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  1. Clarky
    Thanks Jake! I have the cherry concentrate and very tasty it is too After a short dose of naproxen the pain disappeared. I also had x-rays/MRI done and there is some damage from my fall of a few years ago (where I broke my left hand in several places) which may have exacerbated the problem. Its all "back to normal" now, at least in terms of being pain-free.
  2. Clarky
    FYI, there is a world of difference between Innovation Silver Slaps and nylon weedwacker-type strings like you have. Silver Slaps have decent volume and are altogether higher quality than lifeless/quiet weedwacker strings which are rubbish IMHO
  3. Clarky
    First of the two gigs tonight!
  4. Clarky
    As Legion says, Innovation will see you right. Silver Slaps are fat nylon wound strings that do a pass-able (but not exact) impersonation of gut strings (which are what all bluegrassers used to use back in the day) and they are very low tension, hence easy on hands and slappable if you want to play pizz and slap. More modern bluegrassers frequently use 'darker' sounding steel strings like Evah Pirazzi Weichs, D'Adddario Zyex and Velvet strings, as these don't have the zingy brightness of say Thomastik Spirocore strings (the jazz standards) and instead have somethng of the thumpier, shorter decaying sound that is associated with guts, but without the tuning stability issues of real guts. The downside is these are a lot more expensive than Innovation strings unless you pick up a second-hand set on BassChat.
  5. Clarky
    As I understand it they are similar in tension/sound to Spiro Mittels but with longer sustain and a bit more growl. Here's a thread on BC wth a couple of people's experiences of them: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/194162-gut-a-like-gut-strings-pirastro-the-jazzer/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/194162-gut-a-like-gut-strings-pirastro-the-jazzer/[/url]
  6. Clarky
    OK will include post so its £300 all-in or Euro 390 posted for our continental brethren
  7. Clarky
    Ryan bought my PJB combo. Top transaction, good comms, fast payment. All great
  8. Clarky
    Like it, Skol and Nige!
  9. Clarky
    [quote name='dudi8' timestamp='1411938022' post='2564177'] Actually I have the puma 500 but I'm not letting it go yet Pedals,preamps,iPad, kidney [/quote] Sorry I have preamps, pedals, IPad and (so far, functioning) kidneys
  10. Clarky
    Hey dudi8, I am not really looking for trades as I have plenty of strings, pickups, a preamp and (too many!) basses. What were you thinking? You can always try me but I'm afraid its not very likely - but hey try me! Only things I would like but don't have (and quite fancy) are the new Realist Lifeline pickup and a Tecamp Puma 500 amp
  11. Clarky
    I got this last month from the US. Brandon Essex makes the recently launched Troll microphone which has gained great plaudits on TalkBass, a number of users saying its better and more feedback-proof than the DPA4099 'gold standard' live mic [url="http://trollmicrophone.com/"]http://trollmicrophone.com/[/url] It needs a fethead filter to boost the sound and protect the ribbon mic from damage from phantom power [url="http://www.studiospares.com/mic-accessories/tritonaudio-fethead-filter/invt/314010?VBMST=fethead"]http://www.studiospa...0?VBMST=fethead[/url] The Troll was $375 plus import taxes which came to about £275 in total, the fethead was £75 and the Planet Waves mic cable about a tenner. So my total outlay a few weeks ago was £360. Will sell the lot for £300 plus post. Why sell? Well it works well at home on my 3/4 DB but I really bought it to use with my down-sized Kolstein travel bass, which is my main gigging instrument, and it seems to be very much more feedback-prone with this boomy small bodied bass than my full DB. I haven't got time to fiddle about with balancing mic and piezo inputs live, would rather 'plug n play', so I am going to stick with my Underwood pickup on my Kolstein. So here's a chance to pick up a nearly-new, great condition Troll setup for those who want to try out a mic for their DB. Also saves you the hassle of importing from the US and a fair few pennies saved to boot. What you get from Troll [attachment=172727:package_includes_large-250x299.jpg] and a video of the mic in action: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTEJ0vndNO0"]https://www.youtube....h?v=nTEJ0vndNO0[/url]
  12. Clarky
    Thats reet perty! Lovely bass, that man
  13. Clarky
    Last two gigs of 2014 (and as a six-piece for at least a year) Onstage 9.15pm at Paper Dress Vintage in Shoreditch on Thursday 2nd And 8.45pm at Spice of Life, Soho (near Leicester Sq tube) on Saturday 4th
  14. Clarky
    Desperately sad article suggests its dementia and he is in full time care ... at just 61 years of age https://uk.news.yahoo.com/ac-dc-founder-malcolm-young-dementia-report-says-020352584.html#n2TcumT
  15. Clarky
    Sold
  16. Clarky
    Magnetic pickups turn your DB into a sideways-on fretless (as long as you have steel strings - they don't work with nylon or gut strings obv!) Means zero feedback but you lose a lot of the DB vibe and it ends up more like a fretless P bass. The best mag pickup I have tried is the Krivo which sounds more woody than others in my view and is closest to an acoustic sound. A decent piezo pickup, a good preamp with HPF and a phase switch, and keeping your bass away from things that will cause it to vibrate (eg, monitors, loud cabs pointing at it, a wobbly wooden floor etc) should allow you to be free of feedback. Stingray Pete has gone the magnetic pickup route and seems quite happy - maybe ask him about his experiences, as he is not long on a DB (though doubtless a sh*tload better than me!!!)
  17. Clarky
    So is he no longer associated with Cordes Lambert? And out of interest are the new Pirastro strings guts?
  18. Clarky
    Withdrawing these due (1) lack of interest and (2) will keep them as backup strings
  19. Clarky
    Price cut to £370 + post
  20. Clarky
    [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/204959-db-luthiers-thread/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/204959-db-luthiers-thread/[/url] May help?
  21. Clarky
    Wasn't a bit of early 80's post-punk new romantic then? "Marilyn Dreams" by B-Movie (remember them? Great song 'Remembrance Day', at least I thought so at the time) [attachment=172328:$_57.JPG]
  22. Clarky
    [quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1411412521' post='2559325'] Afraid you're mistaken... you're playing jazz, you just didn't realise. [/quote] Its more complex than that, I play a double bass and - with no frets - I often play somewhere between the notes. I often hear appreciation from the audience ("WTF was that?" " That guy is to bass what Heisenberg is to principles" "Brownian motion in action", "Get off" etc; not sure about the last one)
  23. Clarky
    I am original. I have invented my own scales based on random notes
  24. Clarky
    Sunday bump. WOuld consider some sort of p/x against a Tecamp Puma 500 head
  25. Clarky
    New price £90 delivered. No trades any more thanks
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