steve

you could try doing some loosening up exercises before, after and possibly between sets (as long as they aren't painful to do), I suffer from lower back pain (caused by many other things) which is exacerbated when I play DB, I find a bit of stretching and loosening off helps a lot. If not, I've heard good things said of the Alexander Technique over on TB Whatever you do, I hope it gets sorted

[quote name='noojb' timestamp='1345131284' post='1774050'] I did a gig last night with a double bass, bass amp, guitar, snare drum, cymbals, bass drum pedal and a guitarist and a drummer all in my little hatchback, so i reckon you should be alright with just a double bass. You can squeeze them into most cars! [/quote] pics or it didn't happen

Thanks Mike, I've played there before with The Cellar machine, and it's certainly a great venue. The sound on stage tonight was fantastic (courtesy of landlord Jon's new monitors - I could hear everyone and no sign of feedback with the upright... bliss.

Cheers Paul, I'm not sure if we have much up atm, there was some stuff on youtube but the mix was quite poor so it might've been removed. The Railway was taken over a couple of years ago and it's a really great venue now with a good size stage and a decent in house PA and lighting rig. If your boys ever venture this far up north you should check it out as a potential venue

15/08 - Penkersley Inn, Narrowgate Lane, Oldham OL2 6YD 16/08 - Railway, Bromley Cross, (£3 entry). 37 Chapeltown Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, BL7 9LY 17/08 - The Victoria, 43 Wilmslow Road, Withington, M20 3BW 18/08 - Lowes Arms, (£5 entry inc meal),113 Manchester Rd, Denton, M34 3FF Blues, jump, swing

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v7Pgy1BevM&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v7Pgy1BevM&feature=related[/url] 2:20 in

the strings have left the building - hope you like them them Patrick

I'll be taking the slaps off my bass over the next couple of days... not too sure who's next on the list, could do with a pm with postage details

[quote name='AndyBob09' timestamp='1344036461' post='1759141'] Oh, I'm sorry to hear that you weren't a fan of GOMA. I quite like that place. And yes, if only us musos could get the same arts funding that artists do, but good on them. [/quote] Some of it was alright - there was a video installation in Gallery 1 (can't remember it's name) that was good. Other things however challenged my patiance, and served to remind me exactly why I dropped out of Art College.

ta for all the suggestions, ended up hanging around merchant city for most of the day, esp. 13th note, which went down well with the mrs as it did veggie food (liquid lunch for me ). Also went to GOMA, to look at some of the garbage that people purport as art these days, (altho' it has to be said well done to some of those artists who have managed to convince the powers that be that what they are producing merits them receiving a grants or funding). As was commented above, the people are really friendly and laid back, I'd definately go back

[quote name='wingnutkj' timestamp='1343761803' post='1754892'] Meh - the naysayers are idiots - Glasgow's a great place for a wander. From Central station, head down Jamaica Street to Kenny's Music for a look round, then nip along Howard Street, up through St Enoch Square to House of Fraser. When the missus is distracted by the shiny things, nip out another exit and bolt up Buchanan Street, hang a right at All Saints, through Royal Exchange Square (passing the Gallery of Modern Art and the statue of the Duke of Roadcone) and along Ingram Street. Down Glassford Street at, and into Garth Street for Merchant City Music. From there, down towards Argyle Street, then east a bit and down King Street for a pint at the 13th Note, then across the road to Strung Out Guitars, into Mono for another pint and a look round Monorail records, then back up onto Argyle Street for Guitar Guitar. Swiftly back along Argyle St to Buchanan St again where the missus will be waiting irately at the corner. Tell her you got lost on the way to the changing rooms. [/quote] Fantastic, I'm printing this out - i'll just have to remember to eat it to dispose of the evidence before meeting up with the wife

So the consensus of opinion seems to be "keep your head down and try to get everyone out alive" Don't think my inlaws and son would be too impressed with the hard drug angle

Hi Andy, I had come across that on the web, shame its not on at the moment.

Visiting family in Glasgow for a couple and days, and whilst we have the evenings activities sorted, there doesn't seem to be much to do (besides museums etc) during the day. Does anyone know of any lunchtime gigs I can try and persuade the wife to come to with me? cheers

I've had a couple of gigs with the golden slaps on now, so I thought I'd post my impressions. In general I'm making a direct comparison with the RABs I've tried on here. The sound is really nice, a bit less dark than the RABs - think Paul Chambers on "Tale of the Fingers" with buckets of bloom to a held note. On my bass, I found the strings sounded fuller higher up the neck (around the D to F area on the G string). The tension across all the strings was even with plenty of give, and the textured surface felt nice under the fingers. I felt the extra grip provided by the texture made these strings easier to slap than the RABs (although I'm new to that playing style so that may have been me). They are a fair bit thicker than any strings I've tried before, but that didn't take long to get used to, and when I tried my other bass strung with steels, they did feel a tad weedy. All in all, very nice. I've got a couple of gigs this weekend, after which I'll pass them on to the next person on the list

I just use an Ampeg PF500 and PF115, sounds great with both, but if you were switching between DB and EB between songs, you'd need an LS-2 or similar

[quote name='bremen' timestamp='1342432921' post='1734627'] Steve suggested a product by the name of Milliput, a two-pack epoxy, for mending or making nuts. Going to try making one. [url="http://www.milliput.com/"]http://www.milliput.com/[/url] Looks to be very versatile stuff. [/quote] I can't claim credit for the idea tho' - I read about it somewhere on here I think

Strings arrived this morning - thanks Chris, I'll report back with my experiences soon

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1341673684' post='1722600'] That is interesting. I bought my bass from Peter Tyler in May 2006; he told me it was German circa 1960. It didn't have any label. Being a ply bass I use it mainly for outdoor work (not too often these days!) and it has a quite a nice growl on it with Spiro Mittels. [/quote] I've got this one to use with non steel strings to avoid feedback when amplified, but the sound has a fantastic bloom when played acoustically. [quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1342126484' post='1730193'] Mine also has the triangular neck. It's also got a visible dovetail joint where the neck joins the body - apparently both features of basses from the east German Musima factory. [/quote] Well mine has the same visible dovetail joint, so it's looking likely that it's a Musima jobby

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1341393207' post='1718072'] I was wondering whether the neck is of a triangular section rather than the usual square. My German Blonde looks just like yours but has this neck on it. I don't know anything about mine either. [/quote] Actually yes, I'd describe the neck as more triangular than square

thanks for the input chaps, i found a pic on talkbass of a musima bass which had exactly the same headstock break as mine, I dunno whether thats common with all DBs or just an indication of similar construction techniques of mine and the other bass.

thanks Dave, 50's European seems to be the consensus then