Beedster

Actually it does, when the basics of swimming technique are taught on land it accelerates skill acquisition once in the water 👍

Check out the statistics for drowning 👍 I would say that especially in the case of musical instruments - as is the case with sport and other performing arts - those techniques that require strength and endurance as well as precision are best learned with some strategy and some expert feedback. Swimming is a sport you chose to make analogy to and one I know well so here goes! One of the most frequent reasons for injury in swimming is poorly learned and then automated technique that places excessive stress, then strain, then damage, onto the smaller joints of the body (in swimming the shoulders, elbows, and even wrists and sometimes fingers although the latter is rare). Further, all other things being equal, especially size and aerobic capacity, the factor that discriminates one swimmer from another in competition is how well they learned and refined and rehearsed their technique. A good technicians with low power ALWAYS beats a poor technician with high power, swimming with poor technique is uneconomic of energy and damaging anatomically. One of the reasons I argued above that double bass is not an easy instrument is because, like swimming, it's very easy to get in the pool and with a bit of effort and knowledge, make your way to the other end by paddling. Swimming is therefore, in your terms, not difficult. But is the self-taught single length going to lead to scalability and refinement, that is swimming many lengths economically (economy of movement in swimming and in double bass playing are equally important). No, categorically no. There are NO self-taught swimmers winning Olympic medals, or even swimming at local competitive level. Can you teach yourself to swim? Yes you can. Will that teaching provide you with the best potential to develop. No, certainly not. Swimming is not difficult, but swimming well is VERY difficult. It's the same with double bass Keep the conversation going @hpc364, it's a good chat and as Lawrie @Burns-bass said, we're all here to help, even those of us who may not always give that impression 👍

I trust everyone but expect to be disappointed occasionally. Re the OP, and as happened to me, the fact that an amp is apparently knackered is not proof of or even an indication that the seller was dishonest or even aware of the problem. I’ve seen a trend in almost 20-years of selling here towards the buyer expecting immaculate condition and Amazon delivery/return speeds and terms. We’re mostly* musicians with busy lives moving on gear we no longer use and not looking to make a profit in doing so. We could all be a bit more understanding of this at times. * There are exceptions sadly

Annoyingly not in stock at present 😕

You’ve been playing seven months and you seem be be talking as if you’ve been playing all your life. I’ve played DB 20 years, cello and saxophone before that, and play guitar and bass. None are easy, I’d rank double bass as by far the hardest. If the sentiment of your post is ‘Don’t let people put you off’ I agree. But I disagree that Double Bass is in any way easy

I found this schematic of what might happen should Clarky unleash his basses owned photo library…..

Ooh, a Dusty 👍

Mmm, that’s not so much your experience but tour opinion. No traditional instruments are ‘easy’ (while some digital instruments will produce a decent performance with little skill or effort), but the same equation applies in nearly every case; all other things being equal, the more you play the better you get 👍

Not a '63 either Had to lever the neck out of the pocket, Monday morning instrument Serial suggests '73 despite receipt suggesting '71 ......... Grain, wear, and checking, and an enigmatic blue spot Back in one piece.... 👍

Well this is never a bad start, the work of Sr Torres.........

I think it just got even better...... Then Now

Yep, let's celebrate how lucky we've all been and still are, I started the thread for that exact reason, I was searching for photos of a specific bass I used to own (the MM Sabre with fretless Status neck) and realised as I went back through hundreds of photos what an extraordinary privileged journey I've had, certainly by comparison with my expectations when I first started out, sitting noodling with my Satellite (subsequently upgraded to a Columbus and then after a few years of saving to a Westone Thunder) while looking at adverts in the music papers for Stingrays, and thinking 'One day'.......

Ah, but this thread is about basses we used to own, if you inadvertently post a photo of one you still have you have to give it to me 👍

That one’s a close second 👍

Only condition is they have to be exes 👍

Go for it mate, I meant this to be exactly that, a celebration of how bloody lucky we are 👍

Couldn’t agree more Lawrie, feels more like I loaned each for a while. All beautiful instruments but just that, instruments, or means to an end. The end is the music. If I could have one back it would be the ‘65 which was special, but it went to a very good home. And the Wals probably set me back less than £3k the pair, and that was less than 10 years ago! Happy days 👍

Custom Shop and the real deal ‘57