Richard R

Bad luck to go out on something that will make no difference whatsoever to the sound. Arguably, however, the battery status checker is not in the signal path, so you could stay in on a technicality. What say the thread?

I'm unexpectedly out. Very late on Wednesday after a couple of beers I read a review of the TC Aeon string exciter and though "£30 for an Ebow-a-like? That could be interesting." Like the Ebow, it's designed for guitars, not basses with heavy strings, and the Ebos thread on this forum isn't entirely favourable about either, but I have a specific use case in mind so we'll give it a whirl. Only just arrived in the post, so time to play tomorrow 🙂

https://brynhaworth.bandcamp.com/album/ready-or-not Bryn Haworth - who has a new album out and almost his entire back catalogue up on bandcamp. Great understated guitar playing.

I do love the sound of baritone guitars. I first heard about them from a program on the radio talking to Pat Metheny about his album "One quiet night". He came across a baritone guitar somewhere and bought it on a whim. He then spent most of the night exploring, noodling, playing some tunes. When he listened back to the recordings he had made he really liked the vibe and put it out as an album unedited.

Travelling North-South in Wales is just incredibly slow. Mountains and rugged landscape do not make for fast roads, unfortunately. Except that bit between Rhyader and Aberystwyth, but that runs East- West and all the cops hang out there too.

Excellent result all round. I like the sound of acoustic basses, but they simply aren't loud enough to sit with guitars. Your idea of wireless and a tiny amp is brilliant.

The $64,000 question of course, have you used it at the intended sessions, and were you rumbled?

This is looking really good. Even from the back!

Been a while since there's been a Molesworth reference.

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard! There are lots of people here who can advise on beginning double bass, but I'm not one of them. Best head over to where the hep cats like@Owen hang out. 😎

That I like a lot! The upper horn and cutout give it a slightly more aggressive look than the typical Steinberger copy, as well as being functional design.

Tickets for Nick Mason apparently arrived today, for 22nd. Really looking forward to the gig, though touched with sadness that the guy who organised the tickets - back in September 2019 - has since died.

That's one heck of an effects pedal!

This cheered up my morning 😁 However the Spotify link may not work, so here's the live version with intro:

I agree with the others, suggest playing the recorded track so the kids can dance to what they know and have more confidence, and give yourselves a break for that song.

One of my all time favourite albums. 😎👍

If I ever play fretless and need a custom build, I'll be right over 👍

Or make them transparent polycarbonate and light them from below.

I know you can adjust the string height individually, but do you buy a Schaller 3D bridge that matches the fretboard radius? That seems to be the only measurement missing from the drawing.

Welcome aboard!

I missed this album when it came out, decided I should find out what all the fuss was about.

As a song It's obviously bolted together - as DG says himself he had to do a "rock god" bit in the middle! - but I bought it anyway. It's grown on me, and worth the 99p. It also prompted me to make a proper donation, so clearly in this case it's achieved exactly what was intended.

Welcome back! Selling or buying, building or modding, playing or nattering, all are welcome back in the halls of Basschat 😎