SubsonicSimpleton

Bought a preamp from Roger, communication and packaging excellent, absolutely believe the hype, Roger is credit to himself and basschat.

Happy NDBD, I'd love to take a DB with such a distinctive finish to the local community orchestra, just to watch the reactions on everyones face - enjoy.

Concentrate on the stuff you really need to sort out, don't spread your effort too thinly; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDJFcWBmzUM

Go visit your local music shops and spend a bit of time playing their stock - getting on with the neck profile, balance, weight, scale length etc is very important, and although all the recomendations you've been given are likely to be good instruments in themselves, you might find some of them a bit of a culture shock if you've been playing a lightweight 30" scale bass. If you find that the 34" scale instruments are not to your taste, you might want to investigate the decent quality 30" scale basses that are available (Scott Whitley (allthumbs on basschat) is a short scale devotee and has a face book page devoted to short scales that you can find here https://www.facebook.com/shortscalebass - he's probably owned and modded most of the short scales on the market),

A couple of months ago I made an interesting discovery, although I've been working on excercises from the Simandl method book 1, I hadn't looked at the Simandl 30 etudes, then one day I stumbled upon this on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2OnFTI3tCg At first, I just tried to play along with the accompaniment for etudes 1&2, and had fun failing to do so, followed (after some work) by the elation of managing to get from start to finish regardless of mistakes - playing through them both for my teacher and getting some (well quite a lot ) guidance on executing them properly was really interesting. Having had some time to work on them since I'm really starting to appreciate how well written they are as technical studies, and how enjoyable they can be to play. Much more recently, while looking at videos of good players playing the Simandl etudes, I found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYgsV4izDIU It looks like the lady that runs the channel is going to post videos for all 30 etudes, so combined with the playalongs, I thought it would be a good idea to share both resources for anyone who isn't aware of them.

I was really wondering if you had played through every note on each string of the bass to identify if the problem lies with individual notes being more boomy than others at the volume level that you find problematic. Given that each note is available in multiple places on the neck, do any problem notes exhibit the same behavior when you play them on a different string(e.g. does F# 4th fret on the D string behave the same as F# 9th fret A string)?

Does the boominess occur only on specific notes? A parametric EQ would let you target the offending frequency(ies) quite accurately, but the issue might be due to room modes, a resonance in the speaker cab, an item in the room vibrating in sympathy etc.

If you want things like grub screws for bridge saddle height adjustment, or machine screws for intonation adjustment, best place to source them is an engineers merchant - just take the old ones, and one of the saddles to check for fit.

Did no-one notice the unintentional comedy of - "So I went in to this shop to buy a lead, and ended up spending $1000 on a new P-bass................................so guys GAS is bad Mkay, it's all in the fingaz so go practice"

[quote name='geoff90guitar' timestamp='1450210477' post='2930640'] Well lads, personally I've found these boutique multi-hundred pound cabs very clever and light, if you want to sacrifice your oomph and sound. It's already been invented, you can't beat a real traditional speaker. However, if you've never played with one, you won't miss it. New neo owners will just go round and round and imagine there must be something even better. Still, that's good for business. [/quote] Are you a chiropractor/osteopath/physio and suffering a downturn in paying clients perchance?

RCF evox 8 might also be worth checking out (similar to the Bose L1), worth checking if your local PMT carries both for an AB comparison.

[quote name='Number6' timestamp='1450138784' post='2930041'] When i bought my Mexi Precision i tried out allsorts of Ps USA, JPN, Squier Indonesian. I kept going back to the 2014 made artic white n maple that i ended up buying. I had the money if i needed to buy a US or even a cheapish vintage instrument but got the Mexi. They must have had a good day on the production line and i am very happy they did [/quote] Exactly how to do it IMHO, play loads and pick the one you like best.

Looks like the bog stock OEM bridge retainers as fitted to all lower end Stentors - see my thread here http://basschat.co.uk/topic/246912-what-strings-do-stentor-fit-on-their-dbs/ I spent a while looking through resources like the Quinn violins database, and the pictures of various strings on the contrabasseshop and gollihurs websites and couldn't find a match.

Maybe it would be worth considering making your life easier on every gig by using a lighter weight speaker cab given that the RS210 is ~20Kg - a barefaced One10 is about ~7Kg and same ballpark as buying a combo, and if it can give the tone and vol that you need for smaller gigs/jams, then it is going to be a whole lot easier to live with for loading purposes(the trial period is a simple way to settle any doubts about will it cut it in the real world). edit:lol ironside ninja'd me

Great place to park your bike if you keep your amp in the hall.

[quote name='James Nada' timestamp='1449939284' post='2928216'] I can't think of a guitarist or drummer (who isnt a also a singer) who I think would be recognised either. [/quote] Would Animal from the muppets qualify?

Not sure whether this is directly relevant to the current curriculum in school, but there is a reference book for people studying music theory up to grade 5(is that GCSE comparable level nowadays?) which is very useful and affordable(about £6). The AB Guide to Music Theory part 1 by Eric Taylor

99 euros must be a misprint surely

Nice vid and playing, do you enjoy being the only accompaniment to the singer?

Looks like you might have to get a bit creative when mounting it as a DB table is a lot thicker than an acoustic soundboard, so clipping it to the f-hole isnt going to be straightforward(or necessarily even a good idea), but it's small and lightweight which would make experimentation with placement easy - small amount of imagnination, couple of bits of foam and a wire coathanger would allow you to place it pretty much anywhere on the bass. You could always buy it, try it and send it back under distance selling regs if it turns out to be rubbish (there is a free version of the companion app but no indication of what features are blocked) - plenty of people on talkbass have reported success using cheap omni lav mics from radio shack, but an approximately equal number have dimissed the same method as unusable, so the only way to find out is try it yourself in whatever situation (live/recording) you intend to use it and let your own ears be the judge. Might be a good idea to read through the thread on the cheap radio shack mic to get some ideas on how people have got this omni lav mic idea to work for live use.

The pics of the instruments are often pics of the instrument they are cloning, not the actual product that you'll receive.

Looks worth a punt at £50, too far for me https://www.gumtree.com/p/double-bass/used-old-double-bass/1144038502

I looked into this a couple of years ago, and there were plenty of youtube reviews of chibsons, chickenbackers etc - no-one really seemed keen to recommend individual suppliers (maybe to avoid drawing unwanted legal attention to them, or to avoid drawing flack from people having bad experiences on the basis of their recommendation), but the advice about buying from china direct was fairly consistently to deal only with traders who were willing to communicate with potential customers, and to ask lots of questions, get pics of finished and part finished instruments etc before commiting to an order, and to continue to communicate with the vendor all the way through the production process.

The Hildersine 3/4 bag is a pretty good bit of kit if you're looking at the cheap end of the soft bag market.

Amp stand that can tilt the speaker up towards your ears maybe?