Members MDMachiavelli Posted November 16, 2015 Members Share Posted November 16, 2015 What is the most commonly used size for a standup bass? What do most musicians use 3/4 or 4/4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted November 16, 2015 Moderators Share Posted November 16, 2015 ¾. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted November 16, 2015 Members Share Posted November 16, 2015 3/4. Is the standard size. I've never seen a 4/4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDMachiavelli Posted November 16, 2015 Author Members Share Posted November 16, 2015 Thanks, I appreciate the input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members powbob01 Posted November 23, 2015 Members Share Posted November 23, 2015 3/4. Is the standard size. I've never seen a 4/4. You'll see plenty of them if you go to the symphony. Quite impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDMachiavelli Posted November 23, 2015 Author Members Share Posted November 23, 2015 You'll see plenty of them if you go to the symphony. Quite impressive. Yeah I think he was more or less talking about in a band as in a country, bluegrass, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted November 25, 2015 Moderators Share Posted November 25, 2015 You'll see plenty of them if you go to the symphony. Quite impressive. Could be, but my impression is that even classical players usually use ¾ basses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L-1329 Posted November 25, 2015 Members Share Posted November 25, 2015 Could be, but my impression is that even classical players usually use ¾ basses. I spent a good bit of years playing in symphony orchestra's, and have seen and played a lot of basses. 3/4 is certainly the majority, but there are a lot of full size basses out there as well. And, even though there are great basses in any size, I have to say that every full size bass I got the chance to play was just fantastic. One of my teachers had an incredible, beautiful full size, that bass just sang out and was near effortless to play. Easily the best bass I've ever played, and certainly made me sound better than I was. If I ever get back to playing upright classical bass again I will find a really nice full size. That would be absolutely enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDMachiavelli Posted November 25, 2015 Author Members Share Posted November 25, 2015 I spent a good bit of years playing in symphony orchestra's, and have seen and played a lot of basses. 3/4 is certainly the majority, but there are a lot of full size basses out there as well. And, even though there are great basses in any size, I have to say that every full size bass I got the chance to play was just fantastic. One of my teachers had an incredible, beautiful full size, that bass just sang out and was near effortless to play. Easily the best bass I've ever played, and certainly made me sound better than I was. If I ever get back to playing upright classical bass again I will find a really nice full size. That would be absolutely enjoyable. Even if you are responsible for getting it from point A to point B? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Even if you are responsible for getting it from point A to point B? Isn't that what roadies are for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDMachiavelli Posted November 26, 2015 Author Members Share Posted November 26, 2015 Isn't that what roadies are for? That's funny, I thought that's what wives and girlfriends were for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L-1329 Posted December 9, 2015 Members Share Posted December 9, 2015 Even if you are responsible for getting it from point A to point B? They're really not much bigger than a 3/4 size, the increase is mostly in the interior volume, not outside dimensions. Still bigger, but about the same to carry and will fit in just about any car a 3/4 will fit into. I wouldn't use either for bar/band gigs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators isaac42 Posted December 9, 2015 Moderators Share Posted December 9, 2015 Or you could just get a contrabass violin and be done with it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_octet#Instruments http://www.nvfa.org/8tet.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDMachiavelli Posted December 10, 2015 Author Members Share Posted December 10, 2015 They're really not much bigger than a 3/4 size, the increase is mostly in the interior volume, not outside dimensions. Still bigger, but about the same to carry and will fit in just about any car a 3/4 will fit into. I wouldn't use either for bar/band gigs though. What would you use then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author Craig Vecchione Posted December 11, 2015 CMS Author Share Posted December 11, 2015 What would you use then? Yamaha Silent Bass. (about 4 g's.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDMachiavelli Posted December 11, 2015 Author Members Share Posted December 11, 2015 Yamaha Silent Bass. (about 4 g's.....) It's cool but it doesn't really trip my trigger, especially for $4K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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