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04-07-2009, 05:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Boston, MA | | O.K. I'll do it.
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Tommygunn, welcome here.
There are tons of sweet links, threads, and discussions that deal pretty thoroughly with most of what you are asking. Check this out: BASS FORUM LINKS (Newbie Links): PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING NEW TOPICS
The double bass is a wonderful instrument. It can do things, and take you places, that the EB will never match.
The only hitch is that a teacher is very, very useful when starting the double bass. Even a few lessons with a good teacher can save you years of time, speed up your learning, and get you playing faster, without injury. They can also answer hundreds of questions about strings, basses, setup, luthiers, and incredibly hot/talented bassist/songwriter/vocalists.
Enjoy!
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04-07-2009, 05:23 PM
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04-07-2009, 05:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | Newb links, Tommy. Play a DOUBLE BASS a couple of times, you might not to play your "point at the horizon" basses anymore. |
04-08-2009, 04:02 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Maynard MA | | Some times, I standup when I play my bass...... and sometimes I sit down.  |
04-08-2009, 04:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, Tx | | | LOL whatever fine then dubble-bass
Any info on the Jazz dubble-bass?
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04-08-2009, 05:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Maynard MA | | Tommy,
John Goldsby has a great book on jazz double bass. Check it out. Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommygunn LOL whatever fine then dubble-bass
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04-08-2009, 05:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | Oy. Tommy, it's all here. Just read for awhile.
Edit... maybe your friend at the "bass store" is talking about the thinline basses that are available now. A friend of mine has one. Sounds like crap.
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04-08-2009, 06:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston, Tx | | | I will get back to you on it after I get a brand and a model and other stuff... I look it up too! |
04-08-2009, 07:55 PM
|  | Tolerated User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: State College, PA | | | I have a semi-serious question that I could not figure out from the newbe threads: Last night I stood up my fretless point-at-the-horizon bass, so it was pointing at the ceiling, and played it DB style. I do that some time just for grins. At this point, should I be calling my point-at-the-horizon bass something else? |
04-09-2009, 02:04 AM
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04-09-2009, 04:30 AM
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04-09-2009, 05:11 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommygunn I will get back to you on it after I get a brand and a model and other stuff... | That would be classic "Total Noob" mistake no 1 - I think the title of this thread would now have to be No 2!! 
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04-09-2009, 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Tommygunn oh and I'm only 13 so my bidget is limited. | Ah...missed this bit before - all is explained! 
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04-09-2009, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Tommygunn Is there one??? And if so please give me more info!! | fail |
04-10-2009, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Eric Swanson O.K. I'll do it.
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Tommygunn, welcome here.
There are tons of sweet links, threads, and discussions that deal pretty thoroughly with most of what you are asking. Check this out: BASS FORUM LINKS (Newbie Links): PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING NEW TOPICS
The double bass is a wonderful instrument. It can do things, and take you places, that the EB will never match.
The only hitch is that a teacher is very, very useful when starting the double bass. Even a few lessons with a good teacher can save you years of time, speed up your learning, and get you playing faster, without injury. They can also answer hundreds of questions about strings, basses, setup, luthiers, and incredibly hot/talented bassist/songwriter/vocalists.
Enjoy! | Yes, 3023
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06-07-2009, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Yvarg Nothing in the double bass world is "cheap". | Very true.
If you're just starting out, go around and try a few basses first and see what you like.
And if you have small budget, try to find a place with a rent-to-own program. That way you don't have to buy a bass before you want to and it gives you room and time to try other basses. |
06-08-2009, 05:46 PM
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06-09-2009, 08:19 AM
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06-09-2009, 11:05 AM
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All double bass strings are "flat" wound. Of course, anything is possible.
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06-09-2009, 11:10 AM
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