[jdmulli]

My first lesson was not exactly what I expected in many different ways.

First of all, we spent a substantial amount of time dealing with the size of the bass. I never considered the difficulty of just getting the beast in and out of the gigbag... not to mention my truck.

My intonation wasn't great. I expected that. This is my first fretless instrument, but I was very surprised at how much I corrected automatically, how well I could hear when I was out.

Another thing that really took me off guard is how I just can't practice for more than 30 minutes or so at a time. Double bass is such a physically demanding instrument. It's going to take me some time to get conditioned to playing for longer stretches.

Lets not even discuss arco. I've never even held a bow before my first lesson. That's going to take some time.