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Thanks all, good suggestions. I haven't tried sitting, so I'll see if I can get comfortable with that. I may have to invest in a decent adjustable stool. I just have a couple old bar stools, but they might magically be a good fit. I'm just using the side support that came with it (...

I'm having a hard time finding a good playing posture. Seems like the balance is off if I try to follow some of the guides I have read about posture with a standard double bass. If I keep it balanced on my hip, I run into my leg with the bow on the E string. If I correct that, it ends up falling...

I don't know if they will thin out over time. The only place I was able to find measurements was on this Bassuke website. I decided that site was a little too sketchy for me to actually use the store, even though they're cheaper than the Kala site. I'm guessing the measurements for the standard...

So it's been more than 2 months since I originally picked out this UBass, but I can finally play it with the nice strings. I wrote a up a nice timeline of the whole ordeal... here's the summary: 11/20/2018 - I picked out the UBass I liked at the store, but there was a crack in the neck. They...

Thanks for the tips, all. I'll see if I can borrow a non-powered hand drill from my dad. The access panel on the back should make it pretty easy.

Did you use any special tools? I just have a power drill. I'm not sure if I would want to invest in some more precise tools or see how much it would cost for an instrument repair shop to do it. I think the passenger is a new "budget" model, so the quality control may not be up to the original...

I just got a Kala Passenger UBass and I don't really like the strings it comes with. They're sticky and the E string has a weird kind of polytone that the other strings don't have. So I got some Invalid Link Removed strings that seem to be well-liked here. The E string went in fine, but the...

Hi all, I started playing bass about 15 years ago in high school. I played in a punk rock band, some jazz combos, and the school orchestra. In college and afterwards I played some jazz with friends around town. About 5 or 6 years ago I stopped playing mostly to improve my career skills and try...