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  1. Clarky
    Reminds me of my all-time favourite double bass video with that wonderful old gent Milt Hinton. Which gives me an excuse to post it again! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFTqVHEJZ0A
  2. Clarky
    'Like'
  3. Clarky
    Much as I love the sound and feel of these premier steel-wound gut strings, I have decided to move on my Oliv A/D/G strings. By way of background I bought the D/G off BassChat in used but excellent condition from Laurence Bassadder (there's no breaks at all in windings, silks are in vgc). I bought the A brand new from StringZone about a month ago and it matches really well and has decent sustain on my bass ... despite some of the naysayers who only recommend the D/G. Together they cost me £170. I would sell them as a package for £150 posted. Would be £270 new from thestringzone.co.uk, so this is a serious (£120/c.40%) saving [url="http://www.thestringzone.co.uk/categories/oliv"]http://www.thestring...categories/oliv[/url] PS, Why sell you ask? Simply that I would prefer more stable tuning. I only get to play 30 minutes max a day and often just a couple of minutes on weekdays, when not rehearsing/gigging with my band, so a more stable non-gut set would suit me better. Basically I am lazy! If I were a full-time player or had more time to practice it would be different. Also if I were an arco player (these are known to be excellent for arco) it would be different. Instead, I have put on a set of Velvet Blues on my 3/4 flatback and I have a set of Presto Nylonwound Lights as a backup set. These do gut-sounding pretty well (not as nice as the Olivs, obviously) but are much more stable tuning-wise. PPS, obviously you would need to match with an E, but the Oliv E is renowned as being largely thud, which is why I used a Spirocore Mittel E.
  4. Clarky
    Hey Nick, I've got the bigger brother of this amp, the MarkBass Mini CMD 121P combo and extension cab, for my Jazz bass I also have an Acoustic Image Ten2 combo which I would probably sell but for the fact my band's guitarist uses it for all our gigs [attachment=145964:ProductDetailImage.ashx.jpeg]
  5. Clarky
    Try me with near offer
  6. 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
  7. Clarky
    Price cut to £70 posted, thats less than half price for a barely used set
  8. Clarky
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  9. Clarky
    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]
  10. Clarky
    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
  11. Clarky
    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
  12. Clarky
    Me again and another set of strings from Rabbie, all good!
  13. Clarky
    Hi Chris
  14. Clarky
    [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
  15. Clarky
    No worries Lozz! Hope you feel better soon, mate
  16. Clarky
    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
  17. Clarky
    Bump, pointing out very positive comments above ^^^^^ Might trade against a US or CIJ Fender (P or J) as long as it didn't have a wide neck (ie, no 57ri) - try me
  18. Clarky
    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
  19. Clarky
    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
  20. Clarky
    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]
  21. Clarky
    Try going into your profile ('Edit profile') and then the 'Manage attachments' page. Delete old photos and it will probably allow you to upload new pics (as there's a limit to the MB per profile)
  22. Clarky
    Thats a rather beautiful thing, Chris. Enjoy
  23. Clarky
    Poll added. We do love a poll
  24. Clarky
    I like your conciseness Bilbo
  25. Clarky
    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!
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