Rosie C

I posted 'Emmet Otter' on the word association thread this morning, and later as I was driving I realised a washtub bass uses resonance in the same sort of way I was thinking 🤔

Thanks @itu ! Lots to think about there...

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Me too. I also wonder how large it needs to be - in the photo it looks like it could be half the area which would make it more portable, but maybe less effective. Also does standing on the platform help, or would it work as well or better if I lowered the end pin a bit and stood to the side. I feel I might have to make a prototype to answer all these questions!

I play double bass in a Morris side, and I'd rather not play with an amp but it's not loud enough in many situations. I've been thinking about a 'cello riser, but I see differing opinions on whether they're just to increase the height of the 'cellist, or actually increase resonance/volume. Has anyone any experience of using one? I'm also wondering if anyone has made a DIY one?

Gladly!

Soundproofed basement is nearest the truth - we have a little stone barn with 2' thick walls that we use for practice. But we're moving next year and we're planning some sort of combined lounge-come-practice-room so we'll have to see what sort of house we find.

Thanks!

Indeed it should! Each time I needed to move the amp I had to get my partner to help move the cabinets, and it felt like that children's 'Towers of Hanoi' puzzle, lifting the pieces of the puzzle from one place to another. Except each piece is 37kg! Wheels are definitely the way forward

Having made up my fancy lime green cables, I couldn't fit them without lifting the cabinets & amp which were stacked against a wall. So at the weekend I had a little DIY task... Two layers of 12mm plywood and some PSE: The amp came with a little trolley which wasn't up to much but the castors were worth re-using: Slap on some black paint: Ta da! Now it wheels around easily

That is impressive. I once gave a friend with a 3/4 on the larger end of the scale in my Up! and it was very snug indeed. I doubt it would have fitted a 7/8 or 4/4

I used to transport my double bass in a VW Fox and a VW Up! which are both quite small. My method was with the back seat down, put the neck of the bass between the front seats, push forward until the tail end is in the boot, then push to the right, so the scroll moves to the left clearing the handbrake and gear lever.

I sold it on, and the buyer had it repaired. He reported back that original parts were prohibitively expensive but his local tech guy was able to fit a generic pre-amp board with decent results.

I had a 'double 4'. It sounded great but after about a year something in the pre-amp stage blew. I suppose that can happen with any brand, one bad one in a batch, but it put me off buying a larger PJB amp.

People seem to either love or hate theory. I have two friends who are both fantastic violinists and both saw grade 5 theory as a horrible thing to just get through. Whereas I have grade 6/7 theory now and can't enough. As well as it being necessary for progressing to higher grades I find it invaluable for songwriting and for improvising parts on the fly.