Recent content by Heather Simmons

Thanks for all your advice. I've been put in touch with a dealer in the Bay Area who says he has a 5/8 German flatback made in the 1930s that responds well to light strings. Would it be appropriate to redirect this thread toward pricing? What would one expect to pay for such an instrument? Is...

I am trying to find a suitable bass for my wife. She is just getting started and will be playing mostly with our family band that consists of me, three daughters and a son. We play mostly traditional bluegrass gospel stuff. She is 5'-2" with heels and has very small hands. What would you...