Hey I just bought a new bass from Hammond Ashley on Friday and it had these old-fashioned tuning keys, you know, the one's with the huge wooden knob thing coming out of the side. What are these called and what's the purpose of the huge wooden thing? I know I'm going to get some questions in Orchestra practice, just want to be prepared. Thanks!
in the old days a bass had tunning pegs like a violin some folks like the way they look -- I do depending on the bass. Makes the bass look old fassion. You see a lot of them on old German flat back bass'
They're actually warning devices. When you've played four hours of Thump, Rest, Thump, Rest, and you start nodding off, those suckers pound you right in the temple and get you back in the swing. Be careful, as the tendency is to rush when awakened...
Arnold, that's exactly what I did to myself last month, while sitting in, playing a friend's knob-infested bass. Woke me right the hell up.
