Silvia Bluejay

I see everybody's point. All I was trying to say is: when you have learned to play bass in a certain way - righty or lefty - and played like that for years or even decades, you will NOT find it easy,or even possible, to learn to play double bass the other way round. It's NOT a different instrument, and if your brain knows the chords, and you muscles know the movements, in a lefty way, that's what you're going to try and apply to the DB.

And Rafa Nadal plays tennis as a lefty but isn't one... but playing bass is different, at least in my experience. I can do most things with either hand, but not bass playing. Also, I didn't find learning to play the upright the same as learning a new instrument, at all. The key is in the name - upright [b]bass[/b]...it's still bass

Having played the upright a bit when it was right-handed, just to try how it felt, I'm afraid I couldn't disagree more.

I've turned my upright left-handed, and since it was my first time I bought the cheapest I could find. It can be done, especially as EUBs are more or less symmetrical, but the results, both in terms of ergonomics and intonation, will never be as good as if the bass was created left-handed. I have no experience of double basses, but I imagine the same applies to them - you can turn things around, but they will be optimised for use by a left fretting hand and a right plucking/bowing hand, and for standing at your left side, in many subtle ways, as well as being slightly different inside. However, I was once told that ready-made left-handed DBs simply don't exist? And that you either have to have one built especially for you by a luthier, or get a right-handed one modified professionally. Is that info correct?

[quote name='silddx' timestamp='1330986053' post='1565999'] Point one. Don't f*** with the Warwick neck. They are that thickness for a reason and they have shallowed recently due to some sort of technological advance they say. I have the very neck you describe and it is a little thick, but I think thicker necks are generally more ergonomic. There are some VERY small women who play bass, and upright bass, although, played properly, upright is more ergonomic due to the reduced flexion of the wrist, and less ulnar deviation. The thing is, as I posted much earlier, you don't appear to have considered that other activities may be the root cause of your problem and any diagnosis on here will be completely hit or miss, which means if you are relying on it, or you own, you are putting yourself at risk of making the problem worse. Go an see a bloody doctor! x [/quote] I agree completely. I'm tiny (5'2", with hands in proportion!), I play not one but three Warwicks, two of which are 5 string, and an upright. I have no problem at all in the wrist of my fretting hand. As I mentioned before, I did have pain in my left (plucking) wrist, and that turned out to be Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and to be unrelated to bass playing. So yes, go see a doctor.

Make sure you don't have to pay VAT or whatever the tax is on imported goods, when you come back to this country.

As a heavy metal fan, I like black instruments a lot, and my first student bass was indeed black, as is my new fretless and my upright. However, I also love natural and blue.

That sounds great! (Apart from the scaring off Dood bit!!)

LOOOL Or you could share a space with other exhibitors. And those of us who are definitely going to the show could pitch in with a few quid to make it happen.

LOL, definitely up for wearing the stickers SOMEWHERE on my body, but possibly not my forehead!

BassBus, beside representing TC Electronic, Jon Thorne said something about having his upright specially made for him, but I missed who by, I'm afraid. Did anyone catch that bit of info?

It was great meeting you, Shell, and roaming around the show chatting to other members of this forum and, in my case, of the Warwick forum i'm also a member of. My avatar helped quite a few of you to recognise me and say hi. Next year we must definitely find a way for all of us to recognise one other more easily and also to meet up in the evening, when we don't have to rush to masterclasses o gigs! And... I want a bag with "B E A D G, yes - have a problem with that?"

Haha, yes! It was a pleasure to talk to you

Hello Tom, and welcome!

I don't think there would ever be a dedicated London Double Bass Show, TBH, so it would have been clever to have more DBs and/or EUBs at the show.

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1330953795' post='1565208'] I don't know if what an illusion or reorganisation of the layout, but it seemed smaller to me this year, I certainly got round it very quickly. I was disappointed with the singular lack of DBs to try/buy, i.e. none. The one on the Strings & Things stand was there solely promoting the strings fitted to it. I can't understand why JHS didn't have one as they certainly distribute a range of DBs. Whether I go next year will depend on the live stage and masterclass line up. [/quote] Agree on all counts. It did feel smaller than last year - in a sense, that may have been a good thing as there were more gigs and masterclasses to attend. If I had gone with the intention to buy something, I wouldn't have had the time to study all the gear at all the stands in addition to catching the masterclasses, and I would then have bought a ticket for the Sunday too. Equally disappointed by the scarcity of DBs. There was one NS Design 5-string upright I drooled all over, and a yellow double bass, and that was it. No DB-related gear. Anyway, I will go again next year, no matter what.

LOL loving this thread. Yorkshire or Canterbury, this upright bassgirl is unable to attend, I'm afraid, but I'm sending you all good vibes! Please take pics!

OK posting mine here too: [url="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150644056799207.413204.528729206&type=1&l=d2b1575e92"]https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150644056799207.413204.528729206&type=1&l=d2b1575e92[/url]

Some more photos from the show,in addition to those published by you guys. Will also add a link to your album on FB. [url="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150644056799207.413204.528729206&type=1&l=d2b1575e92"]https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150644056799207.413204.528729206&type=1&l=d2b1575e92[/url]

How on Earth did you guess???!!!?????

The first one I was going to was at 10:30, and I arrived around 10 minutes before that.

LOL but we only spent a few minutes talking to Jason

[quote name='shizznit' timestamp='1330854223' post='1563674'] I can't answer this question. There isn't a category for "I'm just in it for the chicks!" [/quote] But quality chicks don't fall for that. They only find real talent sexy So you probably have to make do with slappers (of the non-musical variety)

I voted "I practice a lot and only play or record at home for my own pleasure". I guess "but I'm still not as good as I'd like to be" is missing at the end of that statement There are currently two other BC souls in my club