Recent content by zimmy65

I ended up taking lessons with Mike as the other person was not a good fit for me. Mike's good. Very chill and he clearly knows his stuff.

I was a total beginner with the double bass so I’m not even sure what fingering technique I was learning. We were working from the Simandl book if that means anything. I have spinal degeneration that was causing nerve compression which made my thumbs weak and caused my fingers to spasm. Had...

I’ve thought about going to Mike but he’s on the other side of town. I may still try him. The right teacher makes such a big difference.

He certainly has a presence on YouTube and his videos are great.

Rich Brown doesn't seem to be taking any students. I did look at his site a while ago. I found somebody who was highly recommended in the original thread from twenty years ago and he's a short walk from my home. He sounds more methodical in his approach than my current teacher based on the...

Thanks everyone! I will definitely post photos of the 32" build. It's going to take a few months just for Warmoth to ship the parts so the build is going to be a slow process.

Thanks. I don't see anything online suggesting that she teaches, let alone works with newbies like me.

Hello! Just started playing bass guitar after trying double bass last year but having to stop because of some physical issues. I'm playing fretless as it feels closer to double bass. I've studied classical guitar for a few years and am finding that holding the bass guitar in a classical guitar...

I'm new on here and very new to bass guitar (but have played classical guitar for a few years). I'm looking for a good teacher in Toronto. I have one but he's disorganized. I found a similar thread on here but it's almost twenty years old so I figured there are probably some new ones that the...