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[quote name='TheRev' post='647899' date='Nov 7 2009, 10:09 AM']Chris Larkin does a six string, fretted version of his Blen EUB [url="http://www.chrislarkinguitars.com/blen.htm"]Super Blen[/url][/quote] Thanks. Crazy stuff. Aesthetically a lot too busy for what I had in mind, but comforting in the fact that I am not totally alone in this concept.

I followed the recent F0 thread and it was probably that which got me thinking about scale length again. It would not be a ridiculously long scale bass. It would be the same as the Double Bass I have been playing for the last 27 years. My left and right hand techniques are ready to go. The amplification is not an issue because it would be used with PA support. I'm certainly not going to be hefting fridges around with me. One of my questions would be are there going to be obvious intonation issues with a fretted instrument with a mahoosive scale length? knuckleguitarworks seem to have it going on. [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='647820' date='Nov 7 2009, 01:06 AM']The scale length isn't the limiting factor nearly as much as the amplification. You just want a ridiculously long scale bass so you can have a really low tuning? Think making an upright style bass is overcomplicating things really. The was a thread on this fairly recently.[/quote]

I played with a SYB5 today. I looked potentially useful, but for me the lack of programmability was a bit of a downer. I particularly liked the press and sustain the note facility and could see that working well with some other pedal to run a filter sweep. Could this be done in a GT10B? TIA

I have spent 8 hours of my life travelling to and from Music Live today. While on the road I started thinking about ERBs. I have no desire to play rich chordal passages. I have no desire to have 3 octaves available without moving my hand. Other people love that stuff, but it is not for me. I would like to have a genuinely useful bottom F sharp. I know all about scale length giving better tension for the strings that can moonlight as towing cables. I am also a Double Bass player. So I was thinking - how about an upright fretted 41" scale six string strung F sharp to G? I know Barker in the US make an upright sort of thing but it is only 34" scale ( [url="http://www.barkerbass.com/"]http://www.barkerbass.com/[/url] ). I am thinking more in line of an EUB with frets. The fingerboard can have a normal Bass Guitar radius on it. I will never need to bow it. It can essentialy be a plank because I will not need a body to make it look groovy. Has anyone done one of these? NS Design seem to be doing a 34" scale one [url="http://www.nedsteinberger.com/instruments/omnibass.php"]http://www.nedsteinberger.com/instruments/omnibass.php[/url] but I cannot find a 41" one.

I have a main rig and a Mackie SRM 350 for small (no drummer) stuff. It is superb.

I am using status round core nickles on my Bolin, but that is 35". Interestingly, I have tried a set of status and a set of roto plastic wraps on thd bolin and both gave HUGELY inconsitent volumes from string to string on the piezo. More to do with tension accross the piezo pick ups. I do realise that this revelation is a pretty minority intrest one.

I have dealt with Gillento off this forum. It was all very smooth.

That looked like a lot of fun.

The Boogie looks good. There was an Eden 2x15 in the classifieds for a long time that might still be around.

I do not have the skills, but can get my head around building basses. The thought of building my own amp is just too cool for words. I bet most "high end" valve preamps are a fairly small collection of good quality components. I could be wrong

F0 is cool. End of.

[quote name='cgordonfreeman' post='641412' date='Oct 30 2009, 06:44 PM']Have a look here and you'll see mine: photobucket.com/cgordonfreemanbongo Classy:)[/quote] Tasty!

If it was a 5 you could consider it sold. [quote name='AndyTravis' post='641432' date='Oct 30 2009, 07:08 PM']im selling a 4HH in desert gold. £750.[/quote]

Thanks to this thread I now have serious Bongo GAS as well. Thanks a bunch you guys!

We have closed back headphones for bassist and drummer at church. Some use them, some dont (I sit on the sub [quote name='Bottle' post='639873' date='Oct 29 2009, 11:22 AM']+1 I play regularly with a worship team in Cambridge - in fact I'm on for the next two Sundays. I usually don't bother with an IEM mix, but may change this week. We normally run 4 separate IEM mixes from the FoH desk plus a wedge mix (the venue is too small to justify having a split FoH/Monitor mix setup). The setup usually goes like this: IEM mix #1 for the worship leader (usually keys or acoustic gtr) plus wedge mix (drummer gets the same mix). IEM #2 for the BV, IEM #3 for alt keys/brass/woodwind/2nd acoustic, IEM #4 for bass/electric guitar. I've found over the last couple of months that the drummer's volume and dynamics have been increasing, so find it more difficult to dial in a volume level on my amp that doesn't drown out everyone else. Due to the amount of time we have to set up in the morning, we don't tend to bother with a drum shield (we don't mic the drum kit). Inevitably, the on-stage volume keeps creeping up. I'm thinking about now using IEMs for isolation as well as a monitor mix. Downside is that I just don't get on with the in-ear buds - they irritate my ear canal. Thinking about using my closed-back headphones instead. Anyway, thought I'd just add my thoughts to the mix HTH, Ian[/quote]

I have owned 2. They speak with the voice of thunder.