benbastin Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 I am sure that these pins will make a difference to any bass. As it's a simple matter of getting more overall vibration. But it won't change your bass into something else. Just enhance what it already has. And the stability benefits it can add especially for cheaper instruments that may now be so sturdy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbastin Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Been making a new batch including the first one for and EUB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Whoppers indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinddrew Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Ordered :¬) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinddrew Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Finally got round to having a play with the new pin in today (damaged my shoulder recently so the bass has been on the back seat). Clear improvement in resonance in the mid-range but my practice room is so echoey... echoy? echo-ey? ...has lots of echo so it can be hard to tell. Proof of the pudding will be in the pub tomorrow night. Thanks Ben, great service :¬) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I got my endpin from Ben about a week ago and fitted it earlier this week. I played it at home and was perfectly happy with the product. I have to say, my reason for buying it was not sound related but I had a problem with my existing endpin slipping as I gigged and wanted an endpin arrangement that prevented this. I debuted the endpin last night in a Quartet setting with guitarist Jim Mullen and have to say that the increased stability and security I got from the new pin was very welcome, particularly as I leaned across the bass in thumb position. More to the point, the pianist, whose opinion I value, said that the sound was better, that it had more attack and more 'wood' in it (something I aspire to). The bass sounded particularly good on the Latin numbers we did (the attack would have helped that) and some of the grooves were exquisite. I have always believed that a significant element of the groove is in the [b]sound[/b] of the bass not just in note placement and this seems to have been borne out last night. In short, another satisfied customer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Good to know you're still exquisitely mashing it with the greats, Bilbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Something is getting mashed, that's for sure!! Just another point I wanted to add. The end-pin arrangement Ben's pin's involves means that every time you use the pin, the bass is at EXACTLY the same height that it was teh last time (I always found the old system worked on a kind of 'in the ball park' basis. I am finding the absolute stability of the set up is a major boon in helping me regulate my intonation. Matt Wates this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbastin Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 Glad everyone is pleased Got a couple new ones going out this week. And working on a special edition one for a bit of fun! Watch this space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJ Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 [quote name='benbastin' timestamp='1402407490' post='2473113'] Glad everyone is pleased Got a couple new ones going out this week. And working on a special edition one for a bit of fun! Watch this space. [/quote] Oooh, themed end pins. I'd like to see novelty end-pin rubber, like a chicken foot, or a shoe or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Never having taken apart an endpin assembly, what holds your endpin in place Ben? If you lift the bass rockabilly style (not that I ever do!) would it stay affixed? And what do you need to do to instal and remove after a gig? Sorry for dumbo questions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbastin Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 The end pin his held in by the original end pin unit's screw. Same as the normal end pin pretty much. Does that make sense? Incase anyone is interested here is some of the first shots of one of my end pins on TV! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS9HrnkBToU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I sawed the end off the old one and insert the new one in the space made available. It is held in with the endpin screw on the existing assembly. Simple. The end of the old endpin is still in there as I have not pushed it through and have not had to fish it out through the f-holes. It makes no noise and does no harm so there is nothing to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Thank you Ben and Bilbo. I will need to get measuring. The endpin on my Kolstein travel bass is a real PITA (rattles away if i don't keep tightening the rubber encapsulated metal end-thingummy [technical term]) so a wooden endpin would probably work really well on this. Its quite a bass-y/boomy lttle instrument and I only do pizz - which one of the woods on offer would best suit this Ben? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Ben, I'm planning to order an endpin from you - is it worth waiting to hear what this 'special edition' one is...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtroun Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 My friend is the piano player in that video. I'm seriously thinking about getting a wooden endpin. Very confused about what wood though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbastin Posted June 10, 2014 Author Share Posted June 10, 2014 Phew lots of questions. Clarky I got your email and will reply now. Hector, the special edition with be an edition of one at this point. If your interested contact me through my website. mtroun the wood choice is indeed a complicated one, if you want to email me I can try to guide you through it. Also there is a basschatter's special of two endpins for £70 plus postage. Thanks for the interest guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon_says Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I have had one of Ben's end pins for about 4 months. While I don't use it for rehearsals, as it is just something else to carry, I always use it for our orchestral concerts where the extra volume and tone I get really helps (I am the only bass at the moment). So, thumbs up for a modest investment to give a big improvement in sound. I like the previous poster's idea of a foot or perhaps a big claw at the bottom of the pin! Simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah thomas Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Ben, is there any chance of you bringing a couple of wooden endpins to the Double Bass Bash in Derbyshire in October? There was talk of a trial at one point, so if that is not feasible, maybe this is an alternative? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 I'll bring my walnut end pin. The metal bit is 10mm dia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbastin Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 I'm trying to see what can be done about that bass bash. Its quite far from me, but seeing if there is anything that we can do. Will let everyone know. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah thomas Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Thankyou bassace and ben. My endpin is 10mm so I'm hoping to try one of the wooden ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbastin Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 If anyone going to the bass bash has an 8mm end pin, I can send the entire collection of woods. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbastin Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 Another endpin in action shot. http://youtu.be/gAM7FeqYSS4?t=4m55s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 [quote name='benbastin' timestamp='1402598094' post='2475223'] Another endpin in action shot. [url="http://youtu.be/gAM7FeqYSS4?t=4m55s"]http://youtu.be/gAM7FeqYSS4?t=4m55s[/url] [/quote] The bassist in that clip is occasional BCer Emlyn whose 1880s DB I bought a couple of years back. FYI, Ben, you asked for photos of the very bass and I have sent you a PM with links Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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