Recent content by Torkil Hjelle

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    Double Bass Hard to intonate on this one spesific bass, please help!

    Thank you for the reply! I adjusted the wheels on the bridge to get a higher setting recently, but I can't really tell any difference in intonation. When I bought this bass (it's a year or so old) the bass was strung with Nürnberger Precision-strings. These strings are quite thin and very...
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    Double Bass Hard to intonate on this one spesific bass, please help!

    I'm practicing more than ever on my upright now, and yesterday I played a different bass. I could intonate like I never could on my own bass. I've thought of this some other time when trying other basses too, but this time I REALLY felt the difference. I'm starting to wonder if my bass needs...
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    Double Bass Tricks to play DB E-String Better??

    I use to pull the string slightly towards my 4'o'clock as the strings won't hit the fretboard hard or at all. I also love the sound I get when I place my right hand at the very end of the fingerboard and sluck my finger down into the fingerboard... the sound of my finger hitting the fingerboard...
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    Double Bass Amp recommendations?

    I recently got my Full Circle installed, before that i had The Realist, and I can say the Full Circle is just what I wanted: the warmth of the realist but more string detail and definition, and it sounds good at high volumes too. I have a MarkBass LM Tube800 head and a 2x12 New York MarkBass...
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    Double Bass Inputs on Nürnberger Precision strings?

    Okay, thank you! I have a set Velvet Blues in my closet ready, but I think I'll try and maybe play out the Nürnberger strings first (need to think economic after using ALL my money on the bass) :banghead:
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    Double Bass Inputs on Nürnberger Precision strings?

    So I'm a jazz-pizz player waiting for my Gewa Europe Bass to be ready to bring home. The strings installed are "Nürnberger Precision" strings. I haven't heard of the strings before, and can't find anything on the internet about them other than a link to the product itself: Invalid Link Removed...