Archive for May, 2010

May raffle topic – best concerto for auditions

Yazan: Jason | 05 May 2010 | 10 Comments
Categories: bass

Here’s this month’s bass raffle topic–enter for a chance to win a free Upton Bass Solo Revolution pickup: What concerto is the best choice for auditions…and why? As with the previous raffles, you’ve got to write at least a couple of paragraphs to qualify. Just writing “Bottesini” doesn’t cut it. Also, you need to put [...]

and the winner is…

Yazan: Jason | 04 May 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass

The winner for April’s Upton Bass pickup raffle is: Kells Nollenberger Upton will be sending Kells one of their Revolution Solo bass pickups. Kells also entered the March raffle, so it’s great to see him walk away with the pickup for this month. Stay tuned in the next few days for the May Upton pickup [...]

String preferences summary

Yazan: Jason | 03 May 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass

We wrapped up the favorite strings submission month last week, and I thought I’d take a moment and summarize what folks have been trying and what they prefer. I always find these discussions useful, and I hope that you do as well. There’s no “right answer” to the question of what strings work best, but [...]

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