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I started on the viola and have only used the French bow with my bass. I curious about the German bow and am considering getting an inexpensive one to try but don't know if it will be worth the effort. (I'm an amateur who only plays with a community orchestra)

So I used some of the advice and used blu tack with excellent results.

My community orchestra has a Christmas concert in their concert series and we tend to go a little crazy for the second half - Christmas hats, Christmas lights on our stands, etc. For the past few years, I have added some battery operated lights to my scroll. I don’t attach them in Amy way, only...

I can fit my 5/8 bass in my Camaro. And I could have a passenger behind me. The bass is in the passenger seat so the trunk is completely empty for whatever instrument they may bring. And the trunk is surprisingly large. The look on people’s faces when I pull my bass out of a sports car is...

If you're willing to go a little non-traditional, Upton Bass sells a carbon fiber endpin with the options of ½"diameter-16" long. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] I'm looking at getting one but shipping to Canada is cost-prohibitive.

My mistake - it's a Shen bass. I had only ever heard it spoken and wrote it incorrectly. As for the endpin gauge, my callipers are very cheap and that was the closest size. I wanted dowels that were slightly smaller than the hole I was trying to ream out to allow for the thickness of the sandpaper.

I realize this is an old thread, but I wanted to thank you for posting this. I bought a new Chan base and the endpin has been tight since the day I got it. I used my callipers to determine my endpin was 12 mm. I went to the hardware store and bought 2 dowels (1/2" and 3/8" - slightly smaller...

I'm really rusty and am hoping that someone can direct me to a method to get me back up to speed. I recently bought myself a bass that I can play (40" string length for tiny hands) and haven't really played in the last decade or so. I belong to my community orchestra and need to get my...