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Quick question on scale lengths...newbie thing.
Owen replied to NancyJohnson's topic in EUB and Double Bass
Whack the action up for a more DB experience. -
I went a bit disco octaves this morning and instantly regretted it, but I had to keep going because you cannot commit to a line and then change it halfway through the second bar.
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Oooooooft! Sparkling orange so pretty!
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I am 98% certain your Bolin has an onboard preamp so no specialist inputs needed. Open up the control cavity plate on the back and there should be a big circuit board with Fishman on it in there. There is in mine. Also if there is a battery slot it will be preamped. Congrats, they are lovely basses.
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How exciting!
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I was reading this thinking that I never get a bargain and then remembered that I bought my dot and bound 66 Jazz for £400 in 1987.
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I have dropped Come as you are into every gig I possibly can for the last 20 years.
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Is this the weakest line up ever for Glastonbury?
Owen replied to Barking Spiders's topic in General Discussion
Rickie Lee Jones is playing. What more could anyone ask for? BRX is correct in his appraisal of grimness though. -
I believe Mr MPU does everything himself. -
It is that one. I am in North Wales.
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There are a couple of songs we do at Church which lend themselves to Angel -Shaggy and Forget You - Cee lo Green. Just don't ask which ones because I can never remeber.
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I would pay very good money to be able to write and play his solo on the Baby thing song they did 8.5 years ago (!!!!!!!!). However, I am at peace with the fact that that is never ever going to happen.
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Weighs in at 8lbs and has 18mm spacing at the bridge.
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It is a 35" scale, it has a fully adjustable truss rod. If it had a "big name" on the headstock (I know!) then it would be twice the price and you would still be very happy with your purchase. I could plumb another pickup in there but my days of extreme messing are well over. I will measure spacing tonight but at a guess 18mm. Did I mention it was very light? The B is just like the rest of the strings. In a good way. I am more than happy to ship anywhere at your cost. Marko, if you are reading this, you make an exceptionally fine instrument. Every time I look at it I want to kèep it but possession for possession's sake is not very healthy.
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I am a bass tart. I will go with any pretty bass. There, I said it. I saw this and I had to try it. It was made in Finland by a guy who seems to build one off basses when he fancies it. It has a Carbon fibre neck, some lovely, lovely wood on the body, a Wal-alike pickup, an ACG/East filter preamp and a Piezo bridge. It is very light and is someone's bass for life. I wanted it to be mine but it was not to be. Buying it has just confirmed for me that I like 33" scale basses with two magnetic pickups. I could route this for another pickup. If I was monumentaly stupid. So I wont. There is nothing wrong with it. It is just not my flavour. I went to the bassbash last weekend and tried a gazillion basses and just came to the conclusion that for now 33" and 2 magnetic pickups is where it is at for me so no matter how much I want to posses this bass I will always pick other ones up first. I cannot keep things just cos they are nice. Price is firm and fully insured shipping will be added. I do not NEED to sell it so will enjoy it while it is here. I am not open to offers or trades. You will never see another of these. Mr MPU never seems to repeat himself. If this combination of spec floats your boat then this will REALLY float your boat. It is lovely, lovely, lovely.
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Me too. Sad times
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Now THAT is bargain. I used to have a 6x10. They are remarkably easy to move around considering what they deliver. And they deliver everything you would imagine. -
I went to the Bassbash. I saw shiny things. I now have to sell things to pay for shiny things. £650 -
Bump to move this. I saw shiny things in the Bassbash. You know how it is. -
I have a Boss SL20 Slicer which enables me to have a kind of machine driven sequence vibe running with the FI. I have only made it happen live once where I slaved it to a sequencer for timing. Sadly my other settings were wrong so we were all washed in a huge wave of pulsing phatness.
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Good job @jebroad!
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BRX is correct. I have a Berg IP which I love dearly (I might have mentioned that?). The sockets, switches and mains are on the back. It is a royal pain. They could go front or side, and I can see issues with both of those, but the back is just inconvenient.
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Good times! It is great just to play stuff we all read about but certainly does not exist where I live. Sadowsky, G&L L1000 (Wowzers, whatever is driving that tone is bonkers), Alembic EUB, Mouse, Enfield, Manton, Letts and Shuker. And the Jabbass mini basses. I will be having one of those! Also just putting faces to names. And cakes. Mant thanks to everyone involved in the organising. Did I mention good times?
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Thanks for this! I shall look into it. -
Career and Poet. Words you do not hear together very often!
