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  1. JoeEvans
    If you can lay hands on a fretless Tacoma Thunder chief then that's the one but rare as hen's teeth.
  2. JoeEvans
    If I was given that bass I wouldn't say no, but I'd strip the finish off it pretty quickly. Then grind off the top 5mm or so of wood, just to be sure.
  3. JoeEvans
    That's what I'm talking about! I really like the look myself.
  4. JoeEvans
    There was a story a while back about ebony, the gist of which was that it is endangered, but there's loads more if it available than actually gets used because we like it to be totally black, but in reality most ebony has paler patterns and markings so gets rejected - and you have to chop down the tree to inspect the wood. One US maker was starting to use the paler stuff and I thought it looked gorgeous. Anyone have any facts or updates on this?
  5. JoeEvans
    I have a very similar bass but lined fretless with Bartolini pickups and I love it. I've had it since 1991 and I doubt I'll ever sell it, unless I lose an arm or something.
  6. JoeEvans
    I've recently realised that when recorded, just tapping my fingertip onto the fingerboard between strings sounds much better than whacking the whole string. Pluck, usually with two fingers for me, with an action a bit like squashing the string down, pulling it aside and releasing it; then at the half-beat my fingers come back for the next note and land with a little tap on the fingerboard, just with the fingertips. It gets a lovely woody pop instead of a great big clack.
  7. JoeEvans
    Great looking bass! Could you describe the tone a little? I feel like it might be quite bright and trebley given the pickup positions?
  8. JoeEvans
    The question of which strings to use is an endless source of discussion, experimentation and expense... Are you happy with the strings you have on at the moment?
  9. JoeEvans
    Get a magnetic pickup.
  10. JoeEvans
    I'd also recommend a visit to the Double Bass Room. He often has older Eastern European laminate basses at good prices, and always a great range of carved basses at the low-middle end of the price range. Even if you don't find what you want, playing ten or twenty different basses one after another is a hugely educational experience. I think a secondhand laminate, or spruce-topped laminate, is a good idea for busy gigging with a pickup. Slightly less prone to feedback, much more robust, and less money and emotion tied up in it if it does get damaged. The real danger is that if you get into playing it you'll end up wanting a carved bass to play at home, and not every household can accommodate two double basses...
  11. JoeEvans
    This is a really useful send / return pedal with a couple of extra features. Firstly, you can blend the clean signal with the returning signal in whatever ratio you want. And secondly, you can use an expression pedal to adjust the wet/dry mix. There's also a phase reverse switch and buffer. It's very solid and well made with high quality components and it's quite versatile - it also works well for a double bassist using a pickup and a mic; the pickup goes into the input and the mic into the return, allowing you to set the mix between the two, or switch to just pickup instantly if feedback becomes a problem. Used that way, the send can be used as a pickup only output to go to your stage amp and the mixed out goes to FOH. These are selling new for £160ish; this one is in new condition but no box so hopefully a good deal at £80 plus postage at cost to anywhere in the UK. *Velcro but no feet on the bottom.
  12. JoeEvans
    Carbon fibre seems very good for double bass bows. I'm happy with mine from Carbondix.
  13. JoeEvans
    Tokai Jazz from the mid eighties, lined fretless with Bartoloni pickups. Bought for £150 in about 1990 and I've never played a bass that I like quite as much.
  14. JoeEvans
    The cognescenti used to leave the bottle to stand for six months or more; the kaolin would settle to the bottom, allowing the morphine solution to be carefully poured off for satisfaction without constipation...
  15. JoeEvans
    Somebody - possibly Don Cherry, who dropped a few gems of musical wisdom over the years - said that you have to learn each tune three times: once to play by yourself, once to play with other people, and once to play for other people. I think there's a lot of truth in that.
  16. JoeEvans
    That's such a great concept for a band.
  17. JoeEvans
    That looks great - what's the make and model?
  18. JoeEvans
    If you properly listen to the bass lines on some of the Bob Marley and the Wailers tunes, there's some amazing stuff going on there.
  19. JoeEvans
    This thing is seriously interfering with the Feng Shui in my living room, so please do make me an offer if you want a chunky slab of trouser-flapping goodness in your life. £120 posted, anyone?
  20. JoeEvans
    Looking at the chart it appears that you can use 4/4 strings on a 3/4 bass and get a slightly lower tension - is that right?
  21. JoeEvans
    Bright Onion pedals make a load of very good quality pedals for switching and routing, they will have one that chooses input A or input B into a single output.
  22. JoeEvans
    The only way I'd do it would be to drive it myself. Or buy another one once you get there...
  23. JoeEvans
    The amp is now packaged up ready to post and I've found a company who will deliver it for £20, so you can have this lovely beast for £140 including postage!
  24. JoeEvans
    I think if you're going to turn the volume up above about number five on this one it would be good to give a courtesy call to the National Seismological Laboratory, their equipment is pretty sensitive so they'll want to turn the gain down a bit before you hit a low E.
  25. JoeEvans
    Yes, sorry, I wasn't very clear there... I don't think I'd sell a bass through a dealer, I meant more that as people often look in a few basic places, you only need to advertise in one of them to reach buyers. So if Basschat is accepted as one of the basics, you could start by just advertising here and see how it goes.
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