Mini basses & young kids

[MandShef]

Hi there, my two sons age 5 & 8yrs are both keen on learning the double bass, and I love the idea of teaching them! I know you can get mini-sized basses for teaching young kids on, but I don't know what kind of age they're aimed at (I'm guessing 5 might be a bit young?!). Has anyone taught v young kids bass before? What sort of sizes do the mini-basses come in? And where do you get them from?!

[oggiesnr]

[size=4][font=lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif]I've seen a half size (hell of a lot of volume for size) and I believe they come smaller. I know that Peter Hall in Beverley purchased all a music centre's basses when it closed and may have some or know where to get them (he was the source of the half size I saw). Contactable on Beverley (01482) 888654 (or mobile 07901 591965) [/font][/size]

Steve

[Gareth Hughes]

Check Thomann out - think they go as small as 1/8 or 1/10.

[MandShef]

Thanks for your suggestions. I'll have to do some research.