NickA

Well, I'd just assumed it was you @jazzyvee, adding to the extensive collection :¬)

Though who knows the going rate for warwicks. I watched a 5-string stage 1 on ebay for weeks whilst it sat asking £1400 with no bids, timed out and then got re-listed; then he upped it to £1600 and it sat for weeks and weeks again before being withdrawn forever. I'd have felt a bit mean offerring the £1000 - £1200 or so it was probably worth .. but wish I had done. You can see people's points especially if they'd paid £5000 new. Fantastic value 2nd hand for beautifully made instruments. You didn't buy it @binky_bass .... for £600 or something did you? 🙂

Great story. ... always pleased to hear of money heading to ACG. Maybe I'll roll by BD and offer them £800, as that's the going rate ;¬)

Now:http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Warwick_Streamer_Stage_II_5.html I'm going away to base my pension fund on well considered bass flips. To be fair I'm not certain it's the same instrument; but could easily be and 1500/2300 = 53% up is not a bad return. If it IS the same bass then the original Gumtree seller will be a bit sore. Wish I'd seen it when it was £1500 :¬( - but it wasn't up for long,

NO. No Bass is worth that much money. FFS you could buy a proper 17th century DB for that kind of cash ... or a decent second hand Audi ... OK, so maybe it is worth it .... to someone who wants the bragging rights. Rather order three spanking new custom specced Wals though.

Very nice! Please come to the next double bass bash!

Just have to think of the EUB as a third instrument that sits between an electric bass and a double bass; it isn't really either but can be a good thing of itself. @owen brought an NS Design EUB to last year's double bass bash and I really enjoyed playing it. No fiddling with pickups, no feedback issues, choice of magnetic and two kinds of piezo pickups. Great thing. I think it was a CR5M, costing £3,300 new though, so I suppose it ought to be good. @jazzyvee brought an alembic (magnetic only) one the to the midlands bass bash (see pics on that thread).. also a lovely thing and almost ... just almost .. like a double bass; uncanny alley for bass players. Given sufficient space and cash, I'd buy one (http://www.basscentre.com/ns-design-double-bass/ns-design-cr5m-upright-double-bass.html. Might not go down to well at orchestra tho. Anyway - to the original question. The bigger scale ones feel good, you can really dig into the strings and give them some welly producing a great attack and a interesting sustain due to the weight of the strings - an additional hidden advantage being that getting your finger in not quite the right place doesn't affect the tuning too much ;¬). My double bass is 43", which is a bit big for my tiny hands, but I like the sheer heft of the beast. Anything bigger than 35" is going to demand you learn 124 (aka simandl) fingering anyway, so I'd go the full 40".

That enfield with the huge "super 8" pickup on it? I had a go on that - got lost amongst all the knobs and switches. There were lots of sounds available with lots of very subtle differences between the 15 pickup combinations, plus blend and tone pots ... but I couldn't find one that really hit the button. Maybe need to go on a training course. However, the other bass the same person brought (bright trans-red, with a set of J pickups AND a P pickup between them) had an AMAZING sound. Can anyone remember what make its pickups were? Something american I'd never heard of. ... and he's selling it for only £1850!

I'll bring it ( and more importantly, the roll of labels ). In truth I do very occasionally find a missing earth or something

Shall I bring my PAT tester then? I can PAT test everyone's extensions, leads, amps and PSUs for free. as a chartered electrical engineer I will also be able to confirm that the process is largely bollocks.

Very happy with my PJB flight case (£250 from these very pages). it's very transparent and has an input impedance high enough for a preamp to make no difference. Not that loud though at a "gentle" 150W. So I have the pb300 to go underneath it when playing cathedrals without a PA Tried an acoustic image (coda?) at a bass bash and it was also v good. The only Aer I could find to try was an amp 1. Very clean, build quality is just .. stunning; but a bit boring sounding somehow.

I certainly enjoy " the nerdy stuff". Look, no op amps! And no buffer before the (single pole) filters. And the mid boost instead of the variable q filters. Totally different from what (I think) is inside my Custom. ... and yet, both sound recognisably Wal like. I'd love a go on one of these.

Pickups make difference. Did you try your own and the tutor's bass without amplification? if he had a £400 schertler and you have a £25 shadow ..... Probably the bass tho . I can vouch for Bassace's Bryant with its new extra wide bridge. He gave me a go at a bass bash. Very playable. I've tried basses in dealers that were on sale for £12k to £20k that were not nicer to play ..tho often older and frequently smothered in repair work. If the one on musical chairs is really the same quality for £2800 it is a bargain indeed. My own bass is a big old German one (4/4 size but not unplayably deep in the chest). Valued 7-8£k. It's louder and fuller sounding than the bryant and has amazing sustain; but on the other hand I would not rate its playability. The hefty build, extra scale and consequent string tension mean It's really quite hard work. Basses I like the sound of as much, but which are smaller and easier to get a nice sound out, of seem to come in around 12k at dealers. If you try lots of basses you may find your soul mate. But easy to play Basses with a great sound don't come cheap. There's a reason your tutor's bass cost him 10k!: PS: just check your bridge and sound post haven't shifted. My bass felt awful for a few months, till I realised that smacking the bridge on a door frame leaving an orchestra rehearsal had shifted the bridge 5mm to one side - pushing it back made a surprisingly huge difference.