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Archive for March, 2010

Will the Lacey Act Criminalize Instrument Sales?

Yazan: Jason | 17 March 2010 | 2 Comments
Categories: bass

Not bass-specific, but certainly worth pondering: Will the Lacey Act Criminalize Instrument Sales? International Trade Commission Invites You to Weigh In (Source: Music Trades Magazine) A recent amendment to the Lacey Act, which requires buyers and sellers to document of the source and species of wood used in any product or face serious legal consequences, [...]

The Battle on the Ice – gig story from Justin Locke

Yazan: Jason | 16 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: crazy gig stories

The submission date has now passed for the gig story raffle for the Upton bass pickup, and we’ve gotten a bunch of great gig stories as a result! I’ll put the remaining ones out this week and announce a winner (picked randomly from the stories entered) at the end of the week. This is the [...]

Thumb position question

Yazan: Jason | 15 March 2010 | 6 Comments
Categories: bass, technique

Here’s a question from an overseas reader–feel free to chime in with some advice in the comments to this post: I’m not really sure what is the right way, to avoid injuries and other stuff, how to hold the bass in thumb position. My teacher says holding the neck on your shoulder blade can cause [...]

PBDB: The Toughest Question, Part 1

Yazan: jeffweisner | 13 March 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: Uncategorized

(crossposted from PBDB) I’ve addressed a variety of topics here on PBDB, and almost all of them are based on conversations with bass students that I have had over the years.  People ask me for advice on music school choices, technique questions, instrument purchases, teacher options, and almost any other question that could possibly seem [...]

The limping neck – gig story from Deborah Lamb

Yazan: Jason | 12 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, crazy gig stories

Here’s the next “worst gig ever” submission in our series, this time from double bassist Deborah Lamb. Deborah is a double bassist and music education student (awesome!) at the University of Oklahoma. This story is the latest submission for the Upton bass pickup raffle. If you’d like to be a contestant in the raffle, just [...]