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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.

I came across this in my lunchtime interweb browse - I had no idea that SGC made guitar versions of the Bass Collection bass.

The sound of wing mount piezos will vary with fit - too tight and they sound very mid-focussed. You could try widening the slot in the bridge wing to give a looser fit and see if that gets closer to the sound you want.

I thought there were no wrong notes in jazz?

You'll have to send it 9 years back in time, mind.

We use iZettle. Whichever one you go for it's definitely worth it in terms of additional sales.

I only change my strings when a new set is released that claims to be the best string for everything, ever. And then I go back to what I've been using for the last 8 years.

I bought my late 60s Musima for £500 and over the years have spent about £400 on a finger board reshoot, full setup, new endpin & soundpost. It's perfect for me and I very much doubt I'd find a bass as good (for me) for £900*. All the work was done by Bristol Violin Shop. * Not including various experiments with strings and pickups, amps and cabs. That's a very different number that I don't want to talk about.

Personally, I don't have any bass through the monitor as there's too much risk of feedback, but it depends on how loud your band is on stage. An acoustic trio, plus HPF and F-mutes should keep everything well under control, but I'd try to place yourself or the monitor so that it fires at the side of your bass, rather than the front or back - that will reduce the chances of a random frequency setting off a sympathetic resonance in your bass. If, even with all of the above, you do experience feedback issues, then get the monitor up on a stool/chair and pointing at your ears rather than your bass.

It's never run out on me so I don't know! I've done 2 x 45 min sets without a recharge. Usually I only recharge it between the soundcheck and the start of the gig - so 30 min or so, and it's fine for the rest of the night. It has a feature where the transmitter shuts itself off if there's no signal for 90 seconds (or thereabouts). You wake it up again by playing a couple of notes. It's a useful feature which helps reserve the battery, but I've been caught out a few times when our singer has gone on a bit with his audience banter and I haven't noticed it's shut itself down.

We've got one of those - the band would be much worse off without his ability to engage the audience. He's also totally ego - free and values the input of everyone in the band. Some of our guitarists have been tw@ts mind, but the current one is a good'un.