Owencf

[quote name='bobmartin' timestamp='1433346385' post='2790320'] * Your 6" may vary.. [/quote] Says you ...

a thin bit of padding around the inside of the end pin hole, gotta go in through the panel on the back while the pin is full up

Tempting to get just to tinker with and muddle my way along with something other than the Double bass

Lazarus strikes back, Has anyone else had any experience with these horns?

I get the distinct feeling my situation will be changing, how does one fit practice in when progeny arrive? i seriously hadnt thought this whole pregnancy thing through. But yeah healthier living, and a less stressy environment help me practice. Now to just win lotto, buy an Island somewhere near Shetland so i can sandbag up and practice

I can see that Bass players finger tape being linked soon . i patched my blisters up with a dab of superglue once its broken to hold the skin together a bitty longer to allow the meat under to toughen a little.

[quote name='TheRev' timestamp='1422874798' post='2677697'] "Is that a 'cello?" [/quote] I get this one alot as i walk with my double bass on my back, I dont mind children asking but fully grown slackjawed adults makes me cringe. I pass several pubs and when asked the usual response is "no im the drummer/organist/clarinetist/etc(whatever springs to mind) i swear you can see the cogs turning. Put a Double bass on your back and everyone becomes a comedian.

ive got a Killer Twinkle twinkle little star and Tell Aunty Rhody

Changed from Unknown strings to D'Addario Helicore Orchestral Mediums after an E went BOOM!! Made a difference to my Arco, Much brighter and cleaner. I dont Pizz enough to know what changed there.

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1422120649' post='2668939'] I can barely play with either! Lol [/quote] Practice mate practice, blah blah blah makes perfect. Never seen let alone used a German pattern bow, Im still rockin the French cheap student wood bow.

Ok so going with Daddario Orchestral Mediums the strings pull a grand total of 266.9lbs...thats kinda worrying when its only a few inches off my face. Naaaahhhhh, was more a curiosity as i was working with some Hydraulic cylinders n got to thinking about retained pressure and what would happen if it was charged

That seems too easy... But cheers for the info.

Evening all, Just a random question yet again from me, How does on work out the overall tension on the neck of the Double bass when in tune. Undoubtedly it will involve some physics and algebra, im ready to melt my mind. Cheers Owencf

[quote name='SubsonicSimpleton' timestamp='1417202683' post='2618244'] The G4M cases are enormous, so you need to consider how you'll be transporting the bass - if you use a softcase, you can fit the neck between the front seats of a regular hatchback, or tilt the passenger seat back and put the neck down into the footwell, if you use a hardcase, the added bulk of the case will make it physically impossible to do this. Mr Chalmers shows how it's done in this vid [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3HJCBJFTRk[/media] [/quote] Cheers Geoff and Subsonic, My Alto should get this in Never tried though

[quote name='Telebass' timestamp='1417185538' post='2617943'] Er...preppy? [/quote] I dont get it either sounds fine to me