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12-10-2008, 04:54 AM
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Im a young Irish lad of 14 who will be starting double bass lessons in January..... need a bass though
I found this http://www.gear4music.com/Woodwind-B...ouble-Bass/8UV 
its cheap.. all solid wood... but i cant find any other info
Should i risk it?
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12-10-2008, 06:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Gainesville, Florida | | | I've never heard of the maker or that store, but hand-carved and all ebony for that price seems way too good to be true.
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12-10-2008, 07:47 AM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | |  "Hand carved," "solid wood," and from a music store for the equivalent of $1036?
Check out the threads here that discuss the perils of really cheap "carved" basses. You'd be far, far, better off with an instrument having a good reputation purchased from a trusted real bass shop. |
12-10-2008, 07:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City area | | | 3,001 |
12-10-2008, 08:03 AM
| | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by clink  3,001 | 
Yes, how could I miss that? Hey, that fella, take a look at the newbie links right here.
Thank you. Now I feel better.  |
12-10-2008, 10:21 AM
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Private Inventor - Bass Capos | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cologne/Göttingen, Germany | | | I don't get the "3001", but how big are you? You might be better off starting off with a 1/2 or 5/8 size bass. Despite the impression the name might lend, 3/4 is not a student size. Many (or possibly most) adult pros play a 3/4. At any rate, a bass you buy from any big commercial firm (for any price) will need some real setup work by a skilled shop to become truly playable. There's no getting around that, so factor it into your decision. Still sounds like a good deal though! |
12-10-2008, 10:49 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Syracuse N.Y. | | | I do not know too much about the bass, but the 3d interactive movie is pretty cool. |
12-10-2008, 12:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: massachusetts | | | solid wood bass
"solid wood" means laminated generally and I suppose the scroll is "hand carved". It does not claim to be "fully carved" which is the usual terminology for a non-laminated bass. |
12-10-2008, 12:37 PM
| | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by malloybow "solid wood" means laminated generally and I suppose the scroll is "hand carved". It does not claim to be "fully carved" which is the usual terminology for a non-laminated bass. | Bingo! A real bass shop wouldn't keep you guessing or worse, mislead you. It could also be a non-laminate where there's simply no real graduating, etc. |
12-10-2008, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by robobass I don't get the "3001", but how big are you? You might be better off starting off with a 1/2 or 5/8 size bass. Despite the impression the name might lend, 3/4 is not a student size. Many (or possibly most) adult pros play a 3/4. At any rate, a bass you buy from any big commercial firm (for any price) will need some real setup work by a skilled shop to become truly playable. There's no getting around that, so factor it into your decision. Still sounds like a good deal though! | Well the teacher told me to go for a 3/4 size.
But thanks for the help everyone
And i think ill buy from a shop nearby
I just don't know enough to make a big purchase like this on the internet
Thanks!
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12-10-2008, 03:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Atlanta | | Quote:
Originally Posted by that_fella If the Jews hadn't been so whiny...there wouldn't have been a WWII |
What's up with your signature, amigo? 
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12-10-2008, 05:24 PM
| | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | | I missed that signature? When did that appear? Care to explain, that_fella? That's an extremely bigoted, divisive, ignorant, insensitive, and cruel thought-- besides being historically absurd.
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12-10-2008, 05:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | | Holy ****!
I hope there's some kind of ugly misunderstanding here. I doubt it though because Barron alluded to it.
that_fella, I'm sure I speak for all of us in this community when I say...you're not welcome here.
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12-10-2008, 06:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City area | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul Warburton Holy ****!
I hope there's some kind of ugly misunderstanding here. I doubt it though because Barron alluded to it.
that_fella, I'm sure I speak for all of us in this community when I say...you're not welcome here. | There is a lot of ugliness in this world.  |
12-10-2008, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Warburton that_fella, I'm sure I speak for all of us in this community when I say...you're not welcome here. | I concur.
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12-10-2008, 11:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New York City | | | woah...
:steps back slowly: |
12-11-2008, 04:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Atlanta | | I see the coward edited his profile and ran away.
Good riddance. 
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12-11-2008, 04:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | | Thanks for helping us bust the MoFo, Barron.
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12-11-2008, 05:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Boston, MA | | | Nice work, pointing out the hideous bigotry, Barron and the gang. There is neither room nor tolerance for that here.
That said, I have to hope that the OP will come back, with a broadened world view and heightened awareness. Good for him for editing his signature. Its a small start. At least he can see that it was harmful, hateful, and wrong, in every way.
IMHO, he is welcome here, but his racism is not. I condemn the action, not the person.
I did many thoughtless, inane things as a young, self-centered youth. Not racist things, but wrong, nonetheless.
At 14, he is but a callow kid. Unfortunately, so were the Hitler's Youth.
Hopefully, he can learn from this. Music is not about hate, IMHO. Leave it at the door, please.
Newsflash to the OP: there is no "us" and "them," we are all "us."
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12-11-2008, 05:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malta (Europe) and Britain | | | Gentlemen;
Mindful that I am very much a "newbie" on this board I have no wish to speak out of turn.
And I certainly will not defend the indefensible. There is no place for that sort of bigotry. End of.
But... if the OP really is a boy of 14, would the appropriate response not be to make it absolutely clear to him that words or statements of that kind are unacceptable and that any repetition will not be tolerated?
Those who say "good riddance" - did you never do or say anything to be ashamed of at 14? If you didn't, you're better men than I.
This is just my view, and again I am sorry if I speak out of turn, but IMHO the best way for the young to learn what behaviour is acceptable and what is not is in sensible adult company. I hope the OP has learned a lesson.
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