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PaulThePlug
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Double bass arrived...

Much smaller than it looked in the pics to my blurry eyes, and half the body is missing.... Don't eBay Drunk...

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... Should give the Youngling a challenge and build on his ear with the fretless bass.

Plus, I'm a BIG Hawkwind fan, so can't wait to hear it thru the Fuzz, Wah Wah, Phaser and Delay of the pedal board... Man!

 

As neither me or my Son have a clue about such things... strings on order.

Any sage advice or blah blah most welcome.

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You may want to get it set up - the bridge especially needs to be shaped (lower on the treble side).

 

Friction fit pegs may need the holes in the headstock to be reamed out to match the pegs.

 

The strings are fiddly to install and there is very little movement between flat and broken.... ask me how I know. 

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I am curious as to how you are getting on with this.

 

After 6 months, you will either be playing tunes, or have given up.

 

When my daughter was learning, I kept up with her for about 1 month, but once she learnt to look at a written note on the page and directly connect it to the fingerboard, she was away.  

 

 

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