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One's called 'Harley Benton' and the other's called 'Palatino' AFAIK, they're made in the same factory, to be sold as own brand. I suppose there could be some specification differences and QC variances to reflect different price points.

The Thomann 22 bass is just under £800. If I couldn't find a nice second hand bass, that's what I'd go for, simply cos I've played one and it was very nice indeed.

Go to the EUB forum on Talkbass - they have a sticky called 'the definitive Palatino modification thread'. There's a ton of big and small mods you can do to improve the sound and playability.

[quote name='Green Alsatian' post='1374752' date='Sep 15 2011, 06:57 PM']Some lovely ladies fronting your bands, folks! Here's our man in action. [/quote] Feck! And I thought we had problems with gig nudity.....

[quote name='51m0n' post='1374673' date='Sep 15 2011, 05:18 PM']Yeah, I have the same feeling when I see a 30 year old HH PA amp being used too! Didnt notice a badger, but there were some fine puppies wiggling about in one of those piccies I think....[/quote] The amp belonged to the pub... we didn't even touch it with the drummer. Unfortunatley, the puppies are usually outnumbered by the old dogs.

[quote name='silddx' post='1374659' date='Sep 15 2011, 04:58 PM']This one? [url="https://www.facebook.com/butchersarms.yeovil#!/butchersarms.yeovil?sk=photos"]https://www.facebook.com/butchersarms.yeovi...eovil?sk=photos[/url] There are enough photos of potential front persons on there to keep this thread going a very long time [/quote] That's the one - I almost didn't recognise it with it's clothes on. We're going back in a few months I think. Should be fun.

[quote name='silddx' post='1374649' date='Sep 15 2011, 04:47 PM']f***ing hell. Where was that gig?! Dale Farm?[/quote] Pub called the Butchers Arms in Yeovil. It was our first gig there and the nudity kicked off about 20 minutes in. I'd say it was all to do with that pub if it was the first time people had got their kit off at one of our gigs but partial or total nudity seems to be fairly common. I think it might have something to do with the gallons of scrumpy being drunk. *edit* Ah -just got the reference! Aplogies for the serious reply!. Yep, they scared the sh*t out of us when we first walked in but they truned out to be really nice people. The large hairy bloke is the landlord.

Any bass amp/combo will do. You don't have to worry about feedback with an EUB so you can use a 8x10 if you like.

[quote name='silddx' post='1374453' date='Sep 15 2011, 02:07 PM']Your band look like immense fun in those photos [/quote] We are - but there can be a fine line between immense fun and abject terror Mind you, that was Yeovil - they probably do that sort of thing at everyone's gigs? Baz, our dancing badger

[quote name='fatboyslimfast' post='1374224' date='Sep 15 2011, 11:29 AM']Ah, the Hitchers. Must get around to coming to one of your gigs at some point - I was a good mate of Kes' for ages, and bumped into him again recently after about 10 years![/quote] We're not in Brizzle for a while unfortunatley - 9th & 10th of December are the next ones. We're in Bridport tomorrow night though if you fancy a wee drive! Kes is a total star - I've only been in this band for 2 months and I've already seen stuff that would turn you grey. We did 5 gigs in 3 days over the August bank holiday, amazingly all of us survived although Kes and I have no memory of the gig on the Sunday night.

Mr Tatty Smart of The Skimmity Hitchers

I spent quite some time experimenting with putting my cab on a stand to eliminate feedback - the only way it worked was to get it well up above the body of the bass and even then I had to stand stock still and usually at a specific angle to present as little of the front of the bass to a speaker (mine or a monitor) as possible. It was a useful technique though, especially in my old swing blues band where the onstage volume could get silly and a double bass onstage was more about image than actual notes. However, I dont use a stand anymore as the following two actions seem to have solved the problem for me. 1) Less volume on stage, more out the front where it belongs. Can be a bit of a problem when you're in a small bar using the PA for vocal only and everything else on backline, but in those type of venues you don't need to be stupidly loud. In my jazz/soul trio, our singer always has his vocals coming through the monitor at full tilt, which is what usually sets my bass feedback off. I used to reduce my backline to a point where the feedback stopped - and to where I could no longer be heard above the vocal monitor. Now, if he gets too loud at soundcheck, I just stand there and let the bass feed back until he gets fed up and turns his monitor down. It's all in the training really. 2) I fixed four litte feet to the front corners of my Omni 10.5 (great cabs - thanks Bill! ;-)) and set it facing down so that the speaker fires into the floor like the Acoustic Image combos. Now, I'm sure there's a wealth of technical reasons why I shouldn't do this, but I get a sound and volume that both the drummer and I can live with. I have heard it said that a downward firing speaker will give you a good onstage sound but a crap sound out front where the punters are. This could well be the case, but I've had more negative comments regarding uncontrollable feedback or poor intonation (due to not being able to hear myself above the vocal monitor....obviously *ahem*) than I have about the quality of my bass sound 10 feet from the stage. Just my thoughts... Dave

