Double Bass bass stands

[akmusicfreak]

I use an Ingles and it works well for me, I just used it today at a packed ski lodge gig. It even works well for me at gigs with lots of drunk people.

This is just my opinion, to each his own.

 

[David Potts]

Could some clever designer come up with a bass transporter that triples as a stool and also a stand, is sturdy, light weight and safe?

DP

 

[Brandon Tuomiko]

That would be a cool idea, but I have never heard of one. Where I play, they wont let us use a seat.

 

[ADissen]

kinda almost.
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[drurb]

...and another:
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Where I play, they wont let us use a seat.

"They" won't let you play using a stool?

 

[Brandon Tuomiko]

The conductor is a bass pro and he says its improper. We could at the middle school, but not at the highschool.

 

[ADissen]

does he make the rest of the orchestra stand too?

 

[wkgmusician]

+1 on the Ingles.

 

[drurb]

The conductor is a bass pro and he says its improper. We could at the middle school, but not at the highschool.

He's a bass pro. Where does one even begin? Maybe Invalid Link Removed, among thousands of places. I give up.

 

[Brandon Tuomiko]

I don't know. He played for the KC symphony, and he said they never used them. And his teacher told him that for some reason, it was not proper for a bass player to sit.

I don't know, but thats his theory. I really don't care, and do not mind standing anyways.

We can use chairs if we are not playing, like if he is working on the violin section or something.

But for concerts- no chairs.

 

[thewhale]

The conductor is a bass pro and he says its improper. We could at the middle school, but not at the highschool.

By bass pro I'm assuming you're talking about the fish and not the instrument. No professional bass player would say that. They may prefer standing, lots of bass players do, but to forbid it is ignorant and disrespectful to a widely accepted (dare I say more popular) way to play.

OP, I hardly trust leaving my bass anywhere, especially in a camp setting. The majority of students and even some professionals do not respect basses and give them the proper care when walking around them. I figure that no matter where the bass is, someone could walk too close and knock it around and I'd rather the bass be already on the ground than in a shaky stand ready to do serious damage.

I try to clear a safe place to set my bass on its side usually after the other players walk by and then I try to get back to my bass before the other players walk back in.

Trust no one. In the past it's been other bass players that have damaged my instruments the most. They're just difficult to protect.

 

[drurb]

By bass pro I'm assuming you're talking about the fish and not the instrument.

Two points!

I wonder what would happen if Brandon or one of his section mates began studying with a real double-bass pro who preferred sitting. Would the director insist that the student ignore his/her teacher?

 

[billyfalconer]

The conductor is a bass pro and he says its improper.

He needs to go straighten out these apparent amateurs: Invalid Link Removed

 

[drurb]

He needs to go straighten out these apparent amateurs: Invalid Link Removed

Nah, but whoa unto any of those "amateurs" who tried to play in his orchestra while sitting!

 

[Don Higdon]

Not to highjack the thread, but I've observed many fine orchestras and bassists, and the highest frequency of misuse of the spinal column is among players who sit. For example, in drurb's link to "apparent amateurs", Joe DiBello. The other three aren't playing, and can't be judged either way.

My own teacher, Linda McKnight, (Manhattan School of Music) is adamant about standing to play.

In fairness to someone whose posts have annoyed me, he is, in fact, deferring to someone with more proven knowledge and experience, a quality the absence of which drove everybody nuts on other threads.

 

[drurb]

Not to highjack the thread, but I've observed many fine orchestras and bassists, and the highest frequency of misuse of the spinal column is among players who sit. For example, in drurb's link to "apparent amateurs", Joe DiBello. The other three aren't playing, and can't be judged either way.

My own teacher, Linda McKnight, (Manhattan School of Music) is adamant about standing to play.

In fairness to someone whose posts have annoyed me, he is, in fact, deferring to someone with more proven knowledge and experience, a quality the absence of which drove everybody nuts on other threads.

First of all, that wasn't my link-- it was billyfalconer's link. Second, the point is that players have different preferences. Yours is apparently for standing as was mine for many years. Playing styles aside, and with all due respect to your obvious depth of knowledge in the area, there are physical issues other than spinal alignment that may cause a player, especially an older one, to sit. Brandon's reply was that his orchestra director is a "bass pro" and says sitting is "improper." Well, I dare say there are many bass pros who post here and many, many pros who sit. I gather that you, even with your preference for standing, would not call sitting while playing "improper" on its face. If I'm correct, I think you'd argue that if one is going to do it, one should do it properly. Fair enough and I couldn't agree more. As a young player, Brandon should defer to expertise-- preferably that of his own teacher. The issue, however, was the unreasonableness of anyone holding that to sit while playing is "improper." That's about as inappropriate as claiming that using a German or French bow is "improper." It's a matter of style and both are quite valid. I suspect we don't actually disagree on any substantive part of all this.

 

[thewhale]

I think World War III will be started by bass players. French v German, Sitting v Standing.

 

[Nathan Parker]

The standers would win.

 

[Don Higdon]

The standers would win.

Especially if they're armed with German bows.

 

[McGryff]

...I added foam pipe insulation to the bottom stand supports as recommended in a recent thread, and the cushy foam improves the “set” of the bass into the stand.

Randy, what diameter foam did you put on the Ingles stand? I'm finding my bass' edges are starting to eat into the original foam. I've rotated it a couple times, but I'd be up for trying out an aftermarket grade of foam.

Thanks!