Forum: Luthier's Corner
09-27-2010, 05:28 PM
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Usually I let more space at G side than at E...
Usually I let more space at G side than at E side, string to edge of fingerboards.
Some clients prefer that part of the fingerboard flatter (crossway) to give a "platform" to the thumb.
If you...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
09-12-2010, 06:45 AM
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Replies: 210
Views: 441,410
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
07-12-2010, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 1
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I saw two instruments of Santino Mascolo. The...
I saw two instruments of Santino Mascolo. The model was similar, the varnish was a regular non antiqued yellow orange. It is also possible that he darkened that instrument himself, though.
If you...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
06-24-2010, 07:14 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 47,578
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Forum: German/Czech Shop Basses
06-16-2010, 08:31 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 32,843
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
06-10-2010, 06:18 PM
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Replies: 43
Views: 68,928
Put me in the second school, as I don't like...
Put me in the second school, as I don't like heavy instruments, but top is moved mainly by bridge, back by soundpost (forgive the coarseness), and we have to consider the difference.
On flatbacks,...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
05-09-2010, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 210
Views: 441,410
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
04-13-2010, 06:20 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 21,108
Late
I just red this thread, I PM you
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
02-01-2010, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 119
Views: 268,135
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
01-30-2010, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 119
Views: 268,135
Modify
Ken,
As you have the "real thing" open for restoration, I would trace the outlines of the plates on the same sheet of paper.
Then I would draw a centre line, and the perpendicular lines at the...
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
01-12-2010, 11:46 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 53,916
Philology
Calvin,
We don't know how many strings Maggini put on his instruments.
It is also possible that he put the number of strings which his customer needed, like I did.
It's not a joke, they were...
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
01-07-2010, 09:30 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 53,916
Yes
102 was the maximum SL I was allowed to reach, as the musician plays with a finger per fret (with the finger on the fret, not in the space between).
That shape of the body has a short body stop,...
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
01-07-2010, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 53,916
Thanks
Thank you so much!
This is my first "Maggini influenced" instrument, as the musician's need was the right one to try it.
A period music instrument to be tuned DD GG C E A, with a short string...
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
01-06-2010, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 53,916
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
01-06-2010, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 53,916
Violone Grosso
Hi All,
some pics of my latest instrument, and the best wishes for the new year 2010 to the bass players and makers
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
11-07-2009, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 35,074
just a try
Calvin,
Waiting for a fingerboard dressing, if there is no buzz, you may try 5, 7, 8,5, 10. If still there is no buzz but you hit two strings, 5, 7, 8, 9. If there is room, more string spacing at...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
09-21-2009, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 45,131
Fingerings
Well, I realize now that my necks are not D nor Eb.
As most of my clients use a 1 3 4 fingering, they may play D with the first finger and Eb with the third finger.
And I place the thumb at the...
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Forum: Italian Bass School
09-08-2009, 02:28 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 34,401
Nicola Rossi
During the holidays I translated (more or less) the report of a restoration I did the last year.
The instrument is a Nicola Rossi double bass of 1844.
I left the measuremants in mm to save the...
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Forum: Italian Bass School
07-27-2009, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 73,569
site
And here is his website http://www.ettorre.it/
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
07-14-2009, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 74,696
Calvin,
Duane Rosengard wrote a book,...
Calvin,
Duane Rosengard wrote a book, “Cremonese double basses”, where I read, from Stephen Bonta,
that Gasparo “Bertulotti” was paid 35 lire to play the “Violone” during the Mass in...
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
07-14-2009, 01:05 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 74,696
Hart!
I'm sure that the maker drawed his inspiration from Maggini, as the body outline look so similar at a first glance.
But, also, he made an instrument of his own,for the musicians of his century.
He...
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
07-13-2009, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 74,696
SL
Also, while making a neck graft the string lenght is to consider.
A longer SL move backwards the middle and high positions.
It help when the bass has long body stop, wide shoulders and-or wide...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
07-04-2009, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 45,131
names
This is amusing, somehow.
Here the current preference is the one you said, Ken, the thumb at the heel, the second finger opposite, the first finger plays D on the first string.
The trend is for a...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
07-04-2009, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 87,609
Endpins
I saw some Rubner and some Pollmann instruments with two holes in the block, one for the end button and one for the endpin. I don't like it so much, but it make easier to look at the soundpost fit...
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Forum: New Forum Member Introductions
06-22-2009, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 12,496
Birthday!
...and cigarettes, of course! :eek:
Richard, I don't have that much to talk about me to move the thread, but I just came home and now, in the middle of the night, I realize that
It's my...
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