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  1. Beedster
    Can anyone explain the difference, we have a venue requiring indemnity cover apparently apparently indicating PL is not sufficient?
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    Agreed, the DB was relatively low in the mix compared to the other soloists, but my ears adapted. And of course he still won, so perhaps something was working about that mix?
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    Of course he is, I'd completely forgotten, I started a thread on him a while back, probably my fave bassist
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    I thought exactly the opposite, I'm no great fan of upright as a lead instrument (I tried with Mingus for years), but found his playing more accessible and importantly, enjoyable. I'm looking forward to watching it again 👍 Now the pianist who followed I really did not enjoy at all
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    Took me a few minutes to realise that he was a lefty, couldn't work out what wasn't computing visually at first 🤔
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    In the 70s/80s I used to dream of owning a Hagstrom Patch 🤔
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    Thanks mate, I'm still wondering whether to try it with a fretted neck, I suspect the differences between the PUP options would be far more marked, and I'm quite excited about the idea of a fretted bass that does good impressions of Jazz, Precision and Stingray, especially with a nice set of flats on board.... 🤔
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    Just looked again and think the lighting changes fooled me into thinking the stage had changed. Suspect the Markbass rig wasn't involved in the DB section 👍
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    Unless I was dreaming the rig had moved when the bass player was using it, which is why I assumed the DB guy was also going through it? But yes, what a great player, might be biased but he seemed head and shoulders above the rest in terms of range and versatility/creativity 👍
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    All joking aside, why - in a Jazz competition and a pretty traditional one at that - would a double bass player use a mic into a huge bas rig that was itself mic'd to front of house? I'm working on the basis that both he as a pretty competent musician and the BBC sound guys both know what they're doing. Is it simply that's the sound he prefers? Going against that is the idea that the same rig was used for the electric bass player who sat in with a couple of the other acts? I was also wondering whether the rig was just 'there' and not active during the double bass set, but the stage arrangement seemed to vary with the players so I'm guessing not? Last time I saw a double bass and a 8x10 on the same stage was Old Crow Medicine Show at the roundhouse, but that's a very different genre and sound (and to be honest he might as well have been playing an electric for the sound he was getting)
  11. Beedster
    https://londonjazznews.com/2022/11/20/ewan-hastie-wins-fifth-bbc-young-jazz-musician-competition/?amp=1
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    Odd signal chain DB-mic-amp-cab-mic. Nice big stage though 👍
  13. Beedster
    And the bass player won 👍
  14. Beedster
    Don’t often see Markbass 8x10 on a jazz stage ?
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    What it says 👍
  16. Beedster
    I bet that’s rather nice 👍
  17. Beedster
    Great playing @d_g
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    But what a bass 👍
  20. Beedster
    One of the great posts 👍
  21. Beedster
    Well given that most other posts are either "Bass Direct are great and here's why" or "Bass Direct are stinky poo and here's why", thank god for tangents 👍
  22. Beedster
    Interesting question, care to share the answer?
  23. Beedster
    This is a recent purchase from Bass Direct that is probably not going to work out for me either live or in the studio, which is a little disappointing as it's a stunning instrument, with build quality, finish, and playability at or above that of Fender Custom Shop or of a very good luthier (which of course Sims are). If you've ever seen a refinish by Martin, you'll know just how good Enfield finishes are, and the neck really sits at the interface of art and engineering, it's lovely. And of course, it has the amazing quad PUPs! But I feel about this much as I did about my fretless Wal 12 years back, an outstanding instrument on every level, just not quite the instrument for me. Having said that, I play it a lot and enjoy doing so, so I'm not going to get stressed if it doesn't sell (in fact I was going to try it as a fretted instrument for a while before I let it go but I have a fretted bass that meets all my needs so that would probably only have delayed the inevitable). It has the SIMs neck LEDs which I've yet to use as, embarrassingly, I couldn't work out how to turn them on, and a rather easy to remove magnetic cavity cover which makes battery replacement very simple. I'd prefer collection from just outside Whitstable, Kent, but can post also Original listing is at https://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/Enfield_Fusion_Fretless.html Pics are from the Bass Direct listing but are accurate and current 👍
  24. Beedster
    Donation made to your site in thanks 👍
  25. Beedster
    Wow, just wow, many thanks Chris, I've really struggled with some sections - and as you can see from the O/P for over 13 years - so this is going to make my life so much easier! Much appreciated. Chris 👍
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