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I would agree that a physical teacher is the best way to go overall yeah. That way you get instant feedback about your playing. Myself I learn through lots of different channels via other musicians, online searching, listening to recordings, trial & error, etc, etc..... I do plan to have some lessons in the future at some point as well by a physical teacher.

Hi gapiro Im near the start of Lauren's Thumb Position Course which is Great! Video and sound is Great and the lessons seem well paced with example pdf's to print out when you want. Excellent value for money. Not far off the price of a single lesson with your double bass teacher. You can see a list of what is involved in the course lesson curriculum. There are sample lessons you can watch. If you enrol in a course you get to be part of Facebook study group page where you can ask questions. AND they offer a 30 day money back guarantee if you aren't into it. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG!!!!!!!! Ha ha ha! Go for it!!!

Yeah I second - [font="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"][color="#282828"]A New History of the Double Bass! I happened to see one in a library and picked it up thinking it may be more relevant to classical but found it very informative and interesting. Excellent![/color][/font]

Fitted one in a Fiat Ciquencento courtesy car!

Thanks guys. Yeah it was cool getting the call. She's going to be 80 in January and I think she became famous at 19 so she's been doing it for 60 years! Amazing! Hey jazzyvee if you see me on a gig again come and say Hi. I had the recent Midlands Bass Bash in my diary for ages but turned out i couldn't go in the end so I'll have to wait for the next one.

If anyone is stuck for what to watch on TV this Christmas you could always watch me! Ive just been down to London to record a TV program - "David Walliams Celebrates Dame Shirley Bassey" which will be broadcast on Christmas Eve BBC1 at 9pm. We play about 6 or 7 numbers with a 26 piece band. Im at the back on double and electric bass. Ive got no idea whether the camera will pass by me or not but if it does my Mum will be very pleased! Ive just put up a new website as well if anyone is interested. www.mikegreenbass.com

Hey Bassace and Lowdown thanks a lot! Ive only just come across this post now. The Round House Choir were AMAZING! You must be proud Pete. I couldn't believe the immense sound of the full line up live. (Horns, strings, vocals, rhythm section). Very powerful! Anyone spot my solo bass practicing spot in the car park spot right at the start of the program! Ha ha ha! I saw a guy filming but never thought they would use it! I was just as surprised as everyone else when it came on TV. Ha ha ha! Anyway amazing experience!

Yeah Ive got a Jay Haide. Designed in California and made in China. Excellent bass! When I bought a new bass I fully intended to buy an old bass but this was one of the few basses I tried that spoke out to me.

Hi lowlandtrees Yes definitely, Better to buy it that way round. Great mics. In my experience sound engineers really like the sound because they say they don't have to do much their end as it sound so good anyway. Today the sound engineer came up to me and said the mic is producing a lot of bass, is there any way of turning the bass frequency down. I was quite surprised at this as Ive never had it before. Anyway obviously it couldn't be done as it was going direct to them. 5 minutes later the engineer came up to me and apologised that the much enhanced bass response was an error on his part on the desk and that the sound of the mic was Great! Occasionally they do come up on here second hand which would be good. But if you do buy one full price they are an excellent piece of kit even at those prices. Good luck with it all.

Just one more thing to add although I didn't remember that this was obvious at the time but. I bought my DPA mic second hand. It had a guitar mount system but had been used for bass before me and had a bass mount option bought separately by the previous owner. So no problem until I found out there were different XLR adaptors not just for connection type but also sound. I found that the XLR on the end of mine was a DAD 4099 which featured a low cut roll off filter. Which would obviously benefit some instruments but maybe not so much bass. So I bought the DAD 6001-BC which didn't have this feature. Pretty expensive for what they are but still worth it. Here is a link to a page showing these adaptors. http://www.soundnetwork.co.uk/dpa-microphones/adapters/ Might be worth considering this if you do buy one and have to decide which one to buy.

Hi BassAce how's it going? Yes I have had the exact same experience as BassAce on several occasions.

