I would really like to get hold of some plans to build your own. I guess my biggest question is about the angle of the fingerboard in relation to the body....
Check out the ones I built at http://www.feddishbasses.com <http://www.feddishbasses.com/> ( I never got around to build more though). What I did was order...
If you are in or can visit Virginia, you can build one in my shop........... Marvin Motsenbocker jwatkins55 <jwatkins55@...> wrote: I would really like...
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I play a Clevinger Concerto 5-string EUB in a rockabilly group with a drummer and electric slide guitarist/vocalist. I learned upright bass in HS and college,...
... Like all of us! ... Obligatos are flat-wound. Most DB strings brands are available on solo-tuning. ... To be honest, it seems you are too lazy to take the...
I found this post interesting. "Too lazy to learn the instrument properly"? I don't think so. This sounds pretty ambitious to me. Seems like you put a lot...
... That's probably because tuning in 5ths is physically more demanding on an upright bass, has more historical precedent, and increases the range of available...
Or just take some double bass lessons and use the standard 134 fingering. I have NEVER run across anyone who's hands were too small for that. ... Damon Smith ...
... It's not an issue of string scale or left-hand stretch - I use the standard 124 Simandl fingering I learned in HS and college orchestra. And as Francois...
Carol Kay, while an electric bass player, has done considerable research into the ergonomics of using our left hands. Apparently, the third and fourth finger...
Sorry, I meant 124, 134 is Billie, the Italian classical method. It is a bit better for intonation but lacks strength for the reason you state below. Damon ......
I've been tuning my basses dropped D for a couple years now. It seems to bring out the resonance on my URB, and I love those 2 extra low notes. Yet I play my...
Damon Smith posted the following on Talkbass this morning: From the ECM site: August 17 , 2007 Eberhard Weber As many of our listeners will be aware, Eberhard...
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