Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
12-06-2007, 02:40 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 24,585
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
09-24-2007, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,884
I think it is fine that you have two playing...
I think it is fine that you have two playing positions each with their own comfort zone. The key is increasing the gray area between the point of no return. This makes it so you can choose your body...
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
09-20-2007, 02:18 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 27,190
High humidity can have nasty effects on a bow's...
High humidity can have nasty effects on a bow's hair. This summer I was playing a series of summer outdoor concerts. This summer it rain almost every day for a few weeks straight, oddly enough except...
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Forum: Hybrid DB Strings
09-11-2007, 04:21 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 85,797
My only real problem with the EPs sometimes is...
My only real problem with the EPs sometimes is that they have a narrow band in which you can control them and get a good sound. I kept thinking with these big strings I needed to hit them harder, and...
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Forum: Hybrid DB Strings
09-05-2007, 10:50 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 85,797
For me they are, though it seems to be fairly...
For me they are, though it seems to be fairly popular with those using gut as well (for pizz). I keep meaning to try them out and see how they are pizzwise, but I keep getting distracted. Granted I...
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Forum: Hybrid DB Strings
09-05-2007, 06:35 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 85,797
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
08-20-2007, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 28,904
One of the nice things about practicing bowing...
One of the nice things about practicing bowing patterns is that you don't really need a book, just alot of imagination. Though I have gotten a few handouts that have inspired me and helped out....
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
08-19-2007, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 28,904
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Forum: French Bass School
08-13-2007, 10:57 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 27,905
Interesting site though, ran across this...
Interesting site though, ran across this http://www.paris-contrebasses.com/DATA/Image/DP99.jpg
To me this seems very close to my instrument, I think they are calling it a Derazet. Not a maker that...
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Forum: French Bass School
08-13-2007, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 27,905
Using Babelfish I found a quick and dirty...
Using Babelfish I found a quick and dirty translation that should shed some light and have everything make a bit more sense.
Contrebasse Pilement (father) Sells. Wood are estimated of 1640....
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
08-11-2007, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 179,422
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
08-11-2007, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 48,304
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
08-07-2007, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 48,304
The use of all four fingers in the lower...
The use of all four fingers in the lower positions at least up here in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area is a bit more then you might think. It is just that most of us hide it very well. Almost all of...
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Forum: French Bass School
08-06-2007, 07:28 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 27,905
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
08-06-2007, 07:23 PM
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Replies: 110
Views: 103,770
This bass is a mystery, my instinct tells me...
This bass is a mystery, my instinct tells me French, the body shape strongly seems French to me, but the F- holes really make it unusual. I think that I would really like to see it up close, mostly...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
08-06-2007, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 54,249
Actually it is Jim (James) Ham. Of his basses...
Actually it is Jim (James) Ham. Of his basses that I have played (at least half dozen or so) I don't thin any of them had the tail gut around anything other then the endpin. The picture in his...
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Forum: Classical and Symphony Bass Playing
08-01-2007, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 11,654
There is a Misek concerto ?
As for the...
There is a Misek concerto ?
As for the difficulty rating... well I am not sure I personally agree with them. I put the Vanhal and most of those cello sonatas as a bit harder, but that might just...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
08-01-2007, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 54,249
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Forum: Classical and Symphony Bass Playing
08-01-2007, 07:02 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 11,654
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
08-01-2007, 12:27 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 179,422
I actually do like the latch on the E-stop....
I actually do like the latch on the E-stop. Though I have bumped my head against it more then once, but for me I think it just stopped me from hitting my head against the scroll :) As for all the...
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Forum: French Bass School
07-31-2007, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 27,905
Xavier Jacquet ?
When I first bought this bass it was advertised as a 1746 Mougenout. That idea has been dismissed, but now it is though of as possible an Xavier Jacquet or at least that school of making. I am...
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Forum: English Basses & the British Isles
07-31-2007, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 32,780
I was thinking on a few ideas for your bass.
...
I was thinking on a few ideas for your bass.
The first that came to mind was some sort of nice mother of pearl or abalone inlay, or a nice light colored wood carving of a flower, or perhaps a...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
07-30-2007, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 54,249
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
07-30-2007, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 54,249
One thing I forgot to mention is that when I...
One thing I forgot to mention is that when I tried the experiment with my friend's bass we tried the same thing with mine. For my bass it did not make as dramatic of a difference as his. Might of had...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
07-30-2007, 12:12 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 54,249
This question of endpins has been rather...
This question of endpins has been rather interesting to me lately, as we tried changing a friend of mines from something that was about 2-3 feet long to a 8 inch carbon fiber endpin. With nothing...
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