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Double Bass Decent double Bass for jazz???

#27
appledyl said:
All right guys thanks for the feedback. and those of you who were wondering: i live in springville, utah. I would prefer it to be able to arco as well, but if its just jazz thats fine.
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I arco, you arco, he/she arcoes, we arco?


fdeck said:
A reasonable interpretation is that the OP is looking for a bass, with a specific interest in playing jazz. I have played a large number of basses in the last couple months, in search of a new bass for myself. My opinion is that if cost is a major issue, a high quality plywood bass would certainly work for jazz, but if bowing is important, than the OP should at least try some plywood and hybrid basses side by side.

Also, welcome to TalkBass!
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imo, almost every "jazz" bass player will play some arco sometime, so he should get at least a hybrid one (yes, there are some plywood basses that sound decent played arco, but i haven't met one yet)

anyway, my rather cheap european (german bass) sound great played arco (I'm the one always going "can I use my bow, can I use my bow" @ rehearsals, regardless of the type of music we're playing)
 
#31
To the OT, have you contacted Prier Violins yet?

http://www.prierviolins.com/

They might be able to send you to someone who specializes in basses.

Another thought would be to call up some of the section players in the Utah Symphony. You could call up the orchestra administrative office and tell them what you are trying to do (i.e. get in touch with bassists in the section, for teaching and other help).

Bass players are generally pretty helpful folk. A section player in the Symphony tell you who they use for luthiery. Somebody in the section may play jazz, too, or could send you to a teacher who did.

Then you would have an ally; somebody who could help learn how to play the DB, steer you toward a decent bass, and help you get the luthiery help that every DB players needs.

Just my 2c. My family lived in SLC for awhile; I used to dig going to Prier's when I was a kid.

More specifically, a little searching on the net turned up this fellow, Denson Angulo:

http://www.youtube.com/user/bassius

Looks like he plays both jazz and orchestral, and is tied into the performance and teaching scene...

That said, the DB jungle is territory that is easier to manage with a guide or too, IMHO. Somebody in Salt Lake would be pretty easy to reach from Springville...
 
#38
There should be a sticky.

  1. What's your budget?
  2. Where are you?
  3. Where can you go?
  4. What are your expectations?
  5. What is your application?
  6. What have you tried and liked?
  7. What have you tried and not liked?
  8. Do you have a teacher or someone that can help you?
Answer all these and great wisdom and sanctimonious BS will follow.
 

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