Forum: For Sale By Ken Smith [DB]
06-04-2023, 03:37 PM
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Forum: Classical and Symphony Bass Playing
05-18-2021, 07:29 PM
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
05-05-2019, 07:37 PM
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End pin options
Here's something to chew on, when you feel like tinkering more than practicing (please open the attached PDF). The attached descriptions are nominally about 'cello endpins (regarding diameter, etc.)...
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Forum: New Forum Member Introductions
09-01-2018, 08:37 PM
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Forum: Italian Bass School
04-12-2016, 07:30 PM
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Replies: 37
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Forum: General Double Bass Music and Playing
04-05-2016, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 1
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
09-16-2015, 08:22 PM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
06-21-2015, 09:40 AM
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Replies: 2
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Just as a follow up, I ended up doing both on...
Just as a follow up, I ended up doing both on different legs of the trip: checking my bows in a sturdy case, in the middle of a large bag, and doing carry on. Both worked well, but I felt more...
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
06-10-2015, 11:36 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 17,009
Nice photos here:
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Nice photos here:
http://www.talkbass.com/threads/tucker-bresque-solo-model-2015.1157231/
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
06-03-2015, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 6
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
06-03-2015, 05:48 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 17,009
If I am correctly reading the information on my...
If I am correctly reading the information on my ISB App, looks as if you just won a Silver Medal for Tone with your new bass!
Maybe worth a new thread, when you can post photos? It certainly looks...
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
05-24-2015, 06:44 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 17,009
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
05-23-2015, 01:59 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 17,009
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
05-21-2015, 01:05 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 10,550
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
05-03-2015, 06:22 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 12,974
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Forum: German School of Basses
04-22-2015, 07:52 PM
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Views: 9,995
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Forum: German School of Basses
04-22-2015, 07:52 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,995
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Forum: General Double Bass Music and Playing
03-31-2015, 07:10 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 7,529
Come Sunday
I was learning "Come Sunday" and came across Sam Jones with Cannonball Adderley...
I have always appreciated Sam Jones' playing, but you can hear him unusually well here (the mic crammed into the...
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
03-29-2015, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,527
Offered as a non-luthiery woodworker...
We...
Offered as a non-luthiery woodworker...
We used to use Anigre (or Anegre) pretty routinely in architectural work. It was pricey, but used to be obtainable.
Many species are simply less...
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
03-26-2015, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 15,527
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Forum: English Basses & the British Isles
03-16-2015, 09:34 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 50,599
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
03-15-2015, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 30,969
Great story, about epoxy, ingenuity, vision, and...
Great story, about epoxy, ingenuity, vision, and the magic of Sue's work. As an aside, I'll share an epoxy tale of my own.
About twenty something years ago, when visiting my Grandmother, she...
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
03-15-2015, 07:55 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 30,969
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
02-27-2015, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 30,969
Three weeks into having this bow, I am just...
Three weeks into having this bow, I am just increasingly blown away by it. Ken, it is as you promised; I can play things easily that were harder, before. I hear things now that were previously...
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
02-21-2015, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 30,969
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