Clarky
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[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='1211039' date='Apr 25 2011, 05:19 PM']+1 All the best with it Clarky...hope all is OK![/quote] Thanks Nik, 73Jazz and lozbass ... and of course Beedster Find out tomorrow if Mrs C needs surgery on her ski-damaged knee - unfortunately insurance policy excesses and exclusions (including all equipment such as wheelchairs, crutches, knee braces etc) mean her accident will have cost in excess of a grand which, together with other unbudgeted-for spends (extra DB amp when my last one failed, kids school trip to France etc) means this gorgeous bass has to go -
Yes I know .... no p*ss taking please. I had been searching for a while for a fretless Wal and it does not disappoint. Its extraordinarily playable, has a beautiful range of tones, and is in truly immaculate condition (difficult to tell from new). However I have had an expensive time recently with some rather large and unexpected bills (including medical ones for Mrs C that are unlikely to be covered by insurance) and a £2.5k bass that was really a luxury is the one that has to budge, given I will not sell my YOB Precision come hell or high water. I only got this a month or two back from The Bass Gallery in Camden and its still as immaculate as when I got it. Specs are that its walnut faced (with a mahogany core), ebony necked (with side marker lines and dots but not full lines), has a Mk II body shape but a Mk III (downsized) head and Mk III neck joint (countersunk bolts, instead of old-fashioned neck plate) - thus its a Mk II/III hybrid. I have converted back my (considerably less valuable) '71 P/J to fretless so that can cover my fretless needs. Comes with Hiscox hard case. Made in June 2004. Cost me £2,500 and I would like that back please as it seems an entirely fair price based on other Wal sales on BC plus the fact its absolutely immaculate. I know its not the time to be selling expensive basses but these don't come up often. Given my recent outgoings, no trade offers please. Can be collected from London or I will post at cost. [attachment=78377:wal.jpg] [attachment=78376:P1040152.JPG] [attachment=78378:P1040149.JPG]
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In the end I decided the original tort guard was too impractical (what you couldn't see from photos was how much it arched outwards along the top surface, leading to a sharp edge to catch palm or fingers on). Here it is with a celluloid tort guard I bought from the US, made in the early 1990s and nicely patinated and yellowed at the edges. Its much easier to play the bass now and - with La Bella Standard Flats on it now - is exactly how I want it. Just gorgeous and (that over-used phrase but true since my Y-O-B can't change!) a definite keeper photo removed and transferred to Flickr (click on link in my sig below)
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My Bacchus 62J which Mrs C has unfortunately christened "Minty" Started life as sonic blue when made in 90s and the nitro finish has faded to a sort of sea foam green. Lovely. When I have the time I will be adding a J-Retro to it, recently purchased from Nigel/silddx [attachment=78361:P1040209.JPG]
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[quote name='MacDaddy' post='1210812' date='Apr 25 2011, 01:12 PM']imagine seeing one of those in a traditional orchestra Can they be bowed or are they designed for slap?[/quote] Having played that bass, its a standard laminate bass with a heavy coat of black lacquer so it should be able to do anything a 'normal' DB can do. That said, as a laminate its better suited to slap and pizz I guess than arco
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[quote name='philw' post='1210782' date='Apr 25 2011, 12:40 PM']Well just 'cause I couldn't resist finding out I contacted Martin's to enquire about the starting price on their Hungarian made Concert Model: it's £5k + VAT Oh well. P[/quote] So I guess the Concert Small 3/4 (which I fancy) wouldn't leave much change fom £5k either? Think I'll buy a Fodera scratchplate instead for £1k
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.... and gone to the Beedster -
I have decided which strings I like after much experimenting (La Bella and TI Flats, DR SUnbeams) so this lot are going. All stuffed in a box so will need separating gently but simple enough. How about £15 for the lot posted? Edit: at least 5 sets were cut for a Fender 4-a-side P/J (although I cannot remember if the TI Rounds were cut for this or my old 2-a-side Alembic; sorry but bagged up now!)
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[quote name='bob_pickard' post='1210594' date='Apr 25 2011, 07:28 AM']I'd like one of these...... [url="http://www.brinksmusik.com/King%20Doublebass%20English.htm"]Not a 1940s bass for experienced people only[/url][/quote] the front man in my band Rattlin Bone has the black lacquered Slap King shown in this link. it looks fabulous and records well ( it's the DB you hear on our album) although acoustically it doesn't (to my ears ) have the same woody tones of my much cheaper Zeller/stentor carved front/laminate back/sides DB.
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[quote name='fatback' post='1210449' date='Apr 24 2011, 10:19 PM']Mind you, owning one would probably improve my playing. By about £50. [/quote] Fatback, what you need is a blonde 1940s bass and then You would play GOODER like someone with my EXPERIENCE OK? Be CHILLED like me
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[quote name='oldslapper' post='1210253' date='Apr 24 2011, 07:13 PM']Yup. Before I read the thread I tried it on E/A side and it was too boomy, even with eq adjustments. So put it on D/G wing and it was nice and even, and loads of volume. John[/quote] Fab, many thanks! Got a band rehearsal on Saturday so will give this a try out then (I assume my replacement ATPFlex won't have arrived by then as Lando were waiting for stock, grrrr)
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In the TB thread, people talk about affixing the TM piezo into the D/G wing rather than, as I would have assumed, the E/A wing ... is this your experience John/sloebluesine and oldslapper/John?
