Partially due to your videos, I have been inspired to get back into playing double bass (gave it up in 2015). Commissioned an Upton bass last year and just got it a week ago. Feels good!
Interesting, I was a student of Gladstone's back in the early 70's and played that bass. Steve Riley was a classmate of mine at U of Michigan. I had a bass and bow from Kolstein's shop during my college years. Loved playing on Norma during my study with Bob. Tim Staudacher was also a classmate of mine. I no longer play double bass but I have been a touring electric bassist for the last 3 decades or so. I had to give up playing due to a day job in broadcast and studio engineering from the late 70's to the mid 90's.
Gerard Stroh!! Hi Joseph Conyers!! I Like The Norma Story About Your Double Bass Story!!! I Like the Bass E Extensions that Goes Down to C*** Ether I don't Have one Yet But I Will Take My Time on That**** What Double Bass Strings Do You Have On Your Bass!!!! Good Video Joseph Conyers!!!
Lovely story, such a beautiful bass. I've been trying to find the right strings for my 4/4 bass which has a powerful but slightly honky low register, do you think the spiro weichs are worth a try? Or do they just sound so lush on these videos because of Norma?
Norma is awesome! Norma has a great pedigree. I love the bass stands that you had made for Norma and Miss Riley. A great video. Do you use different bows for Norma the you use for Miss Riley? I love your videos. I would love to hear you play some Johannes Brahms on Norma. Maybe something from Ein deutsches Requiem.
Thanks a lot. I generally play different bows for each bass. The most interchangeable bows are my solo bows. If you follow my Instagram account (@weatherclef), you'll find more excerpts than you could have ever imagined! I also have many excerpts on my channel now. Give it a look! 👍🏾
Funny how Panormo didn't label his instruments, and several are notoriously mislabeled (e.g. label prior to his birth; label suggesting he built a renowned instrument at 13 yrs old; instruments with labels suggesting he was in one location when he was known to be working in another). Yet, somehow experts nonetheless attribute these instruments to Panormo - a man and family renowned for refusing to label instruments and for consistently altering the style of build. Weird.
