Recent content by cws91096

Have you looked at yita music? They're a chinese bow making company that sells off of ebay in the $50 - $500 range, and I've heard many fantastic things and a few mediocre things about them. From what I understand, youll either get a decent bow or better, but you can never be sure how good...

Hahaha, when my opa (grandfather) found out about my wrist his first response was, "so you're a bit more like django. How is this bad?" :D My teachers seem a bit hesitant to have me switch, so I am equally hesitant to bring it up. I actually begun the bass playing german bow in school, but...

Okay, I'll go question by question here... 1.) Yes, I have, but never in the long term. Right now I have a ~$600 carbon fiber bow (codabow) that is a bit on the light side (135g). I've tried a few upper range bows that alleviated the issue for a lesson or rehearsal, but the only bow that...

Hi everyone. I've been experiencing pain in my right hand wrist for about 6 months or so. I've brought it to both of my bass teachers, and we've tried everything from switching from 'italian' to the standard 'french' grip to an on the stick grip, and the pain still continues. Part of this may...

Just to get an idea of where on the spectrum the instrument lies... what is the string length on it?

Sorry to bring up a dead thread, but I own one of these basses :) I bought it at the 2009 ISB convention. I initially had the same impression as you (I thought it sounded plain when I played it) but in a blind test it won against a martin shop bass (my other option). I ended up buying it and...

By the hair and the stick meeting halfway, do you mean actually making contact? At the tightness that I have, there is a 1.0-1.5 cm gap when I'm playing (a bit less when playing something heavy like the intro to the Koussevitzky, and about 1.5 cm when playing something light like the intro to...

near Bloomington, IN :P

I've noticed that when other people hand me their bows to try, the hair is always rather looser then I have mine (they have it tightened to their preference, this isn't just a case of the bow being loosened when not playing). I especially notice this in my teacher. My conclusion is that I...

Where abouts is this behemoth of a bass? (I'd be interested in trying it out)

do you have any audio samples?

Could you post measurements and weight? much obliged

Im really loving the EBEA tuning... feels great!! I play a lot of chamber music (both in chamber orchs and as a quartet/quintet) and people have been remarking that my bass is sounding fuller... makes me grin :)

I am still in school, high school actually, and I'm studying bass at IU Jacobs School of Music. I wouldnt come to a lesson tuned that way, but I do have a second "toss down" bass I could slap some solos on for the hell of it. My main orchestra is an amateur chamber orchestra, so as long as I...

I know of cgda, dadg, and viennese tuning, but do people use CGDA in orchestras? I mean, some pieces would just become impossible (magic flute and roman festival overture come to mind)... I ask because I heard from one or two people that Edgar Meyer used to keep his bass in solo tuning when in...