Recent content by mrmann

It's pretty hilarious. And a great thing to make a news story about. Go public srvice! :D .

Try http://www.amsion.ch/e/programme/cours.asp. You can apply until May, I believe. If he'll attend both McTier's and Bokany's classes, that's some well spent week and a half.

They have a new type of set out, Orchestral.

Using metronome is something I would also strongly recommend. There is always the risk of the pupil only learning how to vibrate in a certain tempo that's comfortable to him or her, and it's always easier to speed up than to slow down! A metronome helps here. WHEN is a variable question, I...

Thanks DFW, Yes, I have heard Jargar is supposed to be good stuff. I'll make a mental note, as I currently have a Bel Canto set on the way. That's right, I realized I wasn't TOTALLY happy with the Orig Flats+Eudoxa setup after all... switched rosin from Pops then to Carlsson and now to...

Kurt, Berndt, Michael, Heinz and Otto Dölling are indeed some of the most notable names. The Pöllmanns of bow making.

I think you typically use soft first and add a swipe of medium on top for smoothness. But I am curious about that Pops/oak combo myself... switched to Eudoxa A&E today and you need something real sticky to get a good FFz on those. I think I'll try that myself next week. On my Perm solo set, I...

It's sticky? There are tons of different ways of cleaning your bass... acetone is good for the fingerboard, although it MIGHT dry out and crack if you overuse it over time. And be careful not to let it drip on the varnish. I use almond oil; also cleans things up and leaving the bass all greasy...

I used to have a shop bass with a fingerboard made from pear wood, I believe. At some point I decided I should upgrade the bass with one made from Ebony, despite having my doubts that it would actually pay off, but it did! It was not a spectacular bass in any way, but the money invested in the...

Korg AW1 rules, too. Invalid Link Removed

No, but she looked damn good, despite having hung around in Seattle in 1992!

Ah, yes, of course he has his own forum...

That was before restoration. This was during or after. It's not me on that pic; in lack of a better one I had to include a friend of mine there. He looks good, though! :smug:

Yo, I got this small (somewhere inbetween 1/2 and 5/8) instrument last spring, in a godawful condition - it was worm-eaten and all - from an aspiring psychobilly bass chick who never got around to play it. (She was a pro bootmaker, which is cool enough anyway.) Spent some $5k on it for...

Nobody got the job, right? I almost went but realized a couple of weeks before the audition would take place that I wouldn't do a very good job, even by my own standards. Considering that someone as capable as this guy I know didn't get the job implies that perhaps I was right to save the...