TheRev Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Well done - you've made the right decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Well I'm delighted because when i win the lotto I can buy it off you for loadsamoney. Seriously, you were about to do something you were going to regret for a long time. Can't you sell a relative or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Good call, Clarky, you've saved me from myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Yeah. Good move. I've been thinking up ways of raising and spending £2000 without anyone noticing... I'd get it in the neck considering I've been saying we're not going on holiday this year... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 Ahem, having just bought an old German 19C flatback I would like to raise some money (my Alleva Coppolo sale didn't cover the cost of the incoming bass) and I really can't see me needing three double basses. So this is back up for sale at an uber-reasonable (not to say cheap) £2,000 collected from me. Please don't kick me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 BAD CLARKY! BAD! How's Emlyn's bass? I never could've justified the cost but I'd been looking at it longingly for a few weeks and he's only down the road from me. Glad you took it and saved me the anguish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 Emlyn's old bass is a lovely thing, full of mojo and character. Very thump-y compared to my Kolstein (which sings and sustains ridiculously for a DB) and therefore will be in keeping with the rootsy character I am after (will be putting some Silver Slaps on it later this week) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Ah glad to hear it - I've already got a pretty deep-sounding bass and I'm looking for something more lively to do the stuff it doesn't do, so I'm sort-of in the opposite position to you. Very relieved to hear it's not what I wanted, and equally glad it's up your alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bassman Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 This is rare opportunity to own one of these Baby Basses in such good condition. It still has the original aluminium bridge and pick up assembly where many examples have had broken bridges replaced with wood. [attachment=105270:Ampeg.jpg] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Mr Bassman' timestamp='1334605939' post='1618507'] This is rare opportunity to own one of these Baby Basses in such good condition. It still has the original aluminium bridge and pick up assembly where many examples have had broken bridges replaced with wood. [attachment=105270:Ampeg.jpg] [/quote] many thanks Keith. I genuinely consider this to be, despite the £2k price tag, remarkable value given the amazing condition Edited April 17, 2012 by Clarky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinyd Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Arrggh, can you hurry up and sell it please. I would [i]love [/i]this bass and at the price it's a real bargain, but short of cancelling family holidays and sending my kids up chimneys it ain't gonna happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted April 19, 2012 Author Share Posted April 19, 2012 (edited) Oh, what the heck! I have changed my mind again Edited May 7, 2012 by Clarky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bassman Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 [size=5]Double Phew!![/size] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share Posted May 7, 2012 OK, shame-faced change again! I gigged my Kolstein on Saturday and the band loved it. It will be my go-to gigging DB from now on (with the 1880s 3/4 bass for bigger gigs and home practice). The Baby Bass will just not get used now and its a shame for such a beautiful instrument to just sit in its case. So up FS again at £2000 collected from London (no post, sorry). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Clarky Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share Posted May 7, 2012 Some Latin style Baby Bass, showing what can be done: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_LTa_uG4NE&feature=relmfu And what you can wear whilst playing one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmjuZ07LD18&feature=channel&list=UL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick's Fine '52 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Always wanted one of these Clarky, some excellent footage of JPJ playing it live with LZ. Unfortunately, I wouldnt know what to do with it, tried upright, it just ain't for me. Good luck with the sale though....unless you've changed your mind...again!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted May 7, 2012 Author Share Posted May 7, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1336426226' post='1645558'] Good luck with the sale though....unless you've changed your mind...again!! [/quote] The lady's not for changing, errr ... Three DBs and a DB-emulating acoustic bass is too much for anyone! Also, TBH, the neck (which is very slim and Jazz bass-style) is less comfortable for my (previously broken) left hand than the big chunky neck on my other basses Edited May 7, 2012 by Clarky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 Intrigued by the playing style in all of these YouTube clips - everyone seems to play with a Jamerson forefinger and across the strings, like an electric bass. Is this to do with the Latin music, or the Baby Bass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted May 8, 2012 Author Share Posted May 8, 2012 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1336498474' post='1646509'] Intrigued by the playing style in all of these YouTube clips - everyone seems to play with a Jamerson forefinger and across the strings, like an electric bass. Is this to do with the Latin music, or the Baby Bass? [/quote] I think its a combination of the fact that Latin rhythms are often quite staccato and that the bass is amplified, so you don't have to dig in. There's no reason why it can't be played more like a traditional double bass (I did, except for faster passages) so that the notes ring more. Here is a quite dreadful Latin solo by a gentleman who plays more with a 'jazz' style right hand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBfq4RwylJA And another bass clip of someone playing slightly more traditionally http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWO75D1h--Y Anyway Jack you know where mine is if you want to pop round and give it a proper try-out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 On a week's trial with another BCer so this is on hold for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Let's see if anyone can guess which Basschatter is trialling it ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bassman Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 No idea, do you think he'll be happy, Jack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Workin' on it ... trying to find the ideal pre to run it through. Believe it or not, right now it's plugged into a Sansamp BDDI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJ Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 [quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1336841821' post='1651849'] Workin' on it ... trying to find the ideal pre to run it through. Believe it or not, right now it's plugged into a Sansamp BDDI. [/quote] I can believe it...I run my DB through a n MXR80 with very good results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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