Recent content by shappenfit

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    Double Bass Muting for the conscientious player in apartment or during nighttime

    especially if it was stiffer than mattress material. actually a lot of these would do better with thick foam, but i had the mattress pad laying around already
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    Double Bass Muting for the conscientious player in apartment or during nighttime

    Definitely for those not living in a basement, though for me it doesn't have the same dramatic effect. Tried with a elastic folk guitar capo, but was no where near long enough to fit around it. I would imagine this would do a lot to help too though, maybe even just a centimeter strip of...
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    Double Bass Muting for the conscientious player in apartment or during nighttime

    I spent a while searching the forums and found bits and pieces of advice, but nothing that really fully answered the question of how to mute your bass the most. I live in a basement apartment, directly below my upstairs neighbors bedroom, and given the house is over 100 years old, the...
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    Double Bass Need help identifying my bass

    Thanks Steve, i totally hadn't noticed the bridge, I may have accidentally let it ride up when I changed the strings on Tuesday. It should be about in the center of the F holes, correct? Also, do you know where the SN is usually stamped? EDIT: That also may explain why the intonation has...
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    Double Bass Need help identifying my bass

    :P Thank you internet wizards! That definitely will help answer the question "what do you play?" better than my previous "well, it might be a late kay, but I'm not really sure, but it could be..." :hyper:
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    Double Bass Need help identifying my bass

    Howdy folks! Just recently pulled my bass out of storage and have started bringing it (and me) back into working condition. Got some new Pirastro Obligatos on it, which play and sound great, and am slowly getting back into shape myself. Anyhoo, I realized that I never really found out...