Interview with Yuri Goloubev

We welcome back Yuri Goloubev this week in his second interview with us, all about double bass set up. Yuri has quite a unique setup and tells us about why he likes to set up in that way, what strings he uses, and about his basses. Yuri is known for his virtuosic technique, so I wanted to find out how important instrument set-up is to him, and what tips he has to improve playability.

There’s also a solo performance at the end of the video where Yuri performs ‘If I should lose you’ by Ralph Rainger.

Timecodes

00:00 Introduction and Yuri’s bass
01:30 Yuri’s unique setup
06:43 Strings
10:00 D neck instrument?
12:05 Pear-shaped basses
14:23 Solo Performance

LINKS:

Website
YouTube
Two Chevrons Apart (Album)
Tibor Tabanyi (double bass luthier)

Yuri Goloubev is a virtuoso double bassist who has worked in both the classical and jazz worlds. He has played worldwide at a huge number of concert halls and jazz festivals, with artists such as Bob James, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Gwilym Simcock, Pablo Held, Tim Garland, and Norma Winstone. Yuri recently released an album, 'Two Chevrons Apart', which features Tim Garland, John Turville, and Asaf Sirkis (Basho Records, 2020), and is also a teacher and professor of double bass at the Royal Welsh College of Music. Watch our first interview on thumb position with Yuri below.