The Battle on the Ice – gig story from Justin Locke

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...

Thumb position question

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...

PBDB: The Toughest Question, Part 1

(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,...

The limping neck – gig story from Deborah Lamb

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...

The grayest of all hounds – gig story from Kells Nollenberger

Here’s the next “worst gig ever” submission in our series, this time from double bassist Kells Nollenberger. Currently based out of Boulder, Colorado, Kells and I know each other from DePaul University when he was living in Chicago a few years back....