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Yikes! Mine is still in perfect nick but then it's not like I'm taking it out multiple times times per week.... Out of interest, are aluminium DBs heavier than wooden ones?

I've had one of these for about 8 years and it's great - well made, loads of handles plus wheels https://www.gear4music.ie/Woodwind-Brass-Strings/Westbury-Deluxe-Padded-3-4-Double-Bass-Gig-Bag-with-Wheels/1MBI

What's funny is that the music she's miming to is shite anyway so it's hard to get too upset about it IMO

I agree. Excessive volume is a great way of hiding bad playing and every good guitarist I play with is quite capable of upping the intensity of what they're doing without turning up their amp.

I use this small Hercules one for my Jazz bass - works well and it's pretty small / neat. https://www.thomann.de/ie/hercules_stands_gs402b.htm

Always a bit of a worry when celebs are brought in on the joke. Zoolander 2 was terrible because of this, but hopefully they'll avoid that here. I'm probably massively over-analysing it, but I think what bugs me from the trailers is that it's set in a world where Spinal Tap (the movie) is a comedy classic (i.e. our world). Whereas in the world of the movie, they would definitely be residing in the "Where Are They Now?" file. But complaining about a film before I've seen it is probably unfair.....

Those three albums with Sly and Robbie are fantastic. Amazing production on them as well, completely timeless IMO. Going to stick one of them on right now....

I'd say that some bands seek extra volume specifically to *avoid* being heard more clearly....

General fitness is obviously never a bad thing and certainly helps with stamina on gigs, but I find that to be good on the night at playing bass (particularly DB), I have to specifically train beforehand beforehand by....playing bass. I can have a really nice active month between gigs with plenty of cycling etc, but if I don't spend some time working the "bass muscles" then the next gig can be a bit hit-and-miss.

I only play gigs about once per month so as well as whatever practicing I normally do, I make sure that I run through some tunes at a fairly decent tempo a few times coming up to the gig just so I don't cramp up on the night.

Thing that I find least helpful is people doing fretless slides on an upright since double bass players rarely do this except for effect, solos etc (mention to the master Ron Carter for this one).

Yep, weird that they don't make more "here's a DB player making this sound like a DB" videos since I'd have thought that this is one of their main audiences. But maybe their market research shows that most customers are people coming from BG....But I'd have though those players still want it to sound like a DB.

Yep, it's a nice tone alright. Like you say, it's not often you see an EUB played by someone coming at it from an acoustic bass standpoint. I think this is a large part of the sound to be honest - if you play an EUB like it's a big fretless bass turned on its side then it'll sound like that, whereas using a DB technique tends to give a more DB tone. Having said that, I've never played an EUB so this is pure speculation on my part based on a limited number of videos I've seen....

I agree with the FDeck suggestion above. A pretty inexpensive piece of gear that will stand you in good stead over the years even if you upgrade / change pickup / amp.

+1 on on the "get in touch with singer" idea. Singer, bass and guitar might be enough for a wine-bar thing anyway and you can take your time finding a drummer who can play quietly.