Recent content by bellabass

I'm wondering if anyone who's used the Temperas has had to make adjustments to their bridge height? I have heard that these strings are lower tension. Asking for my colleague who does not have adjusters on his bridge. Thanks.

I'm a little late to this, but just thought I'd add that I bought a Hachez bass just over a year ago (#48, Rocca model) and I couldn't be happier. I went to Robertsons to try basses and this one happened to be available - it had only just been completed and it was a bit of a right place, right...

Hi Zontar, That is exactly what I am doing right now. However, shipping is generally a much more expensive option, and in order to ship cargo you almost always need to have a business account with the cargo company. The only reason I am able to ship my bass cargo is through the account of a...

My bass was just refused as baggage on a United flight from SFO-Sydney. The reasoning behind it was that the linear dimensions exceed their limit of 115″. My Gage flight case comes in at 138 linear inches (H+W+L) if measured at the widest parts. I offered to pay any amount of excess/overweight...

Yeah Kevin!!! Awesome!

Hi, I was a member of Southbank Sinfonia in 2008, and several of my friends have been members, too. I'm from New Zealand and did the program before embarking on my Masters in the USA. Firstly I would highly recommend the program. I can't think of a better way to improve your chops as an...

Sounds great! Does anyone know if that arrangement of Jeff Sturgeon is available, or did he arrange it himself?

Go Evan!!!

Let's not forget Australasia (Australia and New Zealand) - we have some great orchestras in this part of the world. I agree that there should be more inclusion of jobs won outside the US on this board. The American job market can get quite insular and it's easy to forget that orchestral music...

Cool thanks everyone. My new plan is to ditch my Gage case in Boston, amtrak with my bass to NYC in it's soft case for my audition, amtrak back to Boston with it to pick up the Gage, and fly with it to Houston from Boston for my next audition. Complicated, but it seems to me that the hard case...

Cool, thanks for all of the good avice. I would love to visit the train station and ask the conductor but we don't have Amtrak in New Zealand! Bummer. Also since I will have travelled with my bass to the USA by plane it will have to be in the flight case. It sounds like my bass would fit...

Hi, I need to get from Boston to NYC with my bass in a Gage case and I'm looking for an easier/cheaper option than the plane. I know that the train is pretty fast, has anyone here had experience of taking their bass on an Amtrak train? I emailed Amtrak and they told me to purchase an additional...