Forum: English Basses & the British Isles
07-18-2016, 01:58 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 56,717
Hawkes Basses
Thank you for this very detailed information about Hawkes basses. What you've collected here is great.
My first experience with Hawkes Panormo basses was at Juilliard. While a student there I...
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
07-08-2016, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 19,708
I agree with what Mr. Smith has written about...
I agree with what Mr. Smith has written about this bass.
The cost of repairs done properly would likely exceed the value of the instrument. If someone chose to fix the bass up themselves, upon...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
06-29-2016, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 19,512
What a find!
I agree.
Wow! What a find! Can't beat the price. Maybe somebody died or skipped town who had no relatives, and the landlord sent some of the personal possessions to the thrift shop.
The blue...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
06-09-2016, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 179,987
Wow! That is a nice design and nice work. It...
Wow! That is a nice design and nice work. It looks like you brought the Long E string around the top wheel for a 180 degree turn, then on a second wheel, diverted the string to the "E string" gear....
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Forum: Amps, etc. [DB]
06-01-2016, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 22,802
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
05-30-2016, 08:12 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 13,071
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Forum: Amps, etc. [DB]
05-28-2016, 12:54 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 22,802
Fender amps sold to CBS
Fender amps had an excellent reputation up until the mid to late 1960s. At that time, Fender sold the amp division to CBS. When that happened, the Red Bank Music store began to get a lot of returns...
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
05-28-2016, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 13,071
Check these pics:
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Check these pics:
http://www.kensmithbasses.com/doublebasses/jacquet-gand/
http://www.thomasmartin.co.uk/images/old-double-basses/gand_bernardel_fres_bass_lowc2.png ...
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
05-28-2016, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 13,071
French Bass
This bass is built on a nice pattern. I have seen the "double button" feature, behind the neck joint, on some old French made basses.
The tuning gears look similar to some Hawkes Panormo copies...
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Forum: Italian Bass School
05-24-2016, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 24,298
Mr. Matthew Tucker did a wonderful job...
Mr. Matthew Tucker did a wonderful job translating the 1901 letter from Italian to English. My Italian is not nearly on a level as his. You may be interested to know that the letterhead stated:
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Forum: DB Strings at Ken's Corner..
05-24-2016, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 43,048
Green and purple bass strings
Thank you.
If you go to the website for Shar Music you can click on the camera icon under the Winding" column and see the colors each string is wrapped in silk at the ends. The Pirastro Evah...
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Forum: DB Strings at Ken's Corner..
05-23-2016, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 43,048
Green with purple strings?
Please use the address below and watch the video segment. The player shows a close-up of the strings, green silk wrapped with purple spiral, on the video.
https://youtu.be/MX4-oSVv31M?t=206
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Forum: Amps, etc. [DB]
05-23-2016, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 22,802
Ampeg Portaflex Amps
Yes. I think the Ampeg bass amps in the 1960s that had the flip top were called "Portaflex." Thanks for that detail.
- Dr. C.
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Forum: DB Strings at Ken's Corner..
05-21-2016, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 43,048
Contrabass Strings
Thank you for having this thread on double bass strings.
Recently I saw a video of a bass player who had strings on his bass that had green silk end wrapping with a purple thread spiraling over...
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Forum: Amps, etc. [DB]
05-21-2016, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 22,802
Sunn and Kustom
[QUOTE=Eric Hochberg;27786]My first bass amp was late 60's when I started playing in high school. It was a Baldwin with a 15" and 12" speaker. I remember it as being a good, solid amp. I bought a...
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Forum: Amps, etc. [DB]
05-21-2016, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 22,802
More on Ampeg Bass Amps
We're collecting some good information on the history of bass amps. Maybe it will help somebody if they try to restore an amp.
I remember the Ambeg Bass Amp in the early to mid 1960s. I saw two...
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Forum: Amps, etc. [DB]
05-20-2016, 04:10 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 22,802
Bass Amp History
Maybe it will be interesting for start a thread that will discuss and record information about various developments in bass amplifiers.
I got started wit bass guitar and bass amps in 1959 and...
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Forum: German/Czech Shop Basses
05-20-2016, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 27,442
I wouldn't do a neck graft. It would cost more...
I wouldn't do a neck graft. It would cost more than the bass is worth. I would put a bolt in the base of the neck to fix the crack. It is a factory bass. The varnish looks like it is sprayed on. Is...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
05-19-2016, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 28,229
Bolt it?
Don't be such an elitist re screws. I've done it plenty of times-don't worry, not on your basses!:eek: ...and of course not on any carved bass but sometimes its the only cost effective way to get a...
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
05-18-2016, 03:46 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 19,078
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Forum: Amps, etc. [DB]
05-18-2016, 03:24 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 33,196
A practice mute can be made of any heavy metal...
A practice mute can be made of any heavy metal and attached to the bridge usually between the strings. David Walter used to have a large practice mute made of solid brass. I once made a few from two...
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Forum: New Forum Member Introductions
05-18-2016, 03:05 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 11,545
Greetings
Hello, Mr. Kennedy.
I too am new to Ken's Bass Forum. I intend to get around to my own introduction some day soon.
I see you are a copper smith. You probably know the famous Revolutionary and...
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
05-13-2016, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 10,772
Which?
French or German, Bottesini or Dragonett. Choose the one you prefer or become proficient with both. Many leading bassists have used both. Murray Grodner comes to mind as being very accomplished with...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
05-05-2016, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 16,712
Mr. Smith is giving good information.
Neck...
Mr. Smith is giving good information.
Neck joints I have seen for Kay basses had dove tail joints, not mortise joints. Replacement necks for Kay basses online that I have seen have dove tail...
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Forum: French Bass School
05-03-2016, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 15,164
The above bass is very similar to what I recall...
The above bass is very similar to what I recall through interactions with David Walter years ago. I played it and 2 other of his basses in David's apartment in 1973. It had light varnish, man's head...
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