Double bass porn thread

[Rabbie]

Here are my pals:
- Custom made Duke with guts, Ben Bastin wooden end pin, Blast Cult bridge and pickup
- Chadwick Folding bass for touring, currently wearing Gut-a-like deluxe, which are very reliable for festival outdoor gigs. Pickup of this one is a Rev Solo.
PLus toy hoover, toy kitchen and toy pram (Mr Tumble DVD just out of shot Burrito, I feel your pain bro)
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Edited August 6, 2014 by Rabbie

[Rabbie]

Same photo posted twice, sorry!

[chrisd24]

Here's my old bashed up hybrid (age and provenience totally clueless!) but it plays quite nice to my limited hands,and I like the mojo 😌

Edited August 6, 2014 by chrisd24

[fatgoogle]

Don't know whats with all this love for Hatpegs. Baker tuning pegs are where it's at, nothing like huge lumps of brass to know your in safe hands.

[bassace]

I've got Bakers but I lust after hatpegs. Same way as I've got my wife but....................oh, never mind.

[geoffbassist]

[quote name='bassace' timestamp='1407573723' post='2521851']
I've got Bakers but I lust after hatpegs. Same way as I've got my wife but....................oh, never mind.
[/quote]

:-) I know what you mean....Bakers do look awesome though.

[DaveFry]

Thomann 111E BR 3/4 Laminate . 18 months old .
Changed strings to Pyramid black nylons .
Cost £341 new delivered !

[stingrayPete1977]

Blimey that is a massive bargain if it plays and sounds good?!

[DaveFry]

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1407856751' post='2524722']
Blimey that is a massive bargain if it plays and sounds good?!
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Well that was the Jersey ( no VAT ) price , and I don't feel qualified to judge how well it plays or sounds . I have never played another and standing next to it is the worst place to hear it !
The only DB players I have known (from 30 years ago when I quit the music business) are all dead now !

Hard work , but I love it .

And now , back to the thread......

[Legion]

Having been in my possession for a couple of months, and now nicely setup by Martyn Bailey...here's my carved Shen SB200 maple (not willow). Strung with Evah Weichs which seem a good all round string so far.

[stingrayPete1977]

Wow

[Clarky]

Thats a beaut, Jas. Fantastic looking bass and I bet after MB's work it plays stunningly well. Maybe try one of Ben Bastin's wooden endpins? I have one (a few other BCers too) and I think it does improve the tone vs a metal endpin, plus it means the bass is always at the right height

[Legion]

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1413065053' post='2574700']
Thats a beaut, Jas. Fantastic looking bass and I bet after MB's work it plays stunningly well. Maybe try one of Ben Bastin's wooden endpins? I have one (a few other BCers too) and I think it does improve the tone vs a metal endpin, plus it means the bass is always at the right height
[/quote]
I've been wanting to do that but am still trying to iron out some aspects of my technique and have been lengthening the end pin more. Once I get settled maybe I'll go for it

[geoffbassist]

Leigon that is an amazing instrument! Great choice.

[dudi8]

Thats my babe, romanian made fully carved 3 years old

[artisan]

Very nice bass

[stingrayPete1977]

Lovely

[fatback]

These lovely basses are making me even more attached to my poor, battered old czech workhorse. Like you love a scruffy old mongrel, 'cos it's scruffy and old.

A pleasure to see these though. Works of art, really.

Edited October 15, 2014 by fatback

[slap_it_hard]

[quote name='slap_it_hard' timestamp='1413402827' post='2577994']

[/quote] Hows that for bass porn then boys & girls? :-)

[stingrayPete1977]

Lookin' good!

Edited October 15, 2014 by stingrayPete1977

[Marc S]

[quote name='TPJ' timestamp='1407165938' post='2517960']
Here's my cheapo hybrid that does the job nicely. The colour is horrid and I don't like the upper bout shape but it's all I have I'm saving for a Duke Peacemaker


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Some lovely basses on here

Actually TPJ
Your "cheapo hybrid" looks fine
It's a rather nice, fetching red
and something a bit different IMO

[artisan]

here's some fat bloke slapping his poor Duke bass
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[Owen]

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End of 19C Saxony bass. New 5 string neck. I have some naked pics of it somewhere that I will dig out. It polished up lovely with chrome polish and a buffer on my electric drill.

[stingrayPete1977]

I have peeked under Owen's leopard print cover and there is indeed a lovely bass under there, the leopard skin is growing on me now though

[Old Horse Murphy]

Here's my recently acquired Eastern European 3/4 size DB currently strung with Thomastik Spiro Weichs and having just been set up by Edward Gaut of Bristol. Edward fitted a new sound post ( original was rubbish), reshaped the bridge and set the action (currently 7.5mm, 7mm, 6.5mm, 6mm). Fortunately the fingerboard didn't need any work.

It's semi-solid with flame maple sides and back. I also went for the antique finish as I prefer it to the gloss finish that was available

I've got a Realist incoming and our very own Clarky has lent me a gut D and G string to see how I get on with the lower tension.

PS Please excuse the state of the carpet and don't tell my wife I took photos without running the Dyson round first!

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Edited November 9, 2014 by Old Horse Murphy