Recent content by trevastation

totally agree. this is the only way to go. one's intonation and second natured-ness will get there faster and stronger by going this route. to start, i recommend my students (and myself) sing along with a piano while playing a major scale to REALLY entrench the intervallic relationship. All you...

I had the same problem, head went out during rehearsal and blew all new fuses. I've been dealing with this issue for two years now. Cost around $300 to get "fixed" initially (out of warranty, but no notice that it was, they just fixed it and charged me) and it never worked again, even after...

You gotta read. you get more work, or maybe more consistent work as far as recording for big bands or a jazz cat whose got charts. cant read? cant get that bread for that gig. that all being said, some can get away with it. i just think that the musical world opens up infinitely if you can read...

ive been through 'em all. had spirocores on my carved eastman for a while, but i love playing arco, even though most (90%) of my jobs are pizz. The spiros gave me too scratchy a tone even after a while. The bass has darkened considerably since then, but helicores still speak so muc more...

Evahs, i had an E and A on my eastman, and they were real dark, bowed well, but too quiet and soft on my bass so now i have two barely used ones sitting around. they might do well on yours though. i do a good bit of both pizz and arco, and i found the inexpensive helicore hybrids to be...

THE BLUES!! all keys. once you get it in one, just move it around. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise is easy and a great tune, as is autumn leaves. Rhythm changes aren't that hard anyway, for a novice. If you cant walk over the first 8 bars well, all one has to do is generalize the changes in...

from my long time in a used music shop, looks a lot like a Hondo. hard to tell without a closeup of the headstock. there's another brand too, cervante or something....something spanish sounding with a c. could be that.