Clarky

Well this worked out really well at rehearsal and gig last week. Very pleased. Here's a vid with me playing through this (part onstage sound and part DI from the Headway preamp to PA) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIN3XpZWlFE

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Video of 'Ship of Fools' from our (All The Queens Ravens) gig at Paper Dress Vintage in Shoreditch this week [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Kv-9AAolQ&feature=share&list=PL5U5GhHQlDhDONZPc77EyUpSgJlpV3VI2[/media]

Couple of vids from our set at Paper Dress Vintage in Shoreditch on Wednesday Ship of Fools: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6Kv-9AAolQ Valiente: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIN3XpZWlFE&list=PL5U5GhHQlDhDONZPc77EyUpSgJlpV3VI2

not cheap but Alembic Spoilers, Persuaders and Distillates all have 32" scales eg http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1983-Alembic-Spoiler-4-String-Bass-Ebony-Black-/261294477034

Me again and another set of strings from Rabbie, all good!

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1381426038' post='2239029'] ...or if you break a finger, eh..? Not an impossible occurrence, either. [/quote] Oi. Start your own poll, mate

No worries Lozz! Hope you feel better soon, mate

No worries Kirky! In the end we onstage pretty late (10.30pm) and the curfew was ignored. Really enjoyed the gig, lots of fun and got a great reaction (we got interviewed afterwards by a local radio station with 15,000 listeners). Will defo post up any more gigs as and when they get booked

I recently sent an EUB to Beedster (London to Wales) via ParcelForce (the only company that offers a 'large box' service). I put very prominent stickers on both sides of the box saying "Fragile - musical instrument". So Mrs Beedster comes home and finds a shredded box in her garden, with a big hole in one side, packing material blowing everywhere, and sat in the pouring rain. A covered porch was 10 feet away. Furthermore they forged Beedster's signature to pretend he had accepted delivery. Utter disgrace. Fortunately the bass was so heavily packed and solid it was unharmed. Otherwise this would really have kicked off

Tomorrow! Onstage 10pm and hopefully slightly earlier as they tend to wind things up at (or not much later than) 10.30pm for noise control reasons

I've not played either (try geoffbassist for a view on the weichs, as he is a big fan; you can see them on his DB instructional videos). From my understanding the non-weichs are relatively stiff/tense and some say they are pretty hard work on the right hand - I think its why they later introduced the weichs. I would recommend the Strings forum of TalkBass as a good resource for investigating views on these and other strings [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f17/"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f17/[/url]

Thats a rather beautiful thing, Chris. Enjoy

Poll added. We do love a poll

I like your conciseness Bilbo

There are numerous threads on the electric bass side about whether you need back-up strings in case of breakage on a gig etc. The consensus seems to be that very few BC'ers actually break strings on gigs but that, for peace of mind and that small percentage of breakages, a sizeable number of us do bring along a spare set of strings. So I wondered how many of you DB'ers ever keep a spare set of strings and a string winder in your DB gigbags for such an eventuality? I've not done so to date but wonder if its a good idea to do so. DB strings have some idiosyncrasies and the break point on the bridge is exposed to knocks. On the other hand a spare set of DB strings is a lot more expensive than a spare set of electric bass strings!

I have an extremely uncomfortable lower back at the moment. It hurts when I stand for more than 30 minutes and thus a combination of lugging gear and gigs/rehearsals usually leaves me in great discomfort, walking like some sort of twisted crab. I have resisted doing anything "girly" on the stretching/exercise front (after all, a twisted crab is pretty manly) but this sounds like something I should seriously consider, Jack

You know what Betjeman said about Slough. Is this going to be the sonic equivalent?

Photos updated Silvia with comments

[attachment=145464:277311_10151699913214659_1060785040_o.jpg] [attachment=145465:1052330_10151428129762470_1118096897_o.jpg] Two shots from our album launch gig at Underbelly, Hoxton Square in July 2013

[attachment=145456:ATQR @ The Half Moon (19).jpg] Live at Half Moon (taken by the lovely Bluejay!) [attachment=145457:P1050118.jpg] North London gig, can't remember where!