Forum: The Bull Pit
12-29-2014, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 16,359
wolves
Hi all, and happy new year!
Eventually I moved south, and now I live in Tuscany, on the etrurian coast, in the countryside near Piombino.
It took some time to settle (and home is still in...
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Forum: Italian Bass School
04-07-2014, 08:31 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 36,415
Ken, congratulations!
I have seen three...
Ken, congratulations!
I have seen three instruments of this maker, and they are great in workmanship, character and sound.
The poplar wood of the back (is it poplar, right?) is consistent with...
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
11-05-2013, 03:07 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 22,634
[quote=Ken Smith;26737]There are many people...
[quote=Ken Smith;26737]There are many people around the world as well as shops now trying to pass off these fakes as real. I was just offered several basses from Italy and each of the basses claiming...
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Forum: Italian Bass School
03-04-2013, 07:17 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 16,626
Brian,
Thank you so much, the approval of a...
Brian,
Thank you so much, the approval of a fellow luthier is precious (and unusual). Have nice days with your works.
Arnold, Ken,
I think a bend of some kind was there since the beginning....
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Forum: Italian Bass School
02-26-2013, 07:58 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 16,626
Ken, thank you so much for your consideration,...
Ken, thank you so much for your consideration, this to me is important as you know how the work is.
About the wood, for what I can say is spruce, not larch or pine. The top is in three pieces, the...
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Forum: Italian Bass School
02-25-2013, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 16,626
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Forum: Italian Bass School
02-25-2013, 06:15 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 16,626
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Forum: Italian Bass School
02-25-2013, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 16,626
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Forum: Italian Bass School
02-25-2013, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 16,626
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Forum: Italian Bass School
02-25-2013, 04:45 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 16,626
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Forum: Italian Bass School
02-25-2013, 04:42 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 16,626
A restoration
I finished this restoration the last summer. I did not tell anything about it for the privacy of the customer, but as the work was done he allowed me to share the report.
Then, the translation took...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
02-26-2012, 03:04 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,067
update
After a change of strings the problem is still there.
When the customer will give me back the bass I will try a change of fingerboard anyway, for a thicker one of good ebony.
Wondering wondering...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
01-31-2012, 08:08 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,067
Thanks, Ken, I said to the musician to try a...
Thanks, Ken, I said to the musician to try a change of strings.
He told me that he will do it anyway within two weeks, as he will have to study for solo playing (he's a student).
He will use a set...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
01-30-2012, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,067
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
01-29-2012, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,067
Buzz...
Well, I just set an instrument of another maker.
Cornerless, handmade, well done and nice overall, loud.
After a fingerboard dressing and a new bridge, I still have a sort of buzz problem.
The...
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Forum: French Bass School
07-05-2011, 08:32 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 36,508
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Forum: French Bass School
07-05-2011, 08:28 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 36,508
Ken,
perhaps he made some Vuillaume-like...
Ken,
perhaps he made some Vuillaume-like instruments too?
This one has the Claudot stamp on the back, inside.
It is big, I didn't take body measurements, but the string length is a bit less than...
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Forum: Italian Bass School
03-26-2011, 08:43 AM
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Replies: 189
Views: 211,995
I don't think this is the case,as the back edge...
I don't think this is the case,as the back edge was almost fine, but (maybe) some old instruments were played without an endpin, with the back edge on the floor, sometimes with a clog. A Busan bass...
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Forum: Italian Bass School
03-25-2011, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 189
Views: 211,995
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Forum: Italian Bass School
03-02-2011, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 13,645
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
02-14-2011, 12:59 PM
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Replies: 165
Views: 166,260
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
01-19-2011, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 60,748
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
12-15-2010, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 60,748
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
12-07-2010, 08:23 PM
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Replies: 119
Views: 123,580
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Forum: Modern Eastern Europe
11-03-2010, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 7,973
Reghin
Thomas,
This is an instrument from Reghin, a small town in Romania.
Hora factory still produces basses on that same design, almost identical but with a thick gloss of (nitro?) varnish. They make...
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