Recent content by FrankM

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    Double Bass Double bass Train Wrecks

    Three weeks ago, I finally decided it was time to take the old girl out into public. We were playing a cafe/wine bar. Small venue so we played in the entrance to the building just outside of the cafe. Two and 1/2 story atrium with a solid glass wall on the left and mezzanines on the right and...
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    Double Bass No nylon tailpiece hangers...ever!!!

    What about checking to see if your local Lowe's Depot or maybe even your local auto parts store has one (or something similar) for rent? :hmm:
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    Double Bass Broken Tailpiece - Rookie Mistake or Bad Parts?

    Sorry, peeps, I really hate starting all new threads, but I can't seem to get what I'm after on the search. So... I'm RTO a Anton Richter 4000 Series (2007). I've just started taking lessons on the upright so I can learn the technique (jazz, mostly) the correct way the first time, although...
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    Double Bass First URB lesson tomorrow

    Really weird. Every method book I've picked up and read has one doing pizz. first, with a month and a half of bow excercises consisting of waving a pencil around. Keep us current, I'll be starting lessons myself here in about two weeks.
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    Double Bass Bass Rental in Wash. State

    Dude, just beat you to it. The Ted Brown's in Tacoma had a Richter 4000 in the back and I just picked it up as a rental at the store here in Richland. Got a jazz thing going in the Tri-Cities and I want to see if the DB works or if I want to stick to the electric. W/W is about a 70/80 miles...
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    Double Bass Difficult rooms

    My current gig is the lounge on the top floor of a four story hotel. The local jazz club closed its doors last year (Philistines!) and the club owner decided to "restart" the jazz club in the lounge. It serves as the hotel restaurante at dinner. The room is long and narrow with a glass wall...
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    Double Bass Anton Richter?

    Hey Kids! New to this forum, new to the double. Post alot on another forum quite a bit and been playing the electric bass guitar for quite some time. Anyhow, gots me a paying gig with a local jazz band. Seems well connected and my kind of people (like to play, don't take themselves too...