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Here is my 13 year old son, Ian, a Double bass player getting his first electric bass - an ATK300 red sparkle. I'm joining the club on his behalf, when he gets a bit older he can post for himself! It was a Christmas surprise along with a Line6 Amp, both purchased here on the classifieds...

if the 300 is available PM me

Bow comes with the commitment of weekly arco private lessons and thirty minutes a day of practice at school before school starts (plus class), I just hope the passion for DB grows and stays with him. I was amazed that he could eloquently describe the differences in the two bows....

:) Yesterday was my son Ian's 13th birthday. He's been playing the DB for the last year and just got his first DB (you might remember the Englehardt story). So we took him out shopping, out to look at all these awesome bicycles - no interest. I had set up an appointment to go see a Codabow...

Thanks everyone - so glad I had Talkbass for good advice!

First district competition was yesterday. Ian's quintet got all "superior" scores (highest they could get) and Ian got many compliments on his technique from the judge. That combined with the new DB made him feel like he was on cloud nine. Thanks for all the good wishes!!

To all on this board thanks for the advice, I've read so many great posts and learned so much in the last month. In my first post, a "cautionary tale", I explained how I had gone to a mom and pop music store here in Florida and bought my 12 year old son his first DB. Only to find out it was a...

The teacher said the strings were all worn out, there had been some kind of repairs done to it, a few small dings (which we had noticed). I had never shopped for a Bass before so I didn't know what to look for. The instructor has worked with basses for 40 years and said it was "well worn"...

Ian just had his first lesson today and the teacher said the DB is super, super used. So we now know it was not a "new" old DB, just straight up a used 15 year old Bass sold as new. So the instrument was most definitely misrepresented in two ways, it IS used and it is 15 years old.

When you are out shopping for a first instrument, with no knowledge, you feel that the music store will steer you in the right direction. I am sure if I had walked into Gollihurs we would have gone over several DB and talked about the pros and cons of each one, and then price-point, new or used...

Hello all Thanks for all the many wonderful posts and advice on purchasing a first Bass - I have certainly learned ALOT! Now, if I had only read your board BEFORE buying my son his first DB (he's only 13 so I made the decisions), I would have a different story to tell. I live north of Tampa...

Thanks, that's what I thought but I wanted to be sure

I am looking for a first bow for my 13 year old 7th grade Double bass playing son. Just got him his first bass a 1996 Englehardt (brand new - as it had never sold in the tiny music store in our town). It came with a german bow but my son prefers the French style. After reading your many...