Homatron Posted November 7 Posted November 7 I've been dreaming of picking up the double bass for a long time, but had been writing it off for various reasons. So imagine my surprise when my wife organised this for a big birthday this week! Currently renting for a few months to see if we can live with it, but I now can't imagine a world without DB... it's so addictive and rewarding! It seems playing cello as a kid, and fretless bass for a long time has helped get me started, but there's so much to learn! 11 Quote
ezbass Posted Friday at 22:21 Posted Friday at 22:21 That’s a great birthday present. Go Mrs Homatron! Enjoy. 1 Quote
itu Posted Tuesday at 17:27 Posted Tuesday at 17:27 Now that's a lovely present! Any bass is a journey of a lifetime. I see you have many songbooks made out of glass, the start is most likely pretty easy. 1 Quote
Homatron Posted yesterday at 10:04 Author Posted yesterday at 10:04 Thanks @itu, I'm definitely seeing this as a lifelong journey, and will take my inspiration from all sorts of vessels 😉 1 Quote
JPJ Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago Congratulations and welcome to the (addictive) club. The best advice I can offer is get help with hand / body position before you start to bake in problems that can even result in permanent injury. If there’s no tutors near you, then there’s some great advice for free from Discover Double Bass on YouTube. That said, I’m sure your cello experience will come in useful 😎 1 1 Quote
Burns-bass Posted 14 hours ago Posted 14 hours ago 8 hours ago, JPJ said: Congratulations and welcome to the (addictive) club. The best advice I can offer is get help with hand / body position before you start to bake in problems that can even result in permanent injury. If there’s no tutors near you, then there’s some great advice for free from Discover Double Bass on YouTube. That said, I’m sure your cello experience will come in useful 😎 This advice offended one Basschat member so much that they left when I gave it. But it’s true. 1 2 Quote
Homatron Posted 10 hours ago Author Posted 10 hours ago Thanks for the advice @JPJ & @Burns-bass. I'm certainly not offended! I don't have a tutor (not sure if there are any in Plymouth) but an experienced/trained friend of a friend has offered to give me some pointers. Looking forward to that in the next week or so. I'm taking it slow and steady, referring to Discover Double Bass and other resources to keep me on track. Currently loving playing over an F blues! Quote
Burns-bass Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 8 hours ago, Homatron said: Thanks for the advice @JPJ & @Burns-bass. I'm certainly not offended! I don't have a tutor (not sure if there are any in Plymouth) but an experienced/trained friend of a friend has offered to give me some pointers. Looking forward to that in the next week or so. I'm taking it slow and steady, referring to Discover Double Bass and other resources to keep me on track. Currently loving playing over an F blues! An experienced and trained friend sounds fully qualified to give some pointers. My guess is you'll tell a few people you play double bass and will be out gigging by May. Quote
NickD Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 18 minutes ago, Burns-bass said: An experienced and trained friend sounds fully qualified to give some pointers. My guess is you'll tell a few people you play double bass and will be out gigging by Tuesday. Fixed that for you! 3 Quote
Burns-bass Posted 6 minutes ago Posted 6 minutes ago 2 hours ago, NickD said: Fixed that for you! Good point. This year I’ll have done around 80 gigs and only 5 on electric bass. Quote
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