats, not just for the price, I actually really like the tone and tension of them. I might try a set on my new Rivolta but I don't like winding the thick part round the posts.

Wash Your Face in My Sink - Dream Warriors

Did he own it when he went in the shop? No. Did he own it when he came out the shop? Yes. Stwike him (fwom the wegister) centuwion, vewy woughly!

Mercedes Benz (Sprinter) - Janis Joplin

Hot Hot Hot - The Cure

The above still stands. 😁 I've often thought that I could happily sell all the other stuff and only have a collection of Yamahas. But other stuff is fun too 😉.