Recent content by Fat bob

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    Double Bass GR Bass cabs - why would you use anything else?

    @Don Kasper are there any threads you’d recommend for building your own cabinet like this? I’d love to try! Those gr are so expensive. Iam considering making it a powered cab as well to pair with my Felix
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    Double Bass John Scofield on Giant Steps

    a teacher played us several versions of Coltrane practicing the tune with the point that his solos were very similar each version. He had come up with a few ways to do it to be able to. Made me feel better about my bass lines being similar. I like that PC walk down tho, helps make that first...
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    Double Bass After 47 Years, Switching From Underwood to Gage LifeLine Writeup

    Thank you for posting Sam, I also played an underwood for a while and have been on the lifeline for a while- and feel it is too dark most of the time. It seems like every pro uses the Gage pickups, so I’ve been hesitant to switch it up. Sometimes I’ll hear someone with a wing pickup and have...
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    Double Bass Tempera Hybrid Strings

    I agree with Selim, nothing to fix with these OG hybrids; cant help but wonder tho!! Would love to hear any comparison between the original and the oak
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    Replacement for GK MB150e 112

    I played through a friends 1x10 ELF combo, sounded great! Nice and compact. I have one of the Markbass 1x12; it has hundreds of gigs on it and sounds great, a bit larger.
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    Getting spammed by the Jeff Berlin Music Group

    I think if you start practicing with the metronome and memorizing songs then it goes away
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    Double Bass Good small amp?

    I think small = can carry (with bass on wheel) over a block.
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    Double Bass Good small amp?

    After 2 failed attempts to grab a GK MB150 through Facebook marketplace I find myself back here trying to find a good small amp. I think a 1x10 would be ideal, so it could be versatile enough to use with quartet, but can’t stop looking at the Revsound 1x8, and the Traynor 106 1x6. Ideally a...
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    Double Bass Spirocores... dammit

    Back to my Mittels after a year stint w tempera hybrid. After a long time with lesser tension strings, it is amazing how fast the spiros bounce back, getting in little triplet drops and articulations, also faster soloing seems to be less work and just comes out of the spiros where you really had...
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    Double Bass Tempera Hybrid Strings

    I really enjoyed these Tempera for about a year, picked up a used set from the classifieds here. But recently I feel they went the same way other synthetic strings have gone for me after a while, dull and too dark. I am hesitant to go for another set even though they’re great because of the...
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    Double Bass hybrid gut string choices 2024

    How do the bassos compare to the Tempera hybrids??
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    Double Bass Grace Felix users; powered cab or amp

    I’ve always ran Felix amp out to Markbass 1/4 input, I read the same about Markbass effects return not bypassing preamp
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    Double Bass Tempera Hybrid Strings

    Back to a full set of Hybrids after a quick relapse into gut D & G.. I need to stop selling strings so I can throw them back on for a bit when I get bored! Instead of buying new ones and relearning the same lessons. Great to have the clarity on the D back, and a matched set. Wish I’d have kept...
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    Double Bass Small Bass head to use with Acoustic Image Upshot Cab

    Isn’t the upshot an 8ohm cab? I believe it could be best to get the higher powered head to be able to use the upshot to its full capacity