New Bass "tightness"- how to down play this?

[dchan]

Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers

Well heck, we're discussing the Extra Large Size Devil's Instrument anyhow - what better way to wake it up!

I actually tried out the tritones yesterday. Wow! It really gets the whole bass shaking.

I might be making a pact here .... nope. It's still a garden-variety German plywood - I need to get a 200 year old Italian pedigree first.

[emilio g]

I've been working on Brahms No. 1 and tried bowing tritones. I haven't been noticing a difference in my bass, but I am noticing small objects in the practice are starting to rattle when I play. That didn't happen when I first got the instrument