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Full disclosure: I’ve always been willing to travel heavy in order to be comfortable when I got to my destination. …feather pillow and all my favorite campfire foods (canned or not) in my bicycle saddle bags…

The difference is in the tone. It is a full, warm, massive, clear, sound at any volume. Lots of amps give you volume without full spectrum sonic presence. They can cut through the mix, sometimes without distortion even. But to be felt and be clear, you need to move air with speaker surface...

Thanks For your suggestion Ric. I will check out the Tecamp Puma... Re: The type of 3600 watt amps. The QSC 3602(s) Through an Eden navigator pre. Into an Acugroove El Wapo (sp?) , and an ISP for sub. This rig I mainly use for electric basses, and my NS Design CR5M, and it is massive. On...

Does anyone have suggestions for a high powered combo amp that sounds good in smaller venues with upright bass? I have both the Realist and the Underwood pickups. I learned years ago that head room when amplifying bass makes all the difference between sounding fuzzy & overdriven or fat, warm &...

There is a huge difference between the tone flexibility of the NXT and the CR line. I tried the NXT through several amps with various EQ variations and could not loos the honky midrange tones. If tone and sounding as much as poss. like a full upright matters. Try the CR units before spend...

Thank you Mark. I took your advice and am much happier with the bowing response. I would have ordered through you, but my local store where I teach had the order come in the next day. Saturdays (7th) gig in front of a symphony orchestra will be much easier thanks to you. Thanks...

I just got my CR5M and find the A,E,& B strings very unresponsive, the thicker the string the worse the response. I've never had this problem on my regular upright with (usually) "Thomastic Welch" spirocore strings. Any suggestions for natural sounding, responsive strings on this unit. Thanks...

How hard to play really is a question of what type of music you are playing (to a great extent). If you play a jazz ballad, "hard" strokes may be out of place, but if it's a "rock ballad" you may want to dig in more. If you are playing cover tunes, it's simply a question of how hard did...

Yes I did notice that you used all down strokes. "my bad" What I should have said if and when you do... There will be many bass lines that will require the velosity that only down/up picking can provide. At that point having a matching angle of contact for the pick on the up and down...

The angle of your wrist is more likely to cause pain and injury than the use of finger style or plectrum plucking style. Wrists should remain straight and relaxed when holding a pick or not. In fact the probability of stress related problems are likely higher when using a pick, as it...

Bass plyers have the highest incidence of repetitive motion injury than any other instrument. Especially on upright bass. Any contortion, or unnessicary flexation of any of your bodys engromomics can over time come back to "bite" you. The problems that may occur can impact more than just...

Body posture is a key factor in avoiding injuiry when playing bass. ~A twisted upper torso, ~lowered left sholder ~left elbow, shooting from the hip rather than as straigh of a right angle to the back of the neck as is poss. ~feet not flat on floor. ~Head/neck dropped forward... All...

Right hand (plectrum) looks ok. Perhaps a bit off with pick angle. You may want to have the pick more perpendicular (at a straight right angle) to the string. It appears that you are slightly pointing up a bit with the pick and thus your up strokes hook the string a bit stronger than your down...

Over the past 25+ years of playing and touring I have obsessed extensively about technique. I hope you find the recomendations on the following pages helpfull. Rudi Invalid Link Removed or more exactly Invalid Link Removed