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I spotted this link recently too from John Patitucci's site (they make his touring DB). Some beautiful pieces of art here. Especially love the patinated, characterful woods on the old basses for sale
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[quote name='slobluesine' post='1209831' date='Apr 24 2011, 09:38 AM']there's a whole thread here Clarky... [url="http://www.doublebasschat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10561"]http://www.doublebasschat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10561[/url] yep it's a wing pup, very similar in size to a Bassmax but way way louder and feedback resistant, very similar sound to a Schatten RB1 IMO[/quote] Cool, I'll take it please. Can you PM me payment details please?
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Hi mate, I assume this is a bridge wing piezo? I googled these and the only clip I could find was a rockabilly slapper - is that what this is designed for? If not, could you tell me something about its characteristics (and why its feedback resistant) as I am thinking it would be useful to have a backup pickup to my ATPFlex Electret (actually right now it would be useful to have [i]any[/i] pickup, since I am still waiting for Lando Music to send a replacement ATPFLex after my first one was faulty)?
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Next up for Rattlin Bone, according to the London Evening Standard newspaper (see below) a [i]"14 piece rock and roll burlesque gypsy voodoo jazz" [band], complete with deranged clowns"[/i], is the Meadowlands Festival on the South Coast. We are playing the main stage on the Sunday but we haven't got a confirmed time yet (we thinks its afternoon). In addition to the clowns there will be fire-eaters this time so it should be a spectacle! Here's the event details [url="http://meadowlandsfestival.com/category/sun/"]http://meadowlandsfestival.com/category/sun/[/url] And here's the Standard's review of our last gig [url="http://standardlondonevening.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/stranger-than-paradise-rasp-thorne-the-briars-dj-sacha-dieu-the-gadjo-club-rattlin-bone-hootananny-9-april-2011/"]http://standardlondonevening.wordpress.com...y-9-april-2011/[/url]
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[quote name='LukeFRC' post='1208782' date='Apr 22 2011, 11:43 PM']i don't for the moment think he was trying to rip anyone off, and reading the thread and responses I doubt anyone would think that.[/quote] Someone did: "Okay, just not good, seeing honest people being ripped off" Thats why I responded as I did
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[quote name='billy' post='1208769' date='Apr 22 2011, 11:24 PM']Hello everybody, I'm living in Spain and I'll like to buy a Acoustic Image bass combo, but here doesn't exist any shop that sales such an amplifier.. the only solution for me it will be to buy it via internet in the U.S.... I'll prefer to take a plane and buy it in london...does somebody know any shop in London where I can try and buy such a thing? thank you a lot in advance and all the best to everybody from the atlantic coast of Spain. Billy.[/quote] If you look in the Double Bass FS section you will find an AI Combo and cab for a combined £400 - even with post to Spain that would still be very cheap compared to buying new from US Here [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=132937"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=132937[/url]
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I have dealt with Richard in the past and I can say with 100% confidence he is a decent guy and not a rip-off merchant. If he didn't advertise this bass as a HW1 it would have been because he didn't know it was a HW1, I am sure. So lets stop kicking the man
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[quote name='oldslapper' post='1208530' date='Apr 22 2011, 06:29 PM']Obnoxious comments welcome.[/quote] If you've played double bass as long as I HAVE then you [s]are probably sh*t[/s] should listen to what I SAY which is ... err Buy my bridge and tuners. I am CHILLED OK?
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[quote name='rockape' post='1208263' date='Apr 22 2011, 01:28 PM']Hi all, I just joined the forum, and would like to show of my first new P Bass. I've owned a couple of used basses in the past, but this is my first new one, and what an amazing bass it is for the price![/quote] Hey Rockape! Welcome to the forum. Thats a nice looking beast you have there, especially like the dark rosewood fretboard against the fiesta red. Great pics too
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PaulKing is a big slap bass player - if you search for his posts you can get an idea - and he may be able to offer some more rockabilly-specific advice I tried Weedwackers but hated the dead E and A strings - Silver Slaps are great, low tension, nice sounding .... although I don't slap (one day I will ask PaulKing, who lives not too far from me in West London, to show me how to slap, in return for plying him with alcohol or whatever his poison is!)
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[quote name='Delberthot' post='1208093' date='Apr 22 2011, 11:14 AM']I'd rather be able to hear myself clearly than have an impractical 8x10" penis extension behind me [/quote] I keep mine firmly strapped down in front of me
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Why don't Tech 21 wake up and smell the coffee and make a small Class D amp with a Sansamp EQ section? They have one of the strongest brand names for DI/EQ and yet insist only on applying this to pedals or relatively heavy (>20lb) 'old school' type amps
