Beedster

Man, I can't begin to describe the relief

I'll eat my own underpants if that sells for less than £350

I'm hoping to buy a high quality DB in the very near future, which means once again I'll have the joys of trying to house two of them! There seem to be a few guys on here with more than one DB and I was wondering what the general consensus was on the degree to which speaking length and neck type (Eb versus D stops) should be close or identical across instruments. Specifically, as I'm hoping to play my old one a 'rougher' gigs (which of course we don't really get in Canterbury), whilst using the newbie for recording and better gigs, i want to be able to switch between the two fairly easily. The bass I'm looking at has the same neck stop (Eb) but has almost two inches longer speaking length than my current instrument. I went to a few TB threads to investigate, but whilst they started well, they seemed to descend into arguments about whether members were using the search engine appropriately, so I didn't dare post there and am hoping for more luck here

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1330887552' post='1564416'] Thanks Chris. I just popped round to Jack's and got my old one back. Now which end do you hold? [/quote] Do they have ends?

Could have sent you a freebie had I seen this about an hour ago mate

There's something rather elegant about holding the Yorkshire Bass in Canterbury

Possible that the original wires were replaced (they tend to get shorter and shorter as they go from bass to bass), but i'd want to see pics of the underside to see for myself.

[quote name='sarah thomas' timestamp='1330680089' post='1561328'] And one woman with her double bass. [/quote] No, I think she's be quite glad to have another lady to talk to

I'd love to see Mrs Beedster's face when 47 blokes and their doubles basses turn up for tea

Thinking about this, I could easily set something up in Canterbury, in Medway, or possibly in Surrey (M25-land/M3-corridor) but any further afield I'd require help.

In all seriousness i could easily set something up in Canterbury, in Medway, or possibly in Surrey (M25-land) but any further afield I'd require help. I'll post this in the other thread or it could get messy

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1330623230' post='1560645'] I couldn't get to the bash because I'm with the band transport and won't be up there until just before gig time. There was a bash at Northampton some time ago in a convenient hotel with a large car park. Bit more central. Any interest in that? At least it's closer to Canterbury. [/quote] I think anywhere between Milton Keynes and Northampton is a reasonable north/south compromise. Whilst it might look a bit to the south on a map of the UK, it mustn't be forgotten that to get there many of us poor southerners have to negotiate the M25

Thief

Right, I'm going to host a southern bash on the same day and we'll see who does it better

[quote name='Mr Bassman' timestamp='1330620708' post='1560558'] How about a Northern upright bash on Saturday 7th April Bassace has a gig that night in Boston Spa, it's just off the A1 near Wetherby. I could have a word with the venue or find another maybe in Harrogate Sorry to hijack Chris' thread, I'll start a new topic. [/quote] Stop, thief!