Wot Bilbo said. £350 will only buy you headaches in the DB world. If you can scrape together £600 and keep an eye open for a well used second hand bass (i.e. one that has been set up, played and is still in one piece) you'll have a much better playing experience. Going the EUB route, you'll get a better deal for your £350. The Stagg (as Bilbo suggested) is the most common, but if you can find a second hand Palatino (or Harley Benton, different names for the same bass) they can also be pretty decent with a little bit of DIY. If you can find someone selling an Aria LITE one Or a NS WAV for that sort of cash, bite their arm off.

Done!

Are you sure you need metal core strings? Most EUBs will have piezo pickups which will work with both synthetic and steel core strings. If it does have to be steel core, then try Spirocore weichs or Corelli 370 medium tension. If you have a piezo pickup, then there are loads of synthetic strings to choose from. Obligatos are pretty light, as are Velvet and Innovation Honeys. If you want to go super light, then a rockabilly string like Silver Slaps should do the trick.

P bass + Nylon flatties + foam mute = job done

Neil Tarlton's scale books are very good for beginners. If you want something a bit more in depth, then Rufus Reid's 'The evolving bassist' is pretty much everything you'll need.

My dream rig would carry itself into the venue, set itself up, haul the drummer out of the back of the van and go as loud as I need without feeding back with my double bass. Yep. a dream......

My Scrumpy & Western band are thinking of buying a couple of Roland street cubes for busking. We've busked acoustically before when we've got gigs on consecutive nights in the same area - we go out in the day between gigs and see waht we can get. IF it's a reasonably busy day (and we don't get moved on) we can get up to £150

On Wednesday, I was on a carnival float dressed as Robin Hood, last night I was in a wee pub in Yeovil where 5 punters were getting their kit off halfway through the first set. This was my fourth gig with this band and not the first time people have got naked..... I've no idea why this is happening but I think there are going to be some very interesting gigs ahead.

[quote name='tauzero' post='1344988' date='Aug 18 2011, 11:29 PM']That must have been very cosy. How many arms and legs did the costume have? [/quote] Not enough. I had to play standing on one leg, like that bloke out of Jethro Tull. Could have been worse mind, the drummer choose to wear a badger costume so we didn't have to fit him in there as well.

I have my Eminence EUB (technically a fretless acoustic!) a Fender fretted acoustic and a Bass Collection fretless electric. The Eminence gets most of my playing time and is the only bass I gig at the moment. The Fender is next to the sofa for noodling and moments of inspiration, though I'm thinking of using it for a copule of tracks in my new band. The Bass Collection is sadly relegated to it's case as I don't have the space to have it out on display with the others and the Eminence has pretty much made it redundant. The Bass Collection is for sale (see sig) if anyone's interested...

The Antoni basses don't seem to have a very good reputation - the general consensus seems to be that the sound and build quality isn't great and that you'll very soon want to upgrade. However, that's just the internet's opinion if you have the opportunity to rent one, you can try one for yourself and see if it meets your requirements. Some people have bought cheap, £400 basses, had some work done on them and are very happy with what they've got, others have spent £10K on a bass and are still looking for 'their' sound. It's all horses for courses really. However, I do have personal experience of the Thomman bassses. The Thomann 22 bass is good value for money IMO. The bassist in one of my local jazz sessions uses one as his main gigging bass. It sounds good, build quality is good and it should last you for a few years. It's around £720 at the moment which will give your change from your £1000 to spend on a setup and the aforementioned strings, pickup, bag etc. I also rented a Stentor (proably the student model - not exactly sure) for a couple of months and thought that was a pretty decent bass too, for the money. I reckon that at sub £1000, you really do get what you pay for, so if you're prepared to wait and lurk around the for sale forum, you'll get a much better deal second hand.

I've just got home from the strangest gig I have ever done. 2 hours on the back of a carnival float in Weymouth, with the entire band dressed as Robin Hood. Quite a good gig as it turned out.