Recent content by maxmax

Not a book, but Discover DoubleBass has an arpeggio course. Every arpeggio has written fingerings and a piano track played at two speeds, which I find very useful.

I have flown with golf clubs, snowboards and baby strollers. At our airport, you get the bag tags and then you have to take them to the special luggage area and wait for a thumbs up from the person working there as you put them through an X-ray. But at the X-ray, I get the feeling they probably...

That’s very kind of you Louis, thanks. The affordable prices made me question if they were worthwhile, but that might be unfair though, I don’t know. Trying to find rental might not be a bad idea, I might look into that. Cheers, Max

I’d love an old Swedish bass, but right now I think I’m leaning towards going to see if Luin or The Bow Studio have something appropriate for me. It’s kind of a weird feeling to go shopping for something that I can’t play and haven’t developed my ears enough to know what I prefer. This process...

I did not know of Elinore Morris, very impressive! And also thanks for the recommendation on the Scala Vilagio, will look into them. Cheers

Good to hear, thanks!

Thank you for that Louis, appreciate your input!

Yes I have, thank you. That’s where I have seen the Mastri basses. But I have not been able to find any opinions on them online. Have you happened to have played one? Cheers, Max

Hi and thank you! Nice to see a neighbor here. :) I know about The Bow Studio and may very well take a drive over there. Sounds promising. I had not heard of Luin Sitkey before, so that is also a great recommendation. Thanks!

Hi, and thank you! I'm in Stockholm, Sweden. I would be happy to drive a few hours, but otherwise I was thinking of buying from an EU country that ships internationally. The guy I will take lessons from is currently on tour, so it will be another month until I see him. I guess I could write and...

Hi everyone! I'm looking to buy my first double bass. I have searched this topic to death but am still very unsure, so I hope it's okay to ask for advice here. All I figure is that it should be 3/4 size, and I want it to be good and easy playing so I will feel happy with it for a long time. I...

Thank you very much for taking the time to do that! Didn’t think of that myself. But that was an interesting response. Maybe there actually is something physical going on, and not just me being crazy. Going to look into this further! Many thanks, Max

Hi gang, Sorry for the long post, but I have a weird thing going on with my hearing that I can't really explain much shorter than this. I'm not posting this looking for help, because I doubt there is much to do about it, but thought I would throw it out there and see if any of you have dealt...