Double Bass Cutaway bass?

[Blaine]

Thats such a beautiful design James.

 

[james condino]

Thx.

I've got a giant new 7/8 version underway; 29" lower bouts and a removable neck.

Back to the original conversation.....

 

[damonsmith]

It is great to make new designs that make the instrument more playable. Still, I highly doubt anyone who is too lazy learn thumb position would have any interesting material to play in the upper register.

Thumb position is easy and is a more efficient system with far more options than the positions used in the lower register.
Trying to buy/build your way around learning to play the instrument is profoundly lazy. Even just to have a historical grasp on how the instrument developed. I have gotten 12 & 13 year olds playing up there in just a few lessons.
As a friend told me early on: "if music is too hard for you then you should just listen to music".
@james condino - that is a beautiful design, I would still use thumb position in the upper register.

 

[Fredrik E. Nilsen]

It is great to make new designs that make the instrument more playable. Still, I Highly doubt anyone who is too lazy learn thumb position would have any interesting material to play in the upper register.

All cutaway basses I've seen have been played by rockabilly-players. Gives you a few more tones to slap on, with traditional fingering. I've tried slapping with thumb position, but that's almost impossible (for me).

 

[damonsmith]

All cutaway basses I've seen have been played by rockabilly-players. Gives you a few more tones to slap on, with traditional fingering. I've tried slapping with thumb position, but that's almost impossible (for me).

I guess if you find one that is a reasonable price. Otherwise it is a lot of extra money for a higher pitched "dooka-dooka dookity-dook" once a set.