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[quote name='neilp' timestamp='1460993269' post='3030469'] What she said. Just been through this with bows - and the bow I had wasn't cheap [/quote] I played with a really good bow once. I had to step away very quickly.

Double Bass means double the goodness! Or perhaps just carrying more bulk around. Anyway, there will be a DB bash in Derby (as central as poss) on Oct 2nd. Risley Park Hotel, Derby, not far from M1 Junction 25. This will be open to all DB players, obv, but also if you like the idea of DBs but have never had a chance to get stuck in then roll up and try your hand. We are all friendly. There is a thread here http://basschat.co.uk/topic/283160-double-bass-bash/ to post ideas and stuff.

I have just bought one. It is all good. It also includes enough Velcro to set up 3 full boards!

This is all well and good, but I need a website. I cannot find one. Yes, I tried google.

Prog-tastic!

[quote name='Painy' timestamp='1460896682' post='3029578'] To be fair that whole band sounds fantastic but that's a rhythm section I could listen to all day. [/quote] There is an hour and a half of it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWa-PS2cRg4

That is proper.

Can I vote for the 2nd then?

I'm feeling it. It cannot possibly have been three years ago. What would people like to see happening in it? I would love to have a tame luthier on hand to tweak and advise and stuff. I guess this could be funded by each individual paying whatever their fee was for the time spent with them. Dunno, just thinking.

IIRC he was a fusion monster and then realised that fusion was not going to pay the bills. I probably read that on here somewhere. I could be wrong.

That is one FINE looking axe. I love the binding thing.

I hate editors. I always get lost. And then regret starting. I installed the editor. It works. I have no idea what to do with it. I then went to here [url="https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2_tqOG3lexBb0dMYTluOTczZUE&usp=drive_web"]https://drive.google...E&usp=drive_web[/url] and downloaded each folder to a folder on my computer. You have to open the page in Google drive and then right click on the folders with sounds and download them. If you open one folder from the FI then the FI will step through each patch in that folder so you do not keep having to load new sounds. I have collected 80 sounds which seem like they would be useful from amongst all these. I have put the patches for them all in one folder and then will whack them onto the FI. I am very proud of myself. Tragic but there you go. I am only writing this to encourage people to get stuck in. There are some really good sounds in there if you audition them all. Many are much more useful than the stock sounds.

I use super glue when the blisters are on the way. Put a blob on a piece of paper and rub the area which will blister into it. It last for about 3 hours of "normal" playing, prob a bit less on slapping. It has saved me from blisters many, many times.

[quote name='Dazed' timestamp='1459884786' post='3020633'] Anyone developed an interest in an Enfield? [url="http://bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Enfield_Lionheart_standard.html"]http://bassdirect.co...t_standard.html[/url] [/quote] If they have they had better be quick because it looks as if it is getting out of the case on it's own in the last pic of that link.

I have two basses with Mag/piezo options and am using East piezo things. They buffer nicely and offer a passive HF roll off which is all I have found I need on the EQ front. I have some mind bendinlgly expensive Ghost saddles in one bass and a cheap and cheerful Ebay special piezo bridge - there is no discernable difference.

Thanks It is names I have been needing. I have dropped him an email about a visit later in the year. [quote name='bassace' timestamp='1459671583' post='3018445'] I reckoned Laurence Dixon would be the man; [/quote]