Forum: General Double Bass Music and Playing
02-09-2013, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 12,614
A couple of ideas:
For me time problems are...
A couple of ideas:
For me time problems are often technique problems, i.e. I'm messing up the rhythm because I'm spending too long on a shift, bow change, etc.
A practice technique I hear...
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Forum: Amps, etc. [DB]
01-09-2013, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 22,057
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Forum: Amps, etc. [DB]
01-09-2013, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 22,057
I used one for a few years. Not bad, for a...
I used one for a few years. Not bad, for a modestly priced bass guitar amp, but it is definitely voiced for bass guitar. I found it tricky to use with string bass - prone to feedback, unappealing...
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
12-16-2012, 09:16 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 107,453
Check this out:
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Check this out:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152343279530035&set=a.243159385034.297290.611705034&type=1&theater
(sorry for the Facebook link, it's all that's out there, as far as I...
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
09-28-2012, 05:47 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,629
Now that the deal has gone down, I'll tell you...
Now that the deal has gone down, I'll tell you the rest of the story.
For about 10 years I've played an old German shop flatback. Lovely jazz bass, but it didn't really deliver the big fundamental...
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
09-13-2012, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,629
Videos?
I am interested in a bass being sold by a dealer on the east coast (I am in L.A.). He will send it for evaluation if I pay shipping.
My teacher suggested that, before gambling the shipping costs, I...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
08-06-2012, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 179,681
D extension
Lemur had this bass for a while:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2wWDdPSvnQ
It's the only other D extension I've seen.
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
10-31-2011, 02:36 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 11,540
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Forum: Hybrid DB Strings
09-07-2011, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 8,818
Superflexibles
Am I the only one in the world who uses these strings? They were recommended to me by a more experienced section-mate when I said I liked the power and longevity of steel strings but thought...
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Forum: Classical and Symphony Bass Playing
02-25-2007, 07:56 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,777
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Forum: French Bass School
02-23-2007, 05:34 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 7,302
new thread
Thanks Ken! I've started a new thread at http://smithbassforums.com/showthread.php?p=992#post992
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Forum: German/Czech Shop Basses
02-23-2007, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 7,625
Bass ID (repost from French section)
I think this is the appropriate location for this question.
I wrote in the French section of "This Old Bass:" "French? German?
Here are some photos of my bass:...
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Forum: French Bass School
02-21-2007, 06:45 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 7,302
French? German?
Here are some photos of my bass: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32223245@N00/
It was called French school when I bought it from World of Strings but later described as German when they appraised it....
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