Recent content by thegladman

I'll take it.

My 2 cents worth: My father was a professional musician. Lifetime union member. Started playing "pro" at 15. Played in the "Navy Kings" while in the navy during WW2. Swing/jazz bands and through the jazz era to the 1970's. Then the country club scene, hotels, etc. He had a day job too. Which he...

I changed from belcantos to zyex (med) on a '20's carved German bass. From what I'm reading here, it depends on the bass. I do not like the sound of the zyex very much. Pizz sounds better than arco. On my bass, the arco sound sucks the big green weenie. Hard to get a good sound from the start of...

I'm in PA, would love to take a look but the holidays are making a mess of my schedule. I'll watch post and contact you after the 1st of the year. I've never responded on the forum before so not sure how to give you email address or use other messaging besides posting on forum.

Still available?