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My Duke is loud and bassy, when it wore guts and now with Spiro weichs. It's different sounding than my hybrid which is a loud and shouty thing. I don't play rockabilly, but play country, punky rock originals and some jazz. It's a very resonant bass and throws a lot of sound. I have no experience with the composite basses but if they were better than wood, more people would probably be playing them. Ply and carved double basses can take quite a bit of abuse and any good luthier can work on them. I don't know how many luthiers would be prepared to work on a composite bass.

I think it's a "try and see" sort of thing. Basses all seem to respond differently. Spiro mittels choked my heavy hybrid bass, it likes Velvet Animas and Innovation Honeys which are lower tension. The unfortunate thing is that DB strings can be costly but if they don't work, you can usually get a fair amount of your money back selling them second hand.

I guess we now have our baseline.

They'd have to be plucky.

[quote name='No. 8 Wire' timestamp='1484306970' post='3214501'] Thanks Tom. Just been enjoying the videos on your link there - pretty much the sort of thing I'm aspiring to, although minus the singing, I can't even sing and play the electric bass at the same time, or sing at all for that matter! As a bonus of getting this Stentor though, it was considerably cheaper than a Bassix, so holding on to my Sire 5er is looking like a distinct possibility - although it may still have to go on the one in, one out rule. I've been arguing its not a 'guitar' therefore that doesn't apply, but the fact its got strings, tuners and even a pickup is making that argument a bit tenuous... [/quote] See, a double bass also makes a lovey artistic addition to any room. So, you could argue it's a piece of art and/or furniture which therefor negates your need to sell anything Here is my art-filled front room as an example [IMG]http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c66/bassoline/tom-xmas-tree_1.jpg[/IMG]

Great stuff. Enjoy

There was one [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/281039-bassix-folding-double-bass-sold/page__view__findpost__p__3002960"]for sale here a little while back[/url] Maybe send the seller a pm and get their thoughts.

Andy purchased my Handbox R400 amp. Great comms, great to deal with and a really nice chap. Enjoy the amp

Along with the comments above, the bass makes a difference to the strings too. I've had Spiro weichs on one bass that just didn't work, but on another bass they are fantastic. Getting something for all three playing styles will be tricky, but maybe look at putting together your own set from different singles. You may find most of what you need in the Innovation range, maybe just not all in one set.

Nice one. Enjoy

Surprised to hear F112 and "not deep" in the same sentence... Yes, maybe get played in a bit. If you have access to other amps, try them too. I've found that the F112 reflects the type of amp used so if an amp is "focused" with no real preshape, like an AI Focus, you need to dial in the depth with EQ or a pedal. The MB800 seems to already have that and I usually turn the bass down.

Congrats, you're on your way

Paul bought pedal from me. Great comms, and a very easy transaction. Great to deal with. Thanks again, Paul.

John built a custom loom for my 5 string jazz. He helped me every step of the way about options and how it would work up to instalation and help afterwards. His work is fantastic and he is very willing to help get you the right setup. Thanks again. My bass sounds great now

[quote name='Pow_22' timestamp='1479382038' post='3176050'] Looking at that pic, there is only access to one valve! How do you go about changing/swapping? [/quote] I asked the manufacturer about swapping valves and he told me you can only change the leftmost valve (looking at the front of the amp). I did this with mine and it isn't hard. You just need to be careful as it's all hand wired boards.