Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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This is my first real week of vacation in over six months, and it is a humongous relief to finally have come time to kick back and relax. As a result of all this discretionary time, I have made some big behind-the-scenes changes to the blog and the podcast–the sort of thing that [...]

I just put out a new listing on the bass blog For Sale page that I’d like to call to people’s attention. Milwaukee-area bassist Mike Britz is selling a 2004 Gagnon double bass which is a really excellent instrument. I’ve played on several of these in the past (Lyric Opera bassist Collins [...]

I just added some new items to the bass blog For Sale page, including a really cool aluminum bodied Pfretschner double bass. Visit the For Sale page for more details, and feel free to e-mail me (jsh177@yahoo.com) with any items you’d like to have listed (no charge).

I wrote a two-part post last summer on what to look for when purchasing a bass. I have since retooled this post into a full article and have submitted it for publication, and I’ll let readers know when and where they can find this article when it comes out.
Double bassist John Floeter put out [...]

I am wrapping up my portion of the Midsummer’s Music Festival in Door County, Wisconsin this week with some fabulous performances. This is my third summer with this ensemble, and it is a great way to decompress after getting up at 4 a.m. and working until 11 p.m. for the past six months. [...]

Doing a weekly wrap-up is something that I have been thinking about for a while. I got the idea from Lorelle VanFossen’s blog Lorelle on WordPress, an excellent blog about blogging (of great interest to me–probably not so much for most bass blog readers). Anyway, she does a weekly wrap-up that I always find [...]

Double bassist Christian Dillingham has a set of Velvet strings for sale. The information is listed below, and I also added it to the For Sale page of the blog.
If you have any instruments, bows, music, or other gear for sale, e-mail me (jsh177@yahoo.com) and I’ll list it on the For Sale page of [...]

I am always working on adding new material to my downloads page. I actually have a ton of new orchestral practice reference material from Lyric Opera of Chicago double bassist Andy Anderson, but I will have to wait until June to put this material up. Late May is nuts for me.
Let me now [...]

As one of the United States’ most well-respected double bass dealers, the inventory at Albuquerque, New Mexico’s Robertson & Sons Violin Shop is always worth perusing. This shop will be bringing some of the following basses to the International Society of Bassists convention this June, and they will have photos and information about [...]

I just got some new listings posted on the Bass Blog For Sale Page, including a new student model bass and some Pirastro strings. If you’re looking for a bass, bow, or other low end gear, check out what is listen. If you’d like to have some gear listed yourself, just drop me [...]