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In theory yes but in practice maybe not. A solid wood top would resonate more and therefore be louder than a laminate top as the laminate will be much stiffer than solid wood. However, a well made laminate could resonate more than a poorly made, cheap solid top. The only way to find out which is louder would be to play the basses in question. You should also be aware of the difference between a pressed solid top and a carved solid top. A pressed top has a curve formed by a steam press and if done on the cheap, may eventually want to return to being a flat piece of wood.

I'm always happy to have a bang on some Innovation strings, but I'm not much of an arco player I'm afraid. Still, if you want to know if your shiny new strings work for Johhny Cash-esque, root-fifth thumpery in a cider infused atmosphere, then I'm yer man.

[quote name='Dom in Somerset' timestamp='1360715663' post='1975479'] this gig is(?) in Bath , 61 miles from Poole, see you there! [/quote] I think I know where you mean..... waste of your time and effort. If you want to play in Bath there are a handful of pubs that will put you on a Friday night, no door charge and you'll get paid £130 or thereabouts.

I used an 'X' type keyboard stand for a while in my endeavours to conquer double bass feedback. The feedback was reduced but the sound was seriously lacking in those low mid and bass frequencies that made up the woody DB sound - sort of twangy and nasal. Bleugh. I really didn't like it, so I set about learning how to properly EQ my sound and use the high pass filter (HPF) on my peramp. I've also bought a GRAMMA pad for those hollow/wooden floors so I can still get acoustic coupling without the boominess that a hollow stage gives. It's still not 100% great sound every gig, but I rarely have a problem with feedback these days

Steadyfoot: http://www.gelbass.com/bass/Eminence_parts.html I can measure the diameter of mine if you want to know if it will fit your endpin hole?

Surely something like a Sandberg JM or PM would cover the Stingray and classic Fender tones?

is it nE gud for metel?

Due the 'stick' design of the vast majority of EUBs, they will all tend to spin away from you when you play them. One exception is the Eminence which has a 'T' bar design endpin (they call it the 'steadifoot' or something), which stops the bass from rotating. You can buy the steadifoot as a spare part, but it might not fit your endpin hole. The problems with the cheaper EUBs is the inability to adjust the hip brace/body bar/whatever to suit your height and playing position, but very few EUBs actually have that feature - the Landscape basses are the only ones I know of. Having said that, I have found that the more expensive EUBs have better ergonomic design and are much more comfortable to play. The Yamaha Silent bass and the Bassix New Tech are two that I've played which seemed pretty stable when playing. The best EUB for sound and holding? I'd say the Eminence - but then I would because I own one! The Yamaha is pretty comfy to play and Chris Minh Doky gets a great sound out of his. The Bespoke Superlight sounds pretty good, though I've never played one and the Bassix is nice to play but I've never heard it plugged in. Te problem with comparing decent EUBs is that they're so rare It's difficult to impossible to be in a position to try more than one or two.

Low tension synthetic strings are used by the vast majority of rockabilly players - you just can get the snap and bounce needed from steel strings. Strings to look for are: Innovation: Silverslaps or Psycho slaps. Daf Lewis (in the Innovation strings forum) will have all the information you'll ever need about these strings. Superior Bassworks Dirty Guts (or any of their 'Gut' strings - they're all the same strings, just different colours) Cordes Lamberts: The slap string of choice, but expensive and very difficult to get hold of. As a beginner, I'd suggest the Superior Bassworks strings as they're very cheap (£40ish) and come in sets of six so you can try bunpung different gauges.

[quote name='TPJ' timestamp='1359624931' post='1957622'] Front room facing the wall with the chimney so the sound bounces back. Any other direction in the room and the sound seems to really disappear. Also, because it's mid-terrace, 8-8:30pm is when I stop. [/quote] Same here. Except I don't stop at 8:30.

Guitarist in a blues band I used to be in has a Peerless Gretch copy. It was a really nice guitar for not very much money. *edit* Just looked up the price of ths - £599!! Think I'll jusy buy a Jack Cassady

Solid Air by John Martyn and Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley. Never managed to find a guitarist with the balls to try either...

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1359543359' post='1956262'] Not convinced by this one. It has been messed about a fair bit (pickups & wiring, brass nut, missing trc), [/quote] Wasn't the brass nut standard on the top end BC basses? I'm pretty sure the Pudak/Maple capped ones I drooled over in the Bass Centre had brass nuts. *cue monkey joke*

The Genz Benz shuttle 3.0 10T would be a tidy little combo amp for DB. If your budget won't stretch that far, the Ibanez Promethean combo could be a good choice. The boom you're hearing probably isn't feedback but just the low frequencies produced by your bass. A dedicated double bass preamp with a high pass filter (HPF) will improve the sound no end.

£280? Someone scored a bargain there!

[quote name='Jigster' timestamp='1358925503' post='1947044'] Link here to two tracks from our fothcoming ep [url="https://soundcloud.com/thoseamongstusarewolves"]https://soundcloud.c...ngstusarewolves[/url] [/quote] Ohh, that's nice - I particularly like 'And so you thought "the sky's the limit"'. There's not enough use of the xylophone in rock music in my opinion.

[quote name='tartrazine' timestamp='1358952200' post='1947523'] And no one yet mentioned [b]Rothko[/b], who have 2 bass players: [/quote] They had three bass players, Mark Beazley, Crawford Blair, and Jon Meade.

Try not to be downhearted - you can take away a positive lesson from every experience. The next time you answer an ad on gumtree your first question must be 'Are you the guitarist?' If the answer is 'yes', put the phone down. *edit* I've send two emails to a chap advertiding a double bass for sale - not a beep out of him. Perhaps it's just something about people who advertise on Gumtree?

A few years ago over on Talkbass, lots of people were replacing their SVT rigs with a Sansamp VT pedal and a Mark bass combo.

Favourite Sigur Ros track: This has to be experienced live to get the full power of this track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQsPv4FMyLg And, especially for SteveK - post-rock from before post-rock even existed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCZnXg0vNs0

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1358868110' post='1946285'] I know I'm finding it hard to keep up with all these genres but 'dace music' sounds a bit fishy to me. [/quote] It's not for everyone - probably because of all the scales....