Recent content by Mellow Fellow

I was looking through the strings thread about trying to get new strings. I bought a Bella Fina Chinese bass (not that great) when I entered college, and it came outfitted with some CHEAP CHEAP strings. The tone is atrocious. Its got a dull thud of an attack, and the E,A,D get almost no...

I do play EB, but started on Double Bass. I was in the college symphony orchestra and only recently started playing jazz with my Double Bass rather than EB. My college instructor has a much MUCH warmer sound out of his bass but I am no longer in contact with him. This might help out. This...

The bass I'm using right now is just not getting enough twang. I get so much bass out of the actual instrument, but it muddies up the rest of my tone. I can hardly hear much mid tone or high tones. My low E is fine with the current string because it gets a nice bass tone down low, but I want...

I had a teacher last semester (I had to drop orchestra and lessons through the school due to degree classes that conflict), and I got it setup through a shop he uses. He however, has never played jazz more than a handful of times in his life and is a complete classical player. I respected that...

Thanks, what I'm mainly concerned about is that my string height is uneven from the nut to the bridge. Near the nut, the height is fine (but could be a but lower for me) but the closer the strings get to the octave string harmonic, and down towards the bridge, the strings get much higher as...

Hello guys! I'm a rather young player, but I've been playing music for about 9 years. My father is a drummer, and plays in local jazz fusion groups where we live. He's always wanted me to play double bass, so when I was in sixth grade I start up in the orchestra. I've played all the way...