New in this forum/Hello from germany

klaus · Post by **klaus** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 5:08 am

Hi friends of the fretless bass,

I just joined this forum and wanted to say hello

My name is Klaus and I am a german bass player.
Have been a pro in the past until a "sour ellbow" ended my career about fifteen years ago :-/

I had been examined, treated and medicated for a couple of years until a final surgery gave me back my complete actionability

In the meantime I made (and still make) a living as a software developer but I still like playing in several bands.

I have a very nice instrument (check the gallery for "bass make: Clover") to see my cute 6 string (on orange background) which serves me VERY well for the last 18 years.

Best regards fom germany

Klaus

P.S.
Here is a direct link to my bass in the gallery (hope it works...)
http://www.fretlessbass.com/cgi-bin/biz ... hdbdisplay

NickBass · Post by **NickBass** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:27 am

Hi Klaus, glad to meet you and two times glad you've recovered from that bad situation!
Nice bass too!

klaus · Post by **klaus** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:57 am

Buongiorno NickBass,

mille grazie per il benvenuto caloroso

And yes, I am also very glad that I can use my left arm again and it is now even better than before.

I was EXTREMELY lucky with my surgeon, especially since I heard AFTER my surgery that this is not always successful!

Best from germany

Klaus

FretLessSince68 · Post by **FretLessSince68** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:43 pm

Nice bass Klaus, interesting bridge/tailpiece.

Welcome to Fretless Bass dot com.

I would be interested in learning what strategies you have developed to protect your arm/elbow from new injury. Such as your strap length and right arm resting spot, degree of elbow bend and wrist bend.

Do you angle your neck up (ala Alain Caron) or is it about 15 degrees above level as is the case with many of us?

Thanks.

klaus · Post by **klaus** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:59 am

Hi FretLessSince68,

###Nice bass Klaus, interesting bridge/tailpiece.

Thanks, I like it, too!
But that's a regular headless hardware.
When using double-ball-end string, you can change a string in about a minute, including tuning

Strategies?
Hmmm, do not have specific strategies to avoid new problems with my ellbow...

But there might be some diferences between my playing in the past and now:
1. I do not play THAT often nowadays.
2. I grew older and maybe play little more relaxed today

3. I use a longer strap than before.

I started to set up a "musician directory" on my website the last weekend (still in progress), where you can see some pics that show how I hold my bass play these days.

http://www.major-k.de/bass

Maybe that will answer some of your questions

Best from germany

Klaus

NickBass · Post by **NickBass** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:50 am

I had sometimes problems to my wrist, a little of harm 'cause maybe I was digging too much on the strings, sometimes it happens again but less than in the past...being myself fu####g afraid of any permanent damage to my arm I changed position, now I hold the bass pratically in a vertical position (à la Bunny Brunel/Alain Caron) except when i got to slap...that approach works in my opinion to avoid some damages.
Nice site Klaus!

Jason · Post by **Jason** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:16 am

Hi Klaus,

Cool bass

klaus · Post by **klaus** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:47 pm

Hi Jason,

thanks! I hope that I will be able to play it well one day

Regards from germany

Klaus