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In that case you will have to remove my comments about pins and needles with EUB! Sorry.

Done. @BassslapperMy only question is whether this is aimed at bass guitar or double bass players as the musculoskeletal demands are different! Good luck with your thesis.

Also look for the Benedetti Foundation Adult Playdays. I’ve just been on one this weekend, playing Mvt 2 and 3 from Tchaikovsky String Serenade and it was great experience. Professional tutors and a very relaxed, but focused day. https://www.benedettifoundation.org/adults

Unfortunately that Reddit group was closed down due to copyright infringement issues.

One of my favourites and one of the tracks that made me want to play bass back in the day (I was a clarinettist back then 🤣). Thanks very much Rob.

My Evah Pirazzi orchestral mediums have settled down nicely. Bass tutor prefers the tone, more fundamental and easier starting of the note with the bow. (It also helped opening a new pot of Pops🤣). Working on pieces for Grade V exam - nearly there. Repeating to myself - I do not need a new bass nor a new bow. . .

The original thread was about outlandish pricing Jake, of which I thought this was an example, hence my post. Thanks for the explanation.

There’s a double bass bow that was sold on here for £50. It’s been overhauled by a specialist (max £300) and is now being offered for sale at £850 at various places (but not here). It’s not selling.

Thanks so much, Rob. Tim was on here occasionally but not for a few years as far as I can see. He plays some nice fretless lines as well. I do like “The Road of Bones”, one of their strongest albums.

Any plans to do any IQ transcriptions Rob? They’re still going strong, having just released another album “Dominion”, their 14th (not including oddities and live archive collection releases).

I did ask Bassbags how much to deliver to the Glasgow area some years ago and even with a “shared load” it was going to work out quite expensive - into the hundreds of pounds as I recall, although they were very helpful on the phone, so I would recommend ringing them to ask for current rates. I eventually ended up buying a s/h DB from gumtree.

Thanks everyone for the help on this thread. Strings on my bass successfully changed from old Helicore hybrid to Evah Pirazzis. I did have to open out the slot for the E string in the tailpiece with a file, as the string was too wide. (I texted my teacher first 🤣). My pegbox isn’t as pretty as JPJ’s though.

It might be cheaper to get a shipping company to send a small container than take everything as excess baggage on an aircraft (normally a very expensive way of doing it). It depends on how long you are moving abroad for, and how many things you are taking with you.

Looks like that was last year! I know of two teachers in Glasgow, but that may be too far from Edinburgh.

Almost all modern aircraft are pressurised including the cargo compartment and are kept at a reasonable temperature above 0C. The cabin altitude is about 8500’ maximum at cruise level, with a rate of climb normally about 500 feet per minute and descent around 300 feet per minute to be kind to passengers’ ears (especially as you don’t get the boiled sweets handed out by the cabin crew any more). I don’t know how sealed “sealed cabs” are, but if you can put one in the back of a car and take it over the Alps or the Rockies without it exploding, then it shouldn’t explode in an aircraft either. I won’t guarantee that though, as I say, I don’t know how well sealed the cab is. I guess that the high-end cabs like Barefaced are delivered to foreign climes by airfreight, although again, I don’t know. A flight case would be essential to prevent the curse of the baggage handlers IMO.