Recent content by SamRReye

Yea but people in the audience may not be aware of what a really great bass sound is. Schnitter set up my bass as well. He's great.

Don, no worries- The guy letting me try it is a pro repair guy and deals the FC. He swears by it so I'll assume he knows what he's doing. Yes! The realist that goes under the foot is the one I've been using with the AI contra. Terrible sound.

So is the general consensus, as Mike said, that the realist has a better attack but this fishman a better overall tone and sustain? I found someone who's going to let me try out a FC this week. This is all great information. Do any of you, besides the first one or two guys that posted, have...

I'm open to pick ups or mics. Anything you've had luck with.

Has anyone tried a pickup that they found worked particularly well with the acoustic image contra? Despite it's monicker, I'm having a hard time getting a good acoustic sound out of my acoustic image contra amp. I've had it for years and for a while I just pretty much stopped using it and...

Un-anchoring the thumb on the right hand helps. This allows you to get more of a flicking or flailing motion that with practice you can control. You can see Eddie Khan doing it in the Max Roach video. Also, I don't believe there's any shame in doubling up notes.

What do you use to clean them?

Hi all. I play double bass, mainly jazz, and have been experimenting with velvet strings. I love the sound that larry grenadier gets and allegedly he uses a velvet G string, either an anima or a garbo. So here's my problem- i initially tried the Blues, an entire set, and after a couple...