Clarky

[quote name='Mr Bassman' timestamp='1415320158' post='2599295'] Mods, please take it down [/quote] I will do so but my price is one million pounds or alternatively you sell me back my old fretless Precision, Keith [attachment=175710:Dr_Evil.jpg]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KotITz6_Fvc

I just picked up a Tecamp Puma amp from David. Beautifully packed and a lovely thing. Thanks David!

If you are near Harrogate, BC's Mr_Bassman (aka Keith) might be able to help you out or point you in the directin of another luthier? I would drop him a PM. He's a total gent

The Crazy8 is a stupidly light (about 12 pounds IIRC) 1x8" cab which Tricky Audio makes under licence from Greenboy (as I understand, like the FearFul range). You carry it with amp and cables in a cajon bag, the whole deal weighing less than 20 pounds, and it works fabulously for small venues (coffee shops, small pubs etc). Obviously any 8" cab will run out of oomph against a loud drummer or noisy band but for my drummer-free Americana group (about 8-10 of us) it works really well. Bassace has used one I believe in a big band so I guess it can go louder than I have pushed it but best ask him. looks like this [attachment=175403:crazy8.jpg]

Sharing a video of the great Oscar Pettiford that Geoffbassist posted on his Facebook bass column, Discover Double Bass. Just look how huge his gut D (especially) and G are (the E/A are wrapped gut) but most of all ... what a beautiful tone. As close to chocolate as a double bass can sound IMHO [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7da4WkFqE2g&feature=youtu.be"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7da4WkFqE2g&feature=youtu.be[/url]

I think it all depends on volume - if you are playing a low/medium volume gig you CAN sound like 'your bass, only louder' with something like an AI or EA amp (and by the sounds of it the Barabass too). Of course it also depends on your pickup too and the type of room, flooring etc. As soon as it gets any louder than medium, there is an inevitable compromise and it probably doesn't matter much which amp you use

I have an Acoustic Image Ten2 combo. The functionality is superb (massively useful high pass filter, phase control, various room-based EQ settings , eg chorus, as well as bass/mid/treb). I have also owned an EA Micro head which I paired with various cabs. I think both are excellent for picking up the subtlety of a double bass sound. Of course neither suits very high volumes (the speakers are the weak point in my view with Acoustic Image) at which point you need PA support anyway. Currently I am running the Acoustic Image head (taken out of the combo, its meant to be removable) with a Crazy8 cab (made by Tricky Audio in the UK) for small pub/coffee shop type gigs or an EA Wizzy 12 m-line (4 ohm) for louder gigs. Not sure if that helps. TBH, I reckon an fdeck preamp (with HPF and phase switch) in front of a relatively uncoloured amp (people seem to be recommending the Tecamp Puma 500) would do the trick Edit: should add that Ed Friedland ("The Bass Whisperer") uses and likes a Genz 6.0-12T combo so you may not really need to change it anyway! See this at 10 minutes [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx9OigytbNw"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx9OigytbNw[/url]

[quote name='Rabbie' timestamp='1414951653' post='2594992'] Clarky I thought of you as soon as they dropped through my letterbox but I was reluctant to suggest as With my last suggestion your bridge went flying... [/quote] and I pre-empted the halloween bloodshot eye look by a month or two!

Ha! Sounds like these would have been the ones for me rather then the Deluxe, doh! I have ended up (I know!) with Velvet Garbo lights and a gut G. Used them at Sorefingers bluegrass weekend last week and they are a fantastic combination of old school sound, low tension and pretty good tuning stability. Am keeping my Velvet Blues as back up

Spencer bought some DB strings from me, all good cheers Clarky

Andy bought some DB strings from me, all good cheers Clarky

FYI, I just went to a Bluegrass tutorial weekend (Sorefingers) and the (excellent) bass guy, Ben Somers, slapped Spirocore mediums with no problem - but as AndyBass said he was not doing a triple rockabilly slaps, it was more your Folsom Prison type palm slapping for the most part and tastefully applied in small doses, rather than high octane slapping from start to finish