Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
02-27-2011, 03:38 PM
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Replies: 119
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Hi Arnold.
Thank you for sharing. Looks like...
Hi Arnold.
Thank you for sharing. Looks like the "Healey" model. Yes?
I feel the same about not drill the opposite side. Another thing about the Baker style tuners that I don't quite like is...
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Forum: Modern Handmade Basses
02-23-2011, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 119
Views: 119,424
Tuning Machines
Hi Ken/Arnold,
Congratulations on the great looking and sounding bass!
Are those English Baker tuning machines?
I'm asking because all the Baker style tunings machines that I've seen here in...
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
11-23-2010, 04:35 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,360
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Forum: Bows (and Rosin etc)
11-21-2010, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 7,360
New hair, to prime or not to prime?
Hello all.
Just sent my bow for a rehair, black.
All things being equal, would you let the bow maker prime the hair (for example with power rosin) or does it makes more sense to use...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
01-01-2010, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,137
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
12-30-2009, 07:34 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,137
Thank you for chipping in, Matthew.
The...
Thank you for chipping in, Matthew.
The reason behind getting the bridge replaced is due to the way it is current fitted. The bridge is perpendicular to the table on the fingerboard side,...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
12-30-2009, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,137
Why I need two basses.
I live in London, and I don't drive, so I take the Underground (Subway). You see where this is going? Initially I thought that I could lug the bass to practice every Saturday on the Tube. It wasn't...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
12-30-2009, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,137
Hi Ken,
These basses have carved...
Hi Ken,
These basses have carved tables, solid flatbacks and rips.
As I am a very new student of the instrument, I cannot justify (nor can I afford to) paying thousands of pounds for...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
12-29-2009, 06:12 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 10,137
Advice on bridge
Hello all,
I have two basses, both made in Reghin, Romania. They are of the same size and have the same kind of labels. Not too much information on these basses on the net (probably they are...
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
12-14-2009, 04:32 PM
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Replies: 0
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Romania basses
Hiya everyone.
Without going into too much details, I started learning to play the double bass in September. I am really enjoying it, much more than when i started electric bass back in mid 2008....
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Forum: New Forum Member Introductions