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11-25-2008, 01:53 PM
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I don't know squat about DB's, except that my wife has wanted one for many years. I am considering buying her one for Christmas this year, but don't know where to start. I think a 3/4 is probably a good size for her stature and lack of much skill (she is about 5' 3" tall). I have seen one online (I live in England) from a company in York that sells for around 400 British pounds delivered. Could this be a good model for a beginner? Open to any suggestions or help from any kind souls. Thanks in advance!
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11-25-2008, 03:38 PM
|  | ...or Jason, if you insist on vowels. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Bay Area | | Quote:
Originally Posted by dbltrbl  I don't know squat about DB's, except that my wife has wanted one for many years. I am considering buying her one for Christmas this year, but don't know where to start. I think a 3/4 is probably a good size for her stature and lack of much skill (she is about 5' 3" tall). I have seen one online (I live in England) from a company in York that sells for around 400 British pounds delivered. Could this be a good model for a beginner? Open to any suggestions or help from any kind souls. Thanks in advance!
Dbltrbl~ | Well, you might want to post this in the "Basses" section of the forum, not the "For Sale" section.
But even more highly recommended would be checking out the newbie thread. Good luck. |
11-25-2008, 04:22 PM
| | | | 3/4 size is what most double bassists use, regardless of genre.
Check out a Thompson bass. Great sounding, beautiful bass. Only 1.5K.
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11-25-2008, 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by benj296 3/4 size is what most double bassists use, regardless of genre. | And regardless of that persons body size, I might add.
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11-25-2008, 04:48 PM
|  | Official Forum Flunkee | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Francisco, CA | | | Check out the newbie links. Much information to digest there. In general, the more your can spend the better. If you must go with a less expensive instrument, try to find a hybrid around $2000-2500. |
11-25-2008, 10:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Chicago | | | You're a great husband to buy your wife something like a DB for Christmas. Heck, who needs jewelry anyway!
You will most likely best help her by letting her choose the instrument. Musical instruments are highly personal and it's nigh impossible to choose one for someone else, especially if you are not familiar with them. You may want to give her a card with a picture of a bass and then accompany her on the shopping trip.
I don't know the market in the UK so I won't chime in on suggestions, but I'm sure some of our members there can offer advice.
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11-26-2008, 01:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand | | | 5'3" is plenty tall enough to get around a 3/4 bass. I know quite a few smallish women that play. She will need a stool.
400 pounds is going to be very low quality... at that end of the market, you need to be very, very careful not to be wasting the money (it is possible to get something worth the money, but you do need to do your research). |
11-26-2008, 02:16 AM
| | ...or Jason, if you insist on vowels. | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Bay Area | | Quote: |
400 pounds is going to be very low quality... at that end of the market, you need to be very, very careful not to be wasting the money (it is possible to get something worth the money, but you do need to do your research).
| You know, you really might be better served by renting her a decent one for the first year of lessons. After then she'll know what she's looking for in a personal instrument and you'll know it's a worthwhile investment.
Make the gift a skill--i.e. lessons-- instead of an object.
Make a nice instrument another gift to her, down the road. |
11-26-2008, 10:13 AM
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WOW...what a great forum! So many helpful suggestions the first day. I am grateful for all of the posts. I may follow up with the rental suggestion. I did have my doubts about the one for 400 pounds after looking at a number of them for sale for twice that amount. Thanks to all! And Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, I'm a Yank...just live over here for now.  |
11-26-2008, 02:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Germany | | you may also find some useful information in this 9 pages long 4 years lasting thread about inexpensive basses in the uk Inexpensive Basses in U.K?
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11-26-2008, 02:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boston, MA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrew McGregor 5'3" is plenty tall enough to get around a 3/4 bass. I know quite a few smallish women that play. She will need a stool. | 5'3" is plenty tall - I'm not much taller than that myself, and I play a fairly large instrument that's straddling the 3/4 and 7/8ths boundary (42" string length). However, for a beginner, if you can find a 5/8ths, it might not hurt.
And she won't necessarily need a stool, but it does help for long rehearsals.
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11-26-2008, 03:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | | What's a rehearsal?
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11-26-2008, 04:37 PM
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11-26-2008, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers Never mind Paul, you wouldn't like them! | You know, I had to double-check my spelling when he asked. D'oh! |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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