chrkelly

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Hi Guys,[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I'm finally back at home now after a couple of months on tour. I anyone fancies a lesson get in touch, I've got plenty of free time at the mo.[/font][/color] Here's the link to my page in the teaching section; [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/809-professional-tuition-in-london-double-bass-specialist/page__pid__1503257#entry1503257"][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/809-professional-tuition-in-london-double-bass-specialist/page__pid__1503257#entry1503257[/font][/color][/url] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Cheers,[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Chris[/font][/color]

Hi Guys, I'm finally back at home now after a couple of months on tour. I anyone fancies a lesson get in touch, I've got plenty of free time at the mo. Cheers, Chris

Sorry guys, need to change my settings on the new site. It isn't emailing me anymore about new pms. Dan, I'm afraid I'm away on tour at the mo and won't be based at home till mid Jan. Christmas always gets a bit mental gig-wise. If you haven't sorted anything by then though I'd be happy to teach you. Oh and cheers or the recommendation Clarky

Hire a proper Stevenson case and take your German bass. Those styrofoam things are great for domestic touring but there's no way I'd trust one in the hold of a plane. Or better still, hire a bass out there. Saves a lot of grief & excess bagged fees, especially if you were only going to bring a crap knockaround anyway.

[quote name='bob_pickard' post='1373626' date='Sep 14 2011, 07:46 PM']Hello, as some of you may know I play in a 50s rock & roll band, use a mag pickup and regularly do 3 hour sets and all that jazz or errm rock and roll.. Anyway I currently use a Spiro Weichs, mixture of slap and pizz (mostly pizz) and generally get blisters every gig and practice even after two years or so - sometimes I get away with it, mostly not! So is there a lower tension magnetic string I coud try? I don't want to go the piezo route, been there got fed up with the feedback [/quote] You'll get blisters using any string if your technique isn't sorted. I doubt going lower tension will help, it'll just take all the balls out of your sound. Practice in front of a mirror and take a good look at your right hand, you'll be putting in way too much effort getting the string to speak. Concentrate on getting as big a sound as possible but with as little movement in your hand & fingers as possible. It's all that wasted effort that's giving you blisters.