BobVbass

Brilliant maybe I should dig it out and give it a go - need the bridge sorted on my bass first as the string alignment and spacing isn't the best at the mo so if I remember the poles didn't line up too fantastically. As for your Kay - next time the urge takes you to part ways give me a shout - it's still invoking major GAS here !! I just need to convince my wife.....again....(and again - the excuses are wearing thin!)

did you sell your Kay in the end btw? Lovely bass...

Hmm yes I have a Kent Armstrong (seem to remember I bought it after seeing it on your Kay and thinking it looked great ) - I got it off ebay but couldn't figure out how to fit it and the wiring looked like it had been redone by a one armed monkey with twitchy fever.... haven't got round to resoldering it yet... maybe I should give it a go - or maybe we should put two of them together and make a humbucker!! The Platinum pro phase shift definitely helps with feedback - you get almost double the volume without it and it starts coming on much more slowly - still not loud enough for rock and roll though

[quote]what pick up are you using at the minute bob?[/quote] I'm using a schaller at the mo - it's ok; hate the look and it rattles on certain notes - when I have the chance I'm going to try making up a bracket to velcro on with EMG precision 6 string pickups - it's good having a volume knob close t hand when I'm in the middle of a song tho and I can get it stupidly loud

Hmm not sure about that - with my mag pickup and fishman P Pro I can get as loud as my BG without feedback - and that's right in front of my stack blasting out - no hope in hell of getting i Piezo at even 1/3 that sort of volume. Does it sound double bassy?...hmm well kind of Fender Precision fretless maybe but like you say the band wants the image not the sound (and I love it )

thanks chaps!!

Hi, well things are going well with the rock and roll band but I want to improve my rockabilly slap technique - I can do odds and sods but not Lee Rocker speed . Does anyone have any recomendations for a DVD or online lessons? Is LR's DVD any good or just a "wow! look at me!!" one? thanks Bob

Mag Pickup into a Fishman Platinum pro into a 1kW stack - no feedback however loud I play - anythink piezo just hums straight away at half the volume I need unfortunatley

Hi All, I bought a K&K Bass max last month to try but what with our drummer playing at huge volume I can get the volume without feedback so I've gone back to a magnetic pickup. It's a good sound (so long as you don't want towering volume!) and only used for 1 gig so it's as new. I got it from thomann for £92 - so I reckon £60 posted would be fair if anyone would like it thanks Bob

mine's called Baby as the drummer said "wow look at that baby" when he saw it first time - and as the band's called The Razors I kind of like the "baby's playing with Razors again" joke....... ( I know.... sorry )

I've got some new weedwackers if you want to try them , never got round to fitting them as I liked the metal strings too much - PM me your address and I'll post them over. They're a lovely shade or red as well Bob

There's car sharing clubs as well where you join and rent the car by the hour..

came across this - it looks excellent - anyone tried one? [url="http://www.zadow-electronics.de/pickup_e.htm"]http://www.zadow-electronics.de/pickup_e.htm[/url]

yes that sort of thing except with a volume and tone (these chaps are out of business now tho) I've got a kent armstrong around here somewhere as well although its in a bit of a state! haven't tried it yet!

yeah that's what I use at the mo - great for no feedback but not the most refined sound - hence the idea for a bracket to use EMGs + the schaller rattles worse than my beetle engine. I have bass max a well and use it with a fishman platimun pro (which is excellent) - great sound but feeds back at the volume I need to play at

I know it won't be a true DB sound but I reckon it will be better than a schaller and hopefully no feedback! [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=101619&st=0&gopid=949772&#entry949772"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...mp;#entry949772[/url]

or plug in a couple of hundred quid extra and get this one - perfect [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=92709"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=92709[/url] worse case it's a great ply bass but you might even end up with it being hybrid or full carved... if only I hadn't just bought one

Ok... well Thomann's stuff is good gedo-musik.de do some good ones as well but you'll need to pay for them to be set up (£200-£400) depending where you go what you have done etc. the one on gumtree - your guess is as good as mine, can't tell form the pictures really so you need to take someone along to have a look. Your best bet is to get a secondhand ply bass (pref an old B&H or something like that) that's been regularly played - they do come up on ebay regularly for between £400-£800; if they won't deliver, ask on here you might find someone that will drop it off for you (or a few people that will shuffle it along) A better idea for you for the moment would be to hire one - lots of schools/councils have hire schemes and you can get used to playing one for little outlay and risk - I had one for six months, cost me £18! bargain and then I knew what I was loooking for when I went to buy hope that helps Bob PS don't go for a 4/4 - they're a pain to sell on!

our old drummer had a top of the range roland kit with mackie speakers and sub woofer and it was brilliant - great to be able to change drum sounds to suit the song (or part of the song) saying that tho it wasn't any smaller than an acoustic kit with all that added. Current drummer uses a cheap yamaha electronic kit for practice and yes - it's crap

gedo-musik.de do loads of lefties for the same price as Thomann - Bilbo's Gedo bass is superb

Lindy Fralin's for a P bass and Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounder on my Tele - the Fralin's have amazine tone and clarity