Forum: Luthier's Corner
04-19-2009, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 16,773
I may be wrong here, but I heard that you won't...
I may be wrong here, but I heard that you won't get any worm holes as long as you play the bass regularly, as even the nastiest of vermin wouldn't like living under conditions where the ground shakes...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
04-16-2009, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 16,973
Yes, hm, maybe Aniegré is what I was referring...
Yes, hm, maybe Aniegré is what I was referring to, although the guy who told me said it was some sort of mahogany. I also heard that some 70's and perhaps 80's Pöllmanns has that wood. Question is,...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
04-16-2009, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 16,973
similar woods
I read through the post on Bosnian spruce, and it kind of made it clear that it could be near impossible to determine which part of the world this particular piece of wood came from. Now, what...
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Forum: German/Czech Shop Basses
04-16-2009, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 20,126
Without having heard or played the bass, 5,700...
Without having heard or played the bass, 5,700 does seem very reasonable. I had probably bought it myself. :D
AND that's way cheaper than what my friend will end up in, and minus the risk-taking,...
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Forum: German/Czech Shop Basses
04-16-2009, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 20,126
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
04-14-2009, 04:16 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 29,730
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
04-13-2009, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 29,730
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Forum: New Forum Member Introductions
04-11-2009, 04:11 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 27,936
And the cream in your moustache!! :D
I guess...
And the cream in your moustache!! :D
I guess I'm the sophisticated man, then. I like tea, to the extent that I might say no if I am being offered some cheap supermarket quality. Mabe I am a lot...
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Forum: Italian Bass School
04-10-2009, 06:47 AM
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Replies: 18
Views: 80,788
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Forum: New Forum Member Introductions
04-10-2009, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 27,936
Torsåker? Nice place! Maybe one day we'll be...
Torsåker? Nice place! Maybe one day we'll be neighbours. :)
I have a brother named Nils, and palms have recently been discussed in the Bull pit. Talk about parallel lives!
Anyways, it's good...
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Forum: New Forum Member Introductions
04-08-2009, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 27,936
Snow is good. Back home in Sweden, where the...
Snow is good. Back home in Sweden, where the global warming has made the winter disappear almost completely, half the year is a rainy, endless anti-season. In that case, rain is nothing I really...
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Forum: Classical/Arco
04-08-2009, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 56
Views: 102,418
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Forum: New Forum Member Introductions
04-08-2009, 03:26 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 27,936
No, that's not correct! I last slept on the...
No, that's not correct! I last slept on the second last Sunday; that was the day when day and night are as long, remember? I wouldn't wake all winter; there's nothing to see here then! Now it's still...
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Forum: New Forum Member Introductions
04-07-2009, 03:09 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 27,936
Arturo, you are warmly welcomed!
I have to...
Arturo, you are warmly welcomed!
I have to ask, since you have been in Scandinavia and all, did you ever have a semla? They are quite the rage on this forum. Maybe you will see. I try to make them...
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Forum: The Bull Pit
04-05-2009, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 57,192
Well, uhm, Denmark is close to the south of...
Well, uhm, Denmark is close to the south of Sweden, where you can actually see the other country across the water. But from Tromsö I believe it'd be some 2000 kilometers. Might as well dig a hole...
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
04-05-2009, 05:38 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 13,783
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Forum: The Bull Pit
04-05-2009, 04:18 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 57,192
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Forum: The Bull Pit
04-05-2009, 04:17 AM
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Replies: 180
Views: 202,949
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Forum: Jazz/Pizz
04-02-2009, 04:25 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 76,081
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Forum: Italian Bass School
04-01-2009, 02:13 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 80,788
Martin, I hope I was clear on that this bass is...
Martin, I hope I was clear on that this bass is the one currently INSURED to the largest amount of money, which isn't exactly the same thing. Bottesini's Testore would also be up there but it's in...
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Forum: Classical/Arco
04-01-2009, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 18,229
Okay. The bow has been stuck in the Norwegian...
Okay. The bow has been stuck in the Norwegian customs for three weeks. They asked me for sme signature allowing them to open the package. I gave it to them. Still nothing. Now it seems like they'll...
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
04-01-2009, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 29,516
drifting slightly off topic...
Romeo and Juliet!! I have heard the last movement in very different tempi - one as short as 5:00, one as long as 6:30, if I remember correctly... I hope your conductor will play it that slow, it was...
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Forum: The Bull Pit
03-31-2009, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 23,766
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Forum: Hybrid DB Strings
03-31-2009, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 90,963
Martin, since you originally posted this in the...
Martin, since you originally posted this in the Evah thread, I thought I should say that a solo version of them are under development. Thomas Martin had a prototype on an old Italian bass when I met...
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Forum: Classical/Arco
03-31-2009, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 102,418
When I bought the F. Günter Hoyer bow from his...
When I bought the F. Günter Hoyer bow from his son Matthias (and grandson, too, who had just taken up his ancestor's profession - love family businesses!) he (Matthias) told me that his father (the...
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