Recent content by nickidame

Thanks for the post. It's an excellent video and I found the process John Ptitucci uses to "dial" in the tone using his EQ very helpful. He also suggest a different placement (Behind the bridge adjuster and much closer to the Bass body than I have mine)... I avoided that spot, because it's a...

First things first... The rubber strip I used is taken from a piece of ornamental pond liner. I picked this up from a garden center and it comes in various thicknesses. I picked the thinnest which is about 1mm I've heard of other people using old inner tubes, which I'm sure would work...

At the risk of stating the obvious, the "Realist SoundClip" was introduced in 2010 and is a newer and different animal to the venerable and much loved "Realist Acoustic Transducer". I've had some PM's offering (no doubt very good) advice about improvements over the older "Realist Acoustic...

I'm hoping to hear other people's experiences and any tips in using the Realist SoundClip. Paid about $350 Cdn for this New/in box Instrument: Double Bass 1949 Kay M1 (La Bella 7720L) Much though I love my bass, I wouldn't describe it as a virtuoso instrument. It's been played for all...

You say:"I know it doesn't have to do with my technique..." I'm no expert on the bass, but I can spot a hole in someone's logic. Honey... If you do a thing for 15 minutes (any thing) and it causes you crippling pain... Then it's _something_ to do with your technique. The absolute of "perfect"...

It's a small world :)

The soldered connection on the socket has broken. I've done a bodge job to hold it together so that it's playable. But, lacking the equipment, I haven't soldered it. I'm going to take it to my local guitar place and have them do the job (hopefully on the spot). But, then I got to...

Thanks - They arrived in great shape :) Nichola

I know some of us have modified the Stagg endpin so that it doesn't rattle... But has anyone fooled around with changing the endpin to see what that does to tone? Quite a few people speak (very) highly of using a wooden endpin. Looks like a fairly easy mod...

My computer here is set up for sound editing... So, I'm very used to comparing tone. Because of the (relative) complexity of the piece. The audio samples were difficult to evaluate - For my purposes, I would have preferred to listen to an open "A" string. Then you could have checked for...

... I'd really recommend trying sponge(s) in all sorts of different positions...be brave My "understanding" is limited to twiddling with knobs til I get a sound I like... So, I'm not a sound engineer... And I run the risk of getting out of my depth if I explain the "why" of it. But I have...

I don't know much about "real" basses, but I've done a fair amount of fiddling around with Fretless Electric Basses and EUB's - And in particular, I've spent a lot of time figuring out how to manage the sustain which (as you know) can be extremely persistent. Dumb question, but have you...

Sizing: One consideration might be sizing... Sizing is not consistent among EUB's, but many fall into the 3/4, 4/4 range. Don't panic, this doesn't mean the basses are twice as big, but it does mean that the scale will be larger than your son is used to. Details on sizing here...

I'll keep that in mind :) Tx

[Invalid or Expired Link Removed] I've found a European source for Stagg DB Strings. http://www.thomann.de/gb/stagg_db_55110_st_strings.htm They are apparently made in the US (or at least "made with US Nylon"... whatever that heck that means) @ 27Euros or $36 ... they are very, very...