Recent content by Pagan

You seem to have a very low opinion of the female gender bordering on misogyny.

I posted this in the original thread but dont mind repeating it here. A mod that some used (including myself for a while) was fitting a piece of pipe insulation over the tube to provide a bit of cushion, it also made it easier to balance...

Flats are strings that have a flatwound finish on them as opposed to a roundwound, sort of like a thin flat tape that is wound around the centre core, roundwounds have a round wire wound around the core. You are probably using roundwounds on your electric basses. Flatwounds are generally used...

He does it for me :cool: He does what's right for the piece of music he's playing on, doesn't seem to be much bothered about showing off how good he is, guess he doesn't need to :rolleyes:

@bdtesq Thanks for putting up the photos, appreciated :) I've had a look about to see if I can get a hold of these in the UK, not quite as easy in this country to get a hold of stuff like this. I did track down a company but it's the other end of the country & these places tend to do...

Hi, this is something that I'm sure most of us with a VE-500 have thought long and hard about, I know I have, looking into Fibre Glass options, plywood boxes etc etc. I have the soft bag that came with it but it didn't stop my neck breaking off when it fell over one evening, I've repaired it and...

Yeah, Zappa would probably have used any savings to finance his classical work ;) In Zappas case it probably took a lot of stamina and absolute dedication from his musicians to stay for any length of time, hence another reason for a lot of changing personnel. I read an interview with George...

I don't think it is purely about younger players being more "cost effective" & I disagree that it doesn't happen in Jazz, perhaps though it should happen more often and breath a bit of new life into the genre. Tal Wilkenfield is an example of a young talented person being noticed fast in Jazz...

I've just bought a Harley Benton Hbb 35 NT FL from Thomann, Invalid Link Removed I've been looking to get an acoustic bass for a while but didn't want to spend too much, (still to justify this spend to my partner :help:). I was a bit dubious about this one as it is cheap & obviously...

joenoone wrote I used the Artec 3-band bass preamp to replace the onboard preamp, I also combined the existing under the bridge p/up with a Duncan / Turner twin spot piezo encapsulated between two strips of wood and mounted on each side of the bridge. I bought the Duncan Turner twinspot...

@DaBassman Here's a link to a re-seller, it's a Stagg SV-CE Cello / Upright bass stand. There's also a Stagg SV-DB which is for larger DBs and is non-adjustable, the SV-CE is the model with the adjustable arms which you need to make this work with the Palatino. Invalid Link Removed

@ Francois Doh, yes innovations, very inspirational though ;) @ MKGriffs Thanks for putting up the photos, it looks really solid and well made, think it's just a wee bit expensive for me. I was planning on building something similar and reckon I could do it for around £100 or perhaps...

@porkpie hat No problem, I've been meaning to put these up for a while but been a bit busy recently. This is the bass after I glued the neck back together, it's actually playing a lot sweeter now ! I did a bit of sanding (very patiently) on the neck to get rid of some of the high spots and...

Had a look at the picture last night, I see your point, looks pretty bad :bawl: I used a 24 hour epoxy on mine, I reckon with the combination of the wood screws and the epoxy it is far stronger now than it was before as you said Droot. I was concerned that this may affect the tone in some...

I have total sympathy for you, I can't see the picture (firewall filter @ work) so can't see the damage, I'll check it out when I get home. I also had a falling over of the bass, my own fault, just home from a gig and didn't make sure it was sitting up solid, the soft case doesn't help ! It...