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  1. Clarky
    [attachment=111086:RA-Front.jpg] I recently acquired this gorgeous bass from German BC'er Markus (BC username Bender) but I have decided I prefer my Takamine B10 as a double bass emulator (and the band really likes the gypsy jazz vibe of the B10 too). I can't really afford to have two DB emulators so I am moving this on. The bass in question is incredibly light (6.5 pounds) and has a very slim, fast neck and a lovely piezo-driven DB-esque tone and the specs, pinched from Markus' FS thread ([url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/177556-sold-rob-allen-mb2/page__hl__rob%20allen;"]http://basschat.co.u...l__rob%20allen;[/url] has a ton of pics), are as follows: alder body (tort binding) with flamed walnut top (200$ upgrade) maple neck / lined ebony fretboard with side dots matching bound headstock (200$ upgrade) Labella black tape wound strings Protec Contego case There are a few tiny nicks and scrapes (all pictured in Markus' thread) but nothing in any way significant and it could pass for new from a few feet away. I paid Markus' asking price of £1500 plus post and would be looking to recoup this. For an unbiased third party opinion of this, you could always ask BC'er chris_b who came to try it out this morning (he is after a 5-string MB-2)
  2. Clarky
    [quote name='Mr Bassman' timestamp='1340359420' post='1703216'] Get a set of [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=needle+file+set&tag=googhydr-21&index=diy&hvadid=7669080733&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12088818731965606582&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&ref=pd_sl_1qj5qi8byz_e"]these[/url] [/quote] The nut slot is too deep for the string so I assume you mean taking down the fingerboard slightly? Hmm, sounds like serious screw-up potential for a handyman numpty like me!!!!
  3. Clarky
    [quote name='thunderbird13' timestamp='1340356204' post='1703154'] Yeah I have my pass for tonght ! If you see a confused looking midde aged man in a crumpled Rush Tshirt that'll be me [/quote] watching a confused middle aged man with a silly grey mullet trying to figure out which end of a double bass you play
  4. Clarky
    To the top!
  5. Clarky
    [quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1340352076' post='1703069'] Her Shoes? Are you mental? Use leather from one of her handbags, much better quality. [/quote] Good idea, really don't want to have to cut up my thong
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    [quote name='sarah thomas' timestamp='1340347632' post='1703023'] If you can get hold of a bit of thin leather, it should last longer than the card. Glad it's sorted! [/quote] Thanks Sarah, I will try to do so. Now which pair of Mrs C's shoes shall I cut up?
  7. Clarky
    Looks like change to thick gut-alike Silver Slaps caused the problem. As these are so thick compared to the Helicores which were on it before, I assume the amplitude of the vibration was bigger than the gap between string and board, near the nut. So my choices are to swap strings, stick with a shim in the A slot in the nut, or have the nut or board professionally worked on. As I like Silver Slaps and don't want to send the bass away again for work to be done, looks like its the shim!
  8. Clarky
    [quote name='Mr Bassman' timestamp='1340283769' post='1702266'] try a bit of thin card under the string at the nut [/quote] Bingo! You are the man Keith. This sorts the buzz. As Clouseau would say, ze problem is sol-ved
  9. Clarky
    Just picked up a combo off Jamie. Very straightforward deal. Nice one!
  10. Clarky
    Nice one matey
  11. Clarky
    [quote name='billyapple' timestamp='1340228349' post='1701573'] Might be able to make it, will know closer at the time [/quote] Cheers Sean, I think the BC roll-call is WaynePD, Bluejay and possibly Thunderbrird 13 (aka Alasdair) :-) Would be great to see all of you there!
  12. Clarky
    Its rubbery!
  13. Clarky
    <p style="margin-left: 40px">The strings are Silver Slaps - my only other set is Kolstein Heritage steels which are utterly different in character. Would swapping the A over tell me much, as their vibration characteristics are likely to be very different?</p>
  14. Clarky
    So far I've checked the headstock (tuners solid, nut good), shunted the bridge 1mm sideways and back and tweaked the bridge feet, checked the Full Circle p/u wires and jack barrel, checked the bridge after-length (which is damped anyway with a piece of rubber tubing) and shifted the endpin into a different position and tightened very hard ... and you guessed it, yes, the rattle is still there
  15. Clarky
    [quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1340258229' post='1701715'] So - let's get this right: You left the band, and he replaced you with Will Lee? That's quite a compliment. [/quote] That is one interpretation ... unfortunately not the correct one! No flippin' way I could play that bass line for starters
  16. Clarky
    It's like Percy has just got progressively less nice sounding fretless basses each time he moves on. Reminds me of a thread to that effect I posted a few months back when I put forward my view that his nicest, woodiest tone was actually with his fretless Precision back in ealy Brand X days, followed by his Wal in later Brand X days http://basschat.co.uk/topic/163053-percy-jones-fretless-tone/page__p__1525888__hl__percy%20jones__fromsearch__1#entry1525888
  17. Clarky
    The singer from my previous band, Rattlin Bone, Wily Bo Walker has just released a new single. Its rather different from our Tom Waits-voodoo vibe output as Rattlin Bone. Bo has managed to blag some uber-musicians to play on it, including Will Lee on bass! This being BassChat I thought some of you would be interested in hearing Will Lee going through his paces - very tight, funky playing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0uOa40p0Os
  18. Clarky
    PM'ing you Chris
  19. Clarky
    [sup]Thanks Sarah, I didn't get the chance to take a look at the bass last night (small matter of football) but will be doing so tonight[/sup]
  20. Clarky
    I am a late 40-something as a starting point, from before the interweb (although not before cassettes) and I think there is a generational thing here with a sense of entitlement having become the norm. I simply don't understand why making music should be treated differently to other professions in terms of protection. Sure if you choose to make your music freely available then fine, thats your choice (and as pointed out above there are some logical, marketing-type reasons for doing so). But to have it done against your will is a different kettle of fish. There should be a choice on the part of the artist in my view. And the argument that 'the horse has already bolted' does not make it right
  21. Clarky
    [quote name='Rayman' timestamp='1340109135' post='1699179'] I'm not a Ritter fan either particularly, but that's fabulous. [/quote]I normally post pictures of the world's ugliest dog upon mention of Ritter but that has rather taken me aback. Wonderful bass, Barrie!
  22. Clarky
    [i]I could arrange special extended payment terms ... [/i]
  23. Clarky
    Sorry Chris but i am calling my relationship quits with Ricks. Break to my left hand a couple of years ago (which means I cramp up with narrow necks) has done for me - its Precisions and double basses for me (mainly ...)!
  24. Clarky
    Thank you gents, didn't think of altering the endpin ... and I have slightly shifted the bridge (as to my eyes it was off-centre) prior to it going to Malcolm Healey so between these I may have a solution. Fingers crossed! And thanks again
  25. Clarky
    I got my old German flatback from being repaired by Malcolm Healey a week or two back and have been playing it like mad since then. Just one thing annoys me a bit (not a lot, as Paul Daniels would say) and thats a buzz from somewhere in the body when I hit the open 'A'. The harder I hit the string the louder the buzz. Doesn't happen on any other note (open or fingered) and I've checked the soundpost (solid as a rock) and the various seams (all glued). Its difficult to pinpoint where its coming from, just somewhere vaguely in the body. Is this a problem others have encountered and what did you do about it, if anything? Cheers Clarky PS, I could of course take it back to Malcolm but its a c2 hour round trip each time I deliver and collect
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