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This is my first pedal board, using it with double bass. The Fishman Platinum has always been part of my signal chain as it has the tuner, HPF and DI out. The Aphex and the Grizzly are in the FX loop of the Fishman It was a lot fun putting this together - I can see why people really get into it.

I can confirm this is possible. Makes it pretty difficult to see out of the passenger side window, so be careful pulling out at junctions.

You could turn it into an inspection/access port for soundpost adjustments,but it looks too high up on the shoulder?

Have a look at the Eich T500, it's essentially the same design as the Tecamp Puma 500 heads, which worked well for double bass.

Our singer/frontman has excellent banter/audience interaction. I often suspect that people come to hear him rather than the music. He often takes the pi55 out of people in the audience, but he's only been put in a headlock twice in the 15 years we've been going, which is pretty good going. The worst moment was when he made a joke about John F Kennedy 'getting the shots in' at a gig in Seattle - totally lost the audience at that point.

Just found out what this post is about. Another legend gone. Weirdly enough, I put on my Danny Thompson 'Wotcher' t shirt this morning.

I have locking Neutrik jack sockets on my basses - I found a rubber lined pipe clamp of just the right size that holds the socket nice and firm. Happy to send you a clamp in the post in you like?

My ususal playing time is 10-11pm, so I use mutes and plug in to a headphone amp. That doesn't help when I start singing though.

Last summer, out of desperation, I dug an old Peavey 2 x 15 cab out of storage to use as backline for a festival stage and it sounded bloody amazing. Not amazing enough to want to lug it to gigs, but I'll be using it on all my stages this year.

£90? If they last 30 years like a good set of flats should then they're a bargain.

Christ. It's a bit alarming that it fell apart like that. A well made bass should last more than 19 years and it's not like Kolsteins were cheap. ....must go check on my Eminence....

There's currently three double basses at £1000 or less in the 'EUB & double basses for sale' forum, any of which would be suitable for your needs, with the added bonus that you know they've come from reputable people and haevn't been abused.

I use the Fishman and am very happy with it. I also see a lot of folk musicians using them for guitar, mandolin, violin, etc. There's also an input trim control and a boost switch, wich is very useful if you swap between instruments.

Bob Gollihur's site has a good explanation of why impedance matters and why you may need an impedance matching preamp for your piezo pickup https://gollihurmusic.com/ohms-impedance-from-the-input-perspective/?srsltid=AfmBOoqHLBKvd9-BHmshssKiCIrAT5-J3dtKmh8iyoYJAZfJ0RjsUZO7 If your Shadow 950 sounds nasal and thin through your Rumble 115, then you probably need a preamp with a high (5-10 MOhm) input impedance to match the high impedance of the pickup. The simplest preamps, like the K&K pure preamp will buffer the impedance difference between the pickup and the amp input but offer no EQ, phase inversion or high pass filter (HPF). If you can afford it, I would recommend a preamp with a HPF control as that will help defeat feedback on loud or boomy stages. Again, Bob Gollihur's site has a good range of preamps available, but it's a USA site, so it's worth seeing waht's available from a european dealer https://gollihurmusic.com/preamplifiers-and-eq/1-channel-preamplifiers/

Another year where the SW bash clashes with a regular gig booking.