Katie Thiroux’s Top Tips for Buying Your First Bass.

In this interview, Geoff and Katie cover a wide range of topics, discussing everything you need to know before buying a double bass. They talk about size, dimensions, strings, setup and where to find a suitable instrument. Katie Thiroux is an excellent educator, as well as a fantastic double bassist, so there is no one better to share their knowledge on this topic.

Please let us know about your double bass and any tips you have for someone buying their first instrument in the comments below the YouTube video.

The bass Katie is playing in this video has Evah Pirazzi Weich strings.

Timecodes

00:00 Introduction
00:41 Sizes and dimensions of basses
01:44 Bridge adjusters & string height
03:00 How to get a good setup
03:48 Finding instruments through teachers
04:10 Modern vs. old
04:48 Changing between different instruments
06:03 String/fingerboard length
06:45 Outro & Katie's social media

Discussion links:

Shen Double Basses

Katie Thiroux Links:

The Hump with Katie Thiroux
KatieThiroux.com
Facebook
Instagram

KATIE’s Step-by-step COURSES

If you enjoyed the video and want to learn more from Katie, please check out her courses From Beginner to Bandstand or Bandstand and Beyond.

Bandstand and Beyond

by Katie Thiroux

The Katie Thiroux Bundle

From Beginner to Bandstand

by Katie Thiroux

Behind the scenes

Some info about Geoff’s bass

In this video, Katie Thiroux is playing Geoff Chalmers’ double bass. It’s a German instrument from the late 19th century which has previously been re-varnished to match new wood that was used for a replacement. This accounts for it's darker than average colour.

Geoff uses the UK double bass luthier Martyn Bailey for all instrument set up and repairs.