knirirr

I usually wear a shirt to match the bass (and Orange bass cab). A picture was previously posted here: https://www.basschat.co.uk/profile/40067-knirirr/?status=2573&type=status

This is why I shouldn't go up on stage at jazz jams; the public would rather hear the people better than me, and the people worse than me need the practice more and should play instead.

This piece has been stuck in my head recently, and I think it might meet the criteria:

Listening to this now. Not bad at all. Caveat: I quite like listening to a bit of fusion, e.g. Nucleus, Soft Machine or Miles Davis (e.g. Jack Johnson), particularly whilst working. It makes an interesting change from the usual hard bop & soul jazz. Edit: On track 3 now and so far I've not heard any slapping, which is nice.

At the usual jam (which is supposed to be gypsy jazz) no guitarists turned up, but four horn players did. The result was more along the lines of this album (but nowhere near as good). Interestingly, this changed sound caused an audience member to request contact info. for the "band" and the landlord to suggest we also played in another pub he manages.

I shall have to take a trip to Banbury at the weekend, I think! Good luck with the baroque stuff also.

I'm in West Oxfordshire, but I work in Oxford. The only place I'm aware of is the violin shop on Banbury Road, but I asked them and they said they didn't deal with basses or bass bows at all. As an aside, it's a nice shop which has been there for years. They sold the violin that I used to play at school for me.

I might well have to do that. The reason I was looking at going to the chap who can't get the black hair is that his shop is easy to visit in person; I'm less keen on posting my bow. Having tried black hair I do notice a better feel and tone, with fewer nasty squeaking noises.

FWIW I started bass (having first done some guitar, badly) on an unlined fretless with dots on the note at 3, 5, 7... etc. This was in fact fairly easy and so I'd not expect you to have any trouble with that arrangement. This reminds me that at a recent jam I had a go on someone else's DB. The owner disliked finding Ab on the E string and so had got a big white dot on the side of the fingerboard to mark it - just like the dot you'd expect to find on G on the sort of fretless basses I have always played. This made for an entertaining tune as things tended to drift a bit sharp if I glanced to the left and caught sight of it out of the corner of my eye.

Does anyone know of a UK supplier who can provide hanks of black bow hair for bass bows? A local luthier will rehair bows for me but can't get the right sort of hair. I suspect the postage/tax on https://uptonbass.com/shop/bass-bow-hair-hank-black-for-1-bow-rehair/ would render such a purchase too expensive.

We played the opening slot at the Charlbury Oktoberfest today - so, now I have a souvenir "glass" with the band's name on it. Unfortunately, the bassist of The Inflatables (also mentioned on the glass) isn't on this forum; apparently they've been playing since 1980 and he was one of the founders.

It's probably not what you're after, but I hope you don't mind me mentioning this just in case. When I bought an amp for gigs I was looking for exactly the same thing; a light combo. This search resulted in buying an Orange Terror bass with 1x12" cab instead. The cab is about 12kg so a little under half the weight of the Trace Elliot combo I sold on here, and it is quite capable of playing jazz/fusion gigs in pubs or small beer festivals. I've never felt the need to get a second cab for it. Now, I'd be tempted to by a small solid state head to go with that cab and save even more weight.

I've got one. I've never noticed it spinning around in any way, but it is not quite as comfortable as holding an acoustic. Also, it has an Eb neck. I happen to like this but apparently it's less common.

This has now been claimed and will be in the post shortly.

I tried some of these (the fully synthetic version) on an EUB with good results: https://gollihurmusic.com/upright-bass-strings/3-4-and-4-4-size/4-string-standard-tuning/evah-pirazzi-gold-slap-upright-bass-strings/ These are on my acoustic: https://gollihurmusic.com/evah-pirazzi-upright-bass-strings/ When I brought up the topic of guts in a lesson the answer was that though the tone may be good, the hassle wasn't worth it in the end.

I've heard it said that the following album (sneaked in here is I supposed it might be considered a cover) should perhaps not have been recorded. I must refrain from commenting; intonation, glass houses, stones etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DDY0SDjAXo

Having bought a Squier Jaguar I immediately replaced the rounds (which I very much dislike) with flats, so if the former are of use to someone I could send them on (assuming you don't mind paying for postage).

I have just received some of the gold variety which I ordered based on comments here. Very nice indeed.

Mastodon is the one I use; no use for advertising gigs, but there do seem to be quite a few people discussing albums there. Unfortunately for me, these seem mostly to be metal albums. The band with which I play most often uses Facebook and a local website (for local people only) to advertise gigs. But, the audience to seem to be on the mature side.

Someone has arranged to collect this now.

A few years ago I went to a funeral where the organist cocked it up and, instead of the solemn hymn meant for when the coffin was brought in, we were treated to a cheesy waltz that was planned for later. The deceased was not the sort of chap who would have found this funny, unfortunately. I've not given it much thought, other than that I find it amusing to imagine requesting Rhythm and Greens for the amusement of mourners.

As pictured, in good condition. It has a fire safety label attached, if you are concerned about that sort of thing. The catch is that if you want it you'll have to drive to Chipping Norton and help me get it down the stairs and into your car.

Oui, c’est vraiment simple et efficace, avec une tonalité agréable même pour la contrebasse. Pas trop lourd aussi.

Un bon choix, en effet. Bienvenue!