Here to Learn

[John Leach]

I am a 62 yrs old bass guitarist, who is covering classical music double bass in a local community orchestra. I used four and five string bass guitars for the first 3 years, then began attempting to learn arco on a NSD WAV 4. With a lot of tweaking on an outboard pre-amp, it sounds somewhat better than a double bass of the same price range. Storage space is limited in my small home, and the smaller footprint of the EUB is handy also.
As I get older, I will shed some of the electric bass gear, and have room for a decent double. That is if I can gain the skill necessary to do it justice.
It seems a little strange to me, but there is no conflict between the two instruments, the string length, size and shape of the neck is different enough that they are two entirely different instruments to me.
I realize that at my age and talent level, I will never attain the level of competency of most of the members here, I hope to learn by "osmosis" just by being here.
I want to point out that I am not trying to revolutionize classical music with electronics, just trying to get by until I can do better. I'll try not to embarrass the forum, I'll stay quiet, and try not to ask too many dumb questions.

Thanks,

John