Recent content by Jmarek

Well my budget really depends...I would rather say buy a cheaper 300-600 range bow if possible since I know often with many products with a high price won't always mean its better though I don't know that with bows yet. So say for example a bow listed iniis close in price to said range the coda...

Oh god I get one comment every gig, hey I like your cello! I just kinda cringe and say thanks not wanting to carry on the conversation further. If someone asks I tell them its a double bass and they give me a look of surprise and disbelief very often! Although the worst I ever heard was hey...

The stories of pet mishaps and intstruments are quite funny and horrifying at the same time! Although I know that if it happened to me that a pet chewed my instruments I'd be devastated. Thank goodness in my years of owning an upright bass and having it around german shepherd puppies, terrifying...

I personally like drop D I use it on an electric and upright bass all the time. I totally go for the easier route because its really awkward on stage to spend longer tuning while everyone else is ready to go, staring at you and the venue has lots of time contraints hahaha. If you like it for the...

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During rehearsal I use the keyboard as a table for all my little things, glasses of water, notes, my bow and rosin, phone ect...I doubt I should be getting in my band members space like that even if they are borrowing the equipment from me hahaha!

Oh yes I use a french bow, unfortunately I don't know it's weight. Anyways as for some problems I have with my bow and pain (some problems I didn't describe here) I found out my bow has a totally different problem yay...and I already know it has nothing to do with it balance but when a luthier...

So I could use lots of advice! I'm needing to upgrade my bass bow desperately. I've been playing on my old student bow for too long now and of course now that I'm way better than when I first started playing its starting to hold me back and I'm hitting a bit of a wall... I play the upright bass...