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Double Bass NS EUB megathread

#181
I agree, I didn’t feel the standard bag offered much protection for airline travel. I was traveling on short notice, so I added 1 inch thick foam padding (around the inside and at the ends). This worked out very well. But, I’m definitely going to purchase the BassCentral NS bag.

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#182
I totally concur with you fellas about the black NS bag. I've got some small dings on the bottom of my bass and it's even got to the point where I've had to put extra padding in the bottom of the bag, to avoid getting even more. I also try whenever possible, to carry the stand bag separate from the bass bag, as the zip from the stand bag has caused a couple of small indentations on the back of the neck.

I've just had a flightcase made for the bass; basically a replica of the one that NS are offering, but by a British company for a lot cheaper. This will make things a lot easier when touring. The Basscentral bag does look good and would make carrying the bass around a lot easier, for local gigs. I'm glad to hear that the bag is balanced. The NS bag is horrendous for balance and destroys your shoulder before you've even got to the gig :eek:
 
#183
Bruce Lindfield said:
I agree that the standard black gig NS bag is very poor and I always used to find that the bass would get knocks when carrying it about and it felt heavier than it should...:hmm:

Gard's bag from BassCentral makes a huge difference and the whole thing feels much lighter when carrying it about, as it is so well balanced....
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Hi,
you ordered one of these bags from basscentral?
cant seem to find them?
do you have link, info etc...(im also in UK)
i agree the standard NS bag is pants!

J
 
#186
junglejim said:
Hi,
you ordered one of these bags from basscentral?
cant seem to find them?
do you have link, info etc...(im also in UK)
i agree the standard NS bag is pants!

J
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Yes - I bought one from Gard - who is a fellow TB member and who designed this !!

You can go to Bass Centrals's website and email them etc. I did it as a 'net transaction using their website (see link provided by worldDMZ ?) and it came pretty quickly - from US to UK! :)

I can't remember exactly what I paid - but the £ to $ conversion is pretty favourable to us!! :)
 
#190
hello, guess i'm in the club too, if allowed,
owned my cr5m for over a year and love the thing to death...
pizz, arco, piezo, magnetic, natural, w/fx,
it's an instument like no other, i love the hybrid qualities of it and after 23 years of playing it's my first keeper...only accessory left to get is the endpin stand. it's been on tour internationally and has held up like a champ. my only complaint was the horrid strings that came stock on it...pitiful, but easily changed. i settled on a set of d'addario helicore hybrids and am happy as a clam. one day i hope to get the 6'er, and attempt the low f#b e a d g tuning- bowed f#...ill.
go to the site (302acid.com) for lots of free music downloads made with the ns.
cheers
d

p.s. also got mine from gard when he was at b.c.- big thanks!
 
#192
hi, thanks for checking out the music!
not sure whats up with gel-sol, he might be switching servers right now(lucky guy gets his site for free).
his solo work is fantastic, beautiful stuff
new reviews of the 302acid cd coming out in wire and future music,
also getting regular airplay on bbc and in ireland now,
nice so many folks are supporting the release.
cheers!
d
 
#193
Jason Hollar said:
So, the real question is...can you stow this bad boy in the overhead compartment on an airplane? That is, will the stand/endpin also fit in the gig bag and still be easy to tote around the airport? I hated the idea of buying a flight case for the BSX and having to break it down and pay for oversize luggage everytime I needed to travel.
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i travel overseas and in the country extensively with my ns and have never been able to bring it on the plane due to it's length...
i invested in a flight case(ns made, used score at bc) and it's the safest way to transport the instrument bar none. it weighs in at under 50lbs packed easily with tripod(heavier than bass), xtra strings, tools, batteries, bow&rosin, cables, and an ebs microbass2 pre-amp.
that's in the accepted weight range without an overweight charge.
if you do get on one plane, there is no guarantee another will accept it in the cabin, and although hand-carried to you at the end of the flight
it's still in a soft case and subject to extreme/fast climate change
and dammage. imho/ime the flight case is your best bet.
cheers
d
 
#197
hi josh, i use the hybrid mediums as well.
it took about a month of playing for them to break in, and i'm really happy with them. great for arco and pizz, nice and even, although at first the b and e strings had a slightly different character than the a d and g, a bit darker. i recently tried a light set, had 'em on for a few days and switched back to the mediums, i prefer the mediums...
oh well, at least i have a backup set now. two things:
on my bass, the b was too large to get through the small aluminum ring on the underside of the string-hole, so i just removed the ring.
the string was also too large to pull through the tuning head hole,
so i had to remove the fabric winding at the top to make it a bit smaller, this worked just fine.
enjoy
d
 
#198
Thanks for the input DARK. I just got them today. I'll post my experiences with them once I get them strung up.

I've never used upright strings, is there any trick to stringing them properly? I know the core is very different.

edit: Hey, did you notice that the C string had a solid core instead of being stranded? It also has a small ball end instead of the large one. I'm a little worried that this might be a normal flat wound electric bass string.
 
#199
hi josh,
i have a cr5m, so i haven't used a c yet, although i might try one for some soloing some time...
but that string does sound odd. does it have the same yellow/green thread binding as the other strings?
as far as putting the strings on, you will notice about half way up the black back plate, there are grooves that are meant to anchor the ball ends of normal upright strings..the strings are then run down, through the holes, then up over the bridge to the nut/tuners.
this differs with the stock strings which are much shorter, the ball ends mounting flush with the string-holes.
cheers
d
 

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