Recent content by saddlemeyer

Hmm so maybe it's an instrument or string mismatch. I'm playing my Dad's beloved laminate bass (circa 1960). I think it sounds great but it's not the growliest. I'm not positive what the strings are, but of the several empty boxes in the bass bin, my best guess are these...

Soul Coughing was huge for me back in high school when I was first learning double bass. Then I forgot about them for a decade or three. Last week for no particular reason they popped into my head and I've been nostalgia-bombing Ruby Vroom ever since. What a fantastic record. Of course I'm...

Curious, do you also use the Sennheiser e604 for recording? Or is it primarily for performance?

After two decades of nomadism I'm finally reunited with my beloved double bass. It took longer than expected, but after a year of rebuilding my atrophied chops I think I'm physically ready to play out. So... time to think about amplification. There are many new pickups on the market since the...