Clarky

[quote name='Gunsfreddy2003' timestamp='1322160644' post='1447471'] Good drummer - used to love this kind of stuff a few years ago now! [/quote] Yep, the drummer was incredible - we broke up when he left as we couldn't find another drummer that could play his lines! This song (with full death metal 'cookie monster' vocals) has just about one of the hardest-to-maintain drum lines I can imagine http://www.4shared.com/audio/IibZj3SX/01_Death_Mask.html

Nice. Reminds me a lot of early Bad Company .... which is good

This is the title instrumental from Nyx' 2007 album 'Torn from Chaos'. You'll recognise the Metallica influences here. You'll also see its light years from what I do now* [url="http://search.4shared.com/search.html?searchmode=2&searchName=09+Torn+From+Chaos"]http://search.4share...Torn+From+Chaos[/url] * played on Warwick Thumb 5 BO for the sake of bass nerdistry

Thanks all. I am thinking a Dave Hall DHA DI EQ with phantom power (£84 http://www.davehallamps.co.uk/page42.html) as a preamp might be just the ticket. Hmmmm

Thx 51m0n! RB has been described as sounding "like Tom Waits has gone to hell and started a voodoo band"

I have an AI Clarus+ which produces the clearest, most faithful representation of upright bass of any amp I've tried (my opinion). I put it through an AI cab or - for more volume - a Wizzy 12. I've never considered using it for electric bass as I have always assumed it to be DB-specific (the features are clearly DB tailored, eg, phase switch, notch filter, mic input). However, this means I have two rigs, one of which is not being used (my electric rig, based around an Aguilar TH500). This is clearly a bit superfluous if the AI works well in an electric setting. Thus, I just wondered if any of you doublers have tried an AI for electric gigs and how it measures up? Thanks!

Thank you chaps, much appreciated. Sorry if I didn't reply earlier. Have tried with no success to get this on national radio so far (Robert Elms etc) but we made it on to Spanish Radio 3!

[quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1322131083' post='1446793'] I don't see any of the 'controversial' threads any more because I'm banned from Off Topic, and honestly it's improved the forum for me massively. And it means I spend less of my time time arguing the toss about nothing with knobheads and more time playing bass. Bi-winning. [/quote] If I could be banned from OT would probably improve my experience too. OK, off to find an OT thread and call someone a tosser

I now post very infrequently (other than in FS/Feedback columns, there's a surprise!) as I have found the atmosphere has changed. Yes I know a thread says that every year but I am now in my fourth year of membership and I genuinely believe that to be the case. The tipping point for me was arguing with a troll past midnight on a Friday night and suddenly realising that this is plain ridiculous. Also, to be fair, I was spending way to much time here and not enough time actually playing bass or interacting with my family. I will say, though, that the double bass forum is full of friendly helpful people and has never, to my mind, crossed any lines. Wonder what that says?

Pierre bought a very nice fretless from me. Faultless, friendly transaction Enjoy the bass, Pierre!!!

Malcolm bought my '53 Relic Precision today. Was a pleasure to hear tales of playing onstage with the classic era (Gillan, Lord, Blackmore, Glover, Paice) Deep Purple back in the day. Excellent transaction and I hope you have many happy hours with the bass

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Check this out http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~koesters/Privat/Wal/walspec.html

Lovely tone - amazingly upright like for an electric At risk of going OT slightly, here's a guy I spotted on Youtube who is amazing on a fretless Rick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2-88-nlIgg&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

To my ears the DPA (unsurprisingly, being a straight mic, rather than piezo/contact pickup) sounds much the nicest, woodiest and faithful. That said the others all sound pretty good to me, with a slight preference for the Fishman Full Circle and the the least impressive being the slightly distant/echo-ey sounding Bassbalsereit. If it weren't for the risk of picking up other instruments (not good in my up-to-14-piece band) I would go for a DPA on my Kolstein

There's nothing around there I would recommend. Why not hop on the Hammersmith & City line a couple of stops to Ladbroke Grove and wander along Portobello Road? Otherwise you will need to wander much further afield for decent music shops