Forum: Jazz Corner
11-09-2010, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,200
clicks
I think the clicks on 2 and 4 gives a swinging feel, great for practicing solo ideas, but when tempos are fast and you want a solid walking line straight 4 is better, but whatever works for you
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
04-30-2010, 08:06 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,800
sinkage
The two spots were pushed out and a breast plate was added, it did have an integeral bassbar, which was scraped out and some over thick area along bassbar was thined. not sure of actual numbers. Here...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
04-29-2010, 08:45 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,800
restoration of my GA pfretschner
I had a restoration done on my bass recently and wanted to share some of the photos with everyone. There were some newspaper clips inside the bass from a German newspaper, can anyone tell me what...
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
03-16-2010, 07:40 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 6,814
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Forum: German School of Basses
03-09-2010, 09:24 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 24,731
purfling
The shape of my purfling on the back of my bass is exactly like number two bass
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Forum: German School of Basses
03-09-2010, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 24,731
purfling
Hey Ken, thanks for the info, the shape of the purfling on the back of my bass is exactly like bass no. 2, does this indicate a general date when it was made?
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Forum: German School of Basses
03-09-2010, 01:02 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 24,731
GA pfretzschner
No, I don't claim to know anything about the history of this bass, I wish I did. I do know what a good stringbass sounds like. I have the bass in the shop of Robert Ross in Denver CO. I believe him...
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Forum: German School of Basses
03-08-2010, 08:49 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 24,731
bass bar
I have a GA Pfretzschner that is currently under the knife. It had an integeral bass bar which was removed. I wasn't sure it was the thing to do and had to decide whether or not to do it. Turns out...
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Forum: Jazz Corner
03-07-2010, 12:50 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 12,067
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Forum: Jazz Corner
03-07-2010, 12:24 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 23,431
Many old tunes had standard changes, as these...
Many old tunes had standard changes, as these tunes became jazz tunes you see more use of the tri-tone. This is basiclly changing a cycle of fifths movement of the bass note into a chromatic...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
03-02-2010, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,351
bridge adjusters
Check to see if the bridge fits the top, if it does and it is not leaning forword, if so the bidge is fine, string spacing can be changed fairly easily, and putting adjusters on is not rocket...
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
01-29-2010, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 119
Views: 119,453
corners
why not leave it cornerless and put a wood slat on the rib so it can be picked up more easily
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Forum: German/Czech Shop Basses
01-15-2010, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 17,747
late reply
I also have a GA Pfretzschner, it looks alot like yours, except for the perfling on the back, my teardrop at the heal is differant. It was great to read some of Ken's replys, he knows more history on...
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