Double Bass NBD NS Designs WAV 5

[bobpond]

I am an electric bass player, I played a double bass for a while in college after I rebuilt it from non-playable to sounding pretty good, but that was just for maybe 6 months and I was clueless as a player. I did go to a local expert (Princeton, NJ in 1978 not hard to find) and watched them reset the sound post and bridge so fixing the thing up I did OK.

I've always wanted to learn double bass, but now that I have the time and money I really do not have the room for one. Someday I'll have an Upton, but no room now.

Anyway I've been watching for something I can manage and this week it came up.

I just received this bass on a great deal from eBay. Maybe because it's a 5 string it was unpopular or maybe because it's pretty RED rather than amber who knows. In any case its mine now and it is exactly what I needed.

Through my VT deluxe everything set flat and through the JBL Eons pictured it sounds more like an acoustic than I would have through.

The neck feels very comfortable. Not being able to leverage against the body and feel it for left hand will take a little adjustment, I do the same playing electric, but in the scope of learning the whole new instrument that's a small piece.

In any case I could not be happier, in 5 minutes it was totally clear that tuning was about the only thing in common between electric and upright, but at the same time the upright felt so comfortable that I know this will be a great journey.

 

[Jason Hollar]

Looks cool. I'd love to get a CR4M someday. There's a lot of great advice here on TB, but mine is begin practicing the Simandl method if you'd like to pursue any classical foundations - or seek out the Ray Brown and/or Rufus Reid methods which are based on Simandl fingering but goes into the basic jazz scales & stuff. Good luck!

 

[bobpond]

Looks cool. I'd love to get a CR4M someday. There's a lot of great advice here on TB, but mine is begin practicing the Simandl method if you'd like to pursue any classical foundations - or seek out the Ray Brown and/or Rufus Reid methods which are based on Simandl fingering but goes into the basic jazz scales & stuff. Good luck!

Thanks. I've got the Ray Brown book on the way. I have looked at resources on the Simandl method and will place some orders soon so start reading and then when I can get a bow in a month or so I'll starting following. I'm also looking at online lessons.

The CR series look awesome, I wanted to bid on a CR5 a couple of months ago and I was kicking myself for not doing so as it went for a great price. I've been a Ned Stienberger fan for a long time mostly as a tech geek. His EUB was the first product I wanted to own so I'm really happy to have one. His bottom of the line is certainly good enough for me at this point so I don't feel so bad about the one that got away.

 

[tzdroik]

I also just bought one of these. Once the summer gig schedule lightens up i am going to woodshed with it. I will have to check out the Ray Brown book. Congrats on your purchase.