Forum: The Bull Pit
05-24-2007, 11:20 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 117,688
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Forum: The Bull Pit
05-24-2007, 10:16 AM
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Replies: 73
Views: 117,688
About my bass bag
I love my bass bag. It's a Mooradian that Jeff threw into the deal when I bought my bass from him.
When we brought our youngest daughter home from the hospital last year, my cat was injured...
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
05-24-2007, 09:23 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 42,462
Metropolitan bow
I've got a Gage Metropolitan German bow at home on trial right now. I love how this bow feels and responds - it's well-balanced and easy to control. The tone is very even, too - but it seems to be...
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Forum: General Double Bass Music and Playing
05-22-2007, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 102,106
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Forum: General Double Bass Music and Playing
05-22-2007, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 102,106
New (for me) cd
APpalachian Journey (Meyer, O'Conner, Ma) - Just bought it last week - I love this stuff.
Hey, Marcus - Where can I hear some of your playing? I've never heard of the Hawaiian singer you keep...
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Forum: General Double Bass Music and Playing
05-16-2007, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 107,549
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Forum: The Bull Pit
05-10-2007, 10:31 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 44,108
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Forum: The Bull Pit
05-09-2007, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 81
Views: 101,812
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Forum: General Double Bass Music and Playing
05-09-2007, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 102,106
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Forum: General Double Bass Music and Playing
05-09-2007, 01:00 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 88,584
Vibrato machine
Yeah, I hear what you guys are saying about the vibrato "auto-pilot" - I've heard players like that. However, it seems to be more common with bass players that they can't peform "continuous vibrato"...
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Forum: The Bull Pit
05-09-2007, 09:32 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 21,376
What Chris said . ..
+1 - Let the Bull Pit be the Bull Pit. We're all going to get scared to post if you start criticizing what we say in good fun. Maybe you want to reorganize it so that it's not the first thing that...
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Forum: Classical/Arco
05-08-2007, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 39,437
Well, I put em on
The Permanents are pretty good right out of the box. They sound alot more "brilliant" then what I'm used to (Heliocores - won't be going back to those), and I hope that translates into "penetrating"...
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Forum: General Double Bass Music and Playing
05-06-2007, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 88,584
Huh? This threads still alive?
Thanks for...
Huh? This threads still alive?
Thanks for the advice, Prowsey - I have been doing my major scales now, thank you very much. I went through a dark period where every note became a different step of...
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Forum: The Bull Pit
05-03-2007, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 44,421
Firefox deleting itself
hey Mike (or any other tech-savy person) -
Do you have any idea why Firefox would delete itself? I'm running OSX 10.4 on my wife's MacBook, and we've installed Firefox four times now. It keeps...
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
05-02-2007, 02:48 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 26,440
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
05-02-2007, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 26,440
Yita Music
Does anyone here have any experience with the yita music bows (Chinese company selling through an ebay store? They're selling snakewood bows, as well as pernambuco and brazilwood. There's already a...
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Forum: The Bull Pit
05-01-2007, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 47,147
Magazines don't work . . .
I've never, ever made a purchase based on something I read in a magazine. However, I've made an embarrassing amount of purchases based on stuff I've read here and at TBDB. I haven't touched a slab...
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Forum: The Bull Pit
05-01-2007, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 44,395
My Turn
I never got blisters. Something must be wrong with me. I've had tons of back problems, though.
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Forum: General Double Bass Music and Playing
04-27-2007, 02:46 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 107,549
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Forum: Classical/Arco
04-27-2007, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 39,437
not solo strings
I'm not looking for solo strings - just orchestra string with projecting power. Think Berlin Phil under von Karajan.
I will start with the perms this summer, then make adjustments as necessary.
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Forum: The Bull Pit
04-27-2007, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 76
Views: 104,006
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Forum: The Bull Pit
04-23-2007, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 76
Views: 104,006
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Forum: Classical/Arco
04-20-2007, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 39,437
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Forum: The Bull Pit
04-18-2007, 09:58 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 56,573
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Forum: Welcome To SmithBassForums
04-18-2007, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 53,153
Negative rep
I gave Robert some negative feedback after I figured out that he doesn't play bass. It doesn't seem to mean anything though, He's still "on a distinguished road" . . .
DId you notice, Robert?
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