Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
02-23-2017, 02:47 PM
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Forum: Italian Bass School
04-06-2014, 02:10 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 36,032
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
10-15-2013, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 3
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I just searched TB/DB for you.
. One sold in...
I just searched TB/DB for you.
. One sold in August for $2500.
. Another red apparently one did not sell in July for that price.
. Another one in Cincy asking $2150 sold June
There was...
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
08-23-2013, 09:03 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 16,858
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Forum: Amps, etc. [DB]
01-09-2013, 01:55 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 21,833
Sounded good with the 1890 Lamy (and...
Sounded good with the 1890 Lamy (and highly-skilled operator)? No surprise.
My experience with these medium-low amps -- including an all-night demo on the Workman's 10, which was the predecessor...
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Forum: German School of Basses
12-18-2012, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 19,351
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
11-09-2012, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
09-12-2012, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 8,213
Joel, one of my major bugs online is, "Please...
Joel, one of my major bugs online is, "Please research my paper for me." That certainly goes double for your masters thesis!
So please pardon me for being The Cranky Guy but I think you ought...
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Forum: German School of Basses
08-13-2012, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 11
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You're making sense (as usual).
I've said...
You're making sense (as usual).
I've said elsewhere (http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f1/what-meant-tyrolean-889869) that "Tyrolean" likely began as a businessman's effort to provide a waft of...
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Forum: Italian Bass School
06-18-2012, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 14,690
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Forum: Classical/Arco
06-05-2012, 01:54 PM
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
02-02-2012, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 28,767
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
11-30-2011, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 34,684
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Forum: Amps, etc. [DB]
08-21-2011, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 13,859
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
08-07-2011, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 6,543
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
08-25-2010, 03:03 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,432
The Bittner was a wonderful bass which opened...
The Bittner was a wonderful bass which opened doors for me musically. It has a combination of sonic refinement and edge that is rare.
I miss it. I decided that I should not own a fragile old...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
08-24-2010, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 7,432
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Forum: Modern Eastern Europe
08-16-2010, 11:22 AM
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Views: 41,209
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
05-26-2010, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,074
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
02-23-2010, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 34,444
A Life-Digression
Ken --
An excellent suggestion and well-taken. I played in orchestras as a student, amateur and semi-pro and stopped about twenty years ago.
I love improvising. Orchestra music, for all...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
02-22-2010, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 34,444
KL, you've touched on something here that...
KL, you've touched on something here that resonates for me.
I played jazz without an extension for thirty-some years. I've been playing jazz with an extension for about half a year. I often feel...
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
01-29-2010, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 119
Views: 122,803
Laminated Ribs
We've gone back and forth a bit about how the ribs look laminated and, lo and behold, are in fact laminated.
I suspect that has a noticeable, perhaps even substantial, positive influence on the...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
01-22-2010, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,463
I've worked for and with luthiers, lived with...
I've worked for and with luthiers, lived with luthiers, represented luthiers, some of my best friends (living and gone) are luthiers, my sister and her husband are luthiers . . .
My observation is...
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
12-30-2009, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 18,346
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
12-30-2009, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 18,346
In my limited experience:
a) Most of the...
In my limited experience:
a) Most of the time a string instrument which is "lightly" built will be louder than an "identical" instrument which is "heavily" built.
This is a rough rule of...
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