Double Bass resource

[Bilbo]

If you scroll down to the bottom of this String Emporium website there are a range of helpful notes ablut all sorts of elements of double bass playing, manufacture, materials etc. Usefull stuff if you have a minute to scan it. I got my Finale CF Bow from them and they were really quick and easy to use.

[url="http://www.stringemporium.com/index.htm"]String Emporium [/url]

Some examples:

Classical or Jazz upright bass?
How to Practice on an Upright Bass
Flying with an Upright Bass
Dr. Beat Thoughts on Etudes

[fatback]

Nice one, Bilbo. Thanks

They've got some interesting pickup soundclips in there too.

[Gareth Hughes]

Thanks for that Bilbo - that's certainly some good food for thought in there. Onwards and upwards and back to the saw!!!

[bassace]

Thanks Bilbo. Steve's site is a nice concise double bass book in itself. I found the items on strings to be very interesting: I've always been a Spirocore man but have just bought a new bass that is fitted with Bel Canto strings. They're generally reckonned to be orchestral strings but on first playing I rather like them for jazz. Anyone with experience of using them?

[geoffbassist]

Hi Roger. I really like the belcantos for acoustic pizz. However I couldn't make them
work with an amp.
BTW I love them with the bow!

[Major-Minor]

Yes I've used belcantos on my orchestral bass. And they were excellent with the bow. But I wouldn't want to use them for jazz.

[bassace]

Geoff and M-M, thanks for the timely caution. They seem almost impossibly easy to play but probably lack the attack that I'd need. I'll stick a set of Spiros on tomorrow and see how the bass sounds before I get my cheque book out.

Sorry to hijack the thread, guys, but you know how one thing can lead to another and that's the great thing about forums.