Just spotted this microphone holder as well. Never seen one before. https://reverb.com/uk/item/2188037-upright-bass-microphone-adapter-ur-1p-poplar

Hey AcidBass Great that you have bought a double bass you will love it! My current set up includes a DPA mic and a Schertler Dyn-B contact mic. I usually play with 2 acoustic guitars that both use clip on mics and a contact mic. My DPA goes to the PA out front ONLY. Sound engineers love them. My Schertler then goes to my EA Doubler connected to 2x10 inch EA Whizzys for my own monitoring. Although Ive not had many problems at all the Schertler Dyn-B contact mic can feedback if situations are correct but they have a cool switch on them that adjusts the phase which can instantly take you out of the feedback zone. Plugging the DPA straight into the amp has had very mixed results as far as feedback goes both good and bad. Although I have had much more consistent results when using a Behringer Feedback Shark between them as well. But it does have to be set up which can be fiddly. If I play in louder situations though with drums for example I use a Fishman Full Circle and occasionally blend that with the Schertler as well which is a nice sound. Like HenryWillard above I too have parted with a lot of money trying pickups (and strings) out. It was a bit much paying nearly £400 for a DPA mic but I only bought one originally because I found a cheaper second hand one here on Basschat. Ive seen those Troll mics but never used one. You could always possibly try out this style of mic'ing with a cheaper mic that you or someone you know already has but it would only be a guide really when compared to a dedicated mic like The Troll. The Realist, I have heard loads of people and reviews rave about them but I haven't had a Great success with mine. But that goes to show that it works on some basses and amps and style of playing and not on others. That can be said for all pickups actually. On another note Ive watched around 20 different bass players on the Smalls Jazz Club live video streams (New York) and as far as I know all of them were using Fishman Full Circle pickups apart from maybe the odd one without. You can't say that just because all those bass players use that pickup it will be completely right for your set up but it is a bit of an insight into what people are using. Im not sure about preamps myself though sorry.

I did a reading concert (older pop tunes) a while a go now and the MD was going through the set list of tunes and he kept mentioning that there were tabs here and there and also false tabs. I think we played "play ons/offs" at these places but I was confused at this term "tabs". I think its an old term. In the future can I assume tabs means "play ons/offs"? What does the term relate to? When I search for the term online I only get theatre curtain tabs or guitar tablature tabs, both of which aren't what I am looking for. Would be cool to get this clear in my mind for next time. Any clarity would be most appreciated. Cheers

Yeah Great Thanks. Resolving smoothest to a I/V. Ive recently started to teach myself guitar so all this harmony is excellent and really helping with different aspects of playing bass. Thanks guys.

Ok I found out the answer. It is as I suspected a quite normal progression that someone has named themselves. I have heard at least 2 people call it by this name so I assumed it was a popular name. Question answered but thanks for everyones input. Here is the explanation I got from someone: [color=#373E4D][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]the horse is the alternative to the back door 251. its when the 4 chord moves up to the #4 diminished. Its easentially the same as the back door but has a different flavour. Both can be found in the diminished scale which is what i think is the root of those two changes. It can happen in Djangos Tiger, All of me, I can't give you anything but love etc etc...[/size][/font][/color]

Thanks Bilbo so Im getting closer to finding that it isn't something that a lot of people talk about then. I think its going to be one of those quite normal chord progressions that has been called a specific name by a few. Cool. I shall continue my search and report back when I find out. Ive got a couple more avenues to explore on the matter.

Hi there does anyone know of "The Horse" chord progression found in some jazz standards? It was explained to me ages ago but I can't quite remember what it is or the analysis of it, how its constructed? Cheers Mike

Excellent!!!!!

Aaah shame! I was right then. So Bilbo what books have you got out?

Thanks Geoff and DeepBass yeah that makes sense.

Are the side vents so you can hear yourself or is it just a different kind of porting for the sound than the enclosed normal 12" version? I like the sound of a 10" Mline!