Owen

My 'cello teacher booted me out. My next teacher offered me a double bass. I knew I was home.

Here is the case. It is an Explorer 13513 and I got it from Denny Diving for £230 ish inc shipping http://www.divingdirectshop.co.uk/product_...92a658e56bf9e5f It includes foam which I really butchered when I cut it. I must learn to be more patient. I will have to cover it with velvet one day. The case will not take an Undercover NS gig bag with no foam in it. I guess it would take the rubbish gig bag that comes with the NS. [attachment=415:DSCN3132.JPG] [attachment=414:DSCN3131.JPG]

Going to do it. Which level of reduction 15 or 25 dB?

[quote name='99ster' post='10354' date='Jun 1 2007, 01:58 AM']And 1966 Jazz basses are not a great year anyway - they're generally to be avoided if your after a 60's era Jazz bass.[/quote] Sweeping generalisation alert

Bongo (as it happens I'm selling one - who'd have thought!) [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=717"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=717[/url]

Lydia brings the funk. Much respect. Respect coz she is a woman? No, because she brings the funk. It's the 21 century people, get with the now. www.myspace.com/lydiakaboesj

[quote name='Oxblood' post='4466' date='May 22 2007, 04:44 PM']Whereabouts are you, owen? I'm in East London. If it were possible, I'd be very interested in having a look inside the beastie, if only to educate myself properly as to the differences between it and the VA350.[/quote] Up in Bangor, North Wales. Bit of a trek!

Thanks y'all I knew that there was a repair diary floating around, I just could not find it. It looks like Oxblood's VA 350 but with a GP12 pre as well. He is thinking of flogging it but I think I will try and persuade him to get it serviced and use a decent speaker (he has an EV 18" in a W horn thing) and then see how he feels about it. Of course there is the downside that it is stupid heavy.

I have a student who has one of these. I have no idea what it is apart from it's full of creamy valve goodness, hugely heavy and has 2 pre-amps - one normal Trace and one valve pre with no EQ just gain. I have Googled to no avail. Anyone throw any light on this? TIA.

[quote name='subaudio' post='1414' date='May 18 2007, 02:01 PM']The NS has quite a strong visual about it too and not everyone likes it, and that's cool, but it always atracts attention and comments after gigs, which to me is a good thing, most people think it's a cello of some kind though ?[/quote] To the general public, anything to do with Double Bass is a 'cello of some kind!

I have found a hard case that works. I will post pics. I win prize for 1st post in this forum

If you go with anodised, then Jeannie's do one in plastic over the gold stuff which would save you getting that fingernail on metal vibe that I hate with mine