alistair Sutcliffe Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Very neat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 That looks really good Pete. I may have to copy that and make a pair to keep in my bag, luckily no feedback problems yet as I normally go through the PA but we have a big venue to play soon and it would be nice to know they're there just in case. Where do you get the foam sheet from, a craft shop? Lovely looking bass BTW, I have one just like it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 Cheers Maude Yes the black foam board was from Hobby Craft, the foam blocks could just be made from washing up sponge really! Now with its matching cover [URL=http://s997.photobucket.com/user/stingraypete/media/20130810_163953_zps58321a25.jpg.html][IMG]http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/stingraypete/20130810_163953_zps58321a25.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I have no association to the sellers of these but saw them on "the other site " and thought they looked quite cool if you're in the right sort of band. I want the flame ones but using small LCD screens so the flames actually flicker . [url="http://www.gfx-solutions.com/f_hole_bass_covers"]http://www.gfx-solutions.com/f_hole_bass_covers[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 [quote name='Maude' timestamp='1376161805' post='2170448'] I have no association to the sellers of these but saw them on "the other site " and thought they looked quite cool if you're in the right sort of band. I want the flame ones but using small LCD screens so the flames actually flicker . [url="http://www.gfx-solutions.com/f_hole_bass_covers"]http://www.gfx-solut...ole_bass_covers[/url] [/quote] oh man they are nice ....that's given me a few ideas...and they don't [i]have[/i] to be F hole shape do they Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobVbass Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 [quote]Probably, I'm not too worried about tone at that volume, any recommendations[/quote] Kent Armstrong are pretty good and he'll make it for the radius of your board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubassman Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Good job Pete! Whats the fit like from the side i.e. do they sit flat ...and does it even matter if they don't !? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 They sit quite well actually, just been playing acoustically to see what effect they have, the bass side is the side that I think will help most but it's all sub frequencies so acoustically you can't hear much difference, the treble side makes quite a lot of difference and some farting noises, not a problem once hooked up via piezo though so let's hope they work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 I don't play DB but... I admire them from afar and I lurk sometimes I love your solution, Pete. Nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1376220179' post='2170853'] I don't play DB but... I admire them from afar and I lurk sometimes [/quote] Just admitting that in public is the first foot on the slippery slope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 [quote name='Maude' timestamp='1376221439' post='2170868'] Just admitting that in public is the first foot on the slippery slope [/quote] Lurk-Stagg-DB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 [quote name='Maude' timestamp='1376221439' post='2170868'] Just admitting that in public is the first foot on the slippery slope [/quote] My girlfriend txted me once, from a gig by some friends of a friend of hers, and sent me a picture of the double bass the guy was playing. "it's beautiful! and he is selling it! shall I ask?" she says she can see having a DB as a decorative item (much like her classical guitar, which has needed new strings for over a year, but I digress...) and would not mind having that beast of an instrument somewhere visible... unlike my electric basses that have to be kept under lock and key in my little music room away from the gaze of visitors... So a significant part of the battle is already won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Go for it Jose, best thing I have done for years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1376222771' post='2170890'] Lurk-Stagg-DB [/quote] And lucky Mr McNab has a girlfriend who will let him skip the Stagg part. Doesn't get better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatback Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Just don't tell that girlfriend that double bass players are barred from washing up, lest they soften their delicate hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 [quote name='fatback' timestamp='1376314445' post='2171975'] Just don't tell that girlfriend that double bass players are barred from washing up, lest they soften their delicate hands. [/quote] We have a dishwasher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1376332030' post='2172324'] We have a dishwasher [/quote] Bit sexist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 [quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1376333547' post='2172369'] Bit sexist. [/quote] what? Manuel does not complain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1376334024' post='2172384'] what? Manuel does not complain... [/quote] I nearly went for that exact joke Jose but felt it a bit cheeky! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apa Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1376334781' post='2172407'] I nearly went for that exact joke Jose but felt it a bit cheeky! Lol [/quote] Ah but if you had said it it would have been racist A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 [quote name='apa' timestamp='1376338777' post='2172535'] Ah but if you had said it it would have been racist A [/quote] My other thread did cross my mind Jose knows me well enough for me to have made it first, others reading it might not know that or get the joke at all, I'd save it for a pm rather than over the counter of a busy shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcnach Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 [quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1376339009' post='2172541'] My other thread did cross my mind Jose knows me well enough for me to have made it first, others reading it might not know that or get the joke at all, I'd save it for a pm rather than over the counter of a busy shop [/quote] ah, life is so complicated these days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayPete1977 Posted August 12, 2013 Author Share Posted August 12, 2013 [quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1376343153' post='2172646'] ah, life is so complicated these days! [/quote] Too true, anyway back to my F-Holes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 [attachment=158872:IMG-20140328-00318.jpg] I liked this thread at the time & despite my tennis ball trick thought this was an inexpensive way of tackling feedback. Here's my effort but I did wonder how have this worked out for you Pete? Apologies for my white on maple - I really do have questionable taste! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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