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Could these be the strings? http://www.labella.com/products/7710n-double-bass-black-nylon-tape-wound/ I am tempted, though I dislike the look of black and the white ones might sound a bit too bright, from what I have read.

That is a bit of a nuisance. May I ask how you modified the Stagg?

It's pleasing that it still looks rather like the original Framus ones - I saw one played at a gig a little over 25 years ago and thought it excellent.

Although I said I'd not try an EUB again, this Triumph Lite turned up relatively cheaply within driving distance and, as it has a proper DB scale length, endpin etc., I thought it might be worth a go. As the image shows, it also has the all-important capability of being able to get up the stairs to the practice room. The D string sounds a bit dull compared with the others and perhaps a change of strings will be needed at some point (recommendations welcome); other than that it seems pretty good for what it is.

Excellent album. You may find this of interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_There_to_Say%3F As there's no chording instrument the bass stands out clearly.

Looks like the cables are fine and the pedal is only noisy when turned on. Presumably I’ll need to plug it in directly (a minor nuisance) or buy a pedal that can handle it.

I’ll check on this tomorrow to be certain - IIRC the noise is bad even if the pedal is off.

Thanks. It’s one of the newer models with a clean switch on it, if fairly recent manufacture. If the problem is what you suspect, is there anything that can be done about it?

Despite not knowing much about effects, I recently obtained a cheap reverb pedal (TC Electronics Skysurfer), which turns out to be quite fun for mucking about. If I plug my bass into the pedal and the pedal into the amp's normal input all is fine, but if I connect the pedal to the effects loop (Orange Terror Bass head) then the amount of noise is horrible - humming and hissing, and the pedal's sound when the effects are turned up seems to deteriorate. My suspicion is that the amp is at fault, but it may be because, not being familiar with the use of effects, I'm not supposed to plug just one into the amp's effects loop. In either case it's a bit of a nuisance. Can anyone enlighten me?

Right now, this:

It's a body and neck (ebony board) from WD Music with some Villex pickups on.

Here it is, at a recent jazz jam. Approx. twice the power and half the weight of what I used to use (also considerably more expensive)...

This: Totally awesome and exactly what I'd buy, if I could ever afford one.

The neck could well be bent - the action was certainly very high. I suppose that if cleaned up it might look OK hanging on a wall, but I'd not want to play it.

Interesting - was it any good?

Spotted this in a local antique shop. Looks a bit dodgy, particularly for the price, but I wondered if anyone knows anything about it. Presumably "as found" in relation to the electrics means "doesn't work".

For jazz haters, they did a reasonable line in swing:

This week there was only one Saxophonist and a lot of acoustic guitars; generally lower volume and far fewer cockups ensued, with some reasonable renditions. Even got through "So What" with only one soloist* forgetting their place! * Guess which instrument.

I suspect that an amp ad of mine falls into that category. But, similarly to @Doctor J above, for me there is nothing that would merit signing up on Facebook.