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Double Bass pops rosin paper cup
- Thread starter FiReFoX
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I just got on to look for tips on resuscitating rosin and found this thread immediately. Thanks folks. I'm about to start torturing family and cats while attempting arco again and my Pop's suffered from a long summer in the dresser drawer. I'll try the moist sponge method and see what happens. The family and cats are praying it won't work.
O.K. I gots some Pops yesterday and started trying to apply it to my newly re-haired bow. I spent 15 minutes applying it and got nothing. 30 minutes and nothing, the bow just slid right over the strings with no sound. I youtubed and found a video explainig how to appply rosin. I was doing everything correctly. I tried again for another 15 minutes or so and still nothing. How long does one have to do this? I had fiberglass hair on the bow last time but upgraded to a better hair this time. Could that be making a difference?
start at the frog and give it a good couple of downbow strokes to warm up the rosin a bit.
At the temperature that I keep my house right now, my new cake of Pops has not budged since I got it.
does anyone do the pops in microwave trick? I've never done it myself but have tried some that has been microwaved. it's fantastic!!
I've done it before and it works well enough. Just be sure to not microwave it too long. The first time I tried it, I was an idiot and microwaved the rosin for over a minute so of course when I pulled it out, it was this molten liquid that spilled all over my hand giving me second degree burns on my thumb and fingers. My preferred method is to find a cable box or some other electronic device that is always on and leave it on top of that over night.
I'm trying something new, for me, with the paper cup on my latest Pops.
I'm cutting the cup, with a sharp knife, about 1/4 in off all the way around and peeling it off.
The bottom of the cup is still there, with about a 1/4 in of exposed rosin. My fingers don't touch the rosin. It doesn't stick to the bottom of the container. The paper edge is straight, so no avoiding the little bits of paper when rosining the bow.
I found tearing it off (without cutting it first) left a very ragged edge.
I'm cutting the cup, with a sharp knife, about 1/4 in off all the way around and peeling it off.
The bottom of the cup is still there, with about a 1/4 in of exposed rosin. My fingers don't touch the rosin. It doesn't stick to the bottom of the container. The paper edge is straight, so no avoiding the little bits of paper when rosining the bow.
I found tearing it off (without cutting it first) left a very ragged edge.
A oldy but goody
thinking of you said:Ok, I won't say too much, but what is the craziest thing you've done/seen done/told someone to do in the game truth or dare?
To break the ice, I'll go first.
Stupidest Dare- Last day of orchestra we were all playing truth or dare and someone dared one of the other bass players to eat half the thing of pops rosin, and he did and got all sick and threw up...then like 5 minutes after he left, the other bass player came back from the bathroom and theres a bunch of barf and a half eaten thing of rosin on the floor, and he says "where'd all my rosin go?"
It was sooo funny.
I gave up on Pops years ago, and use Jade or Carlson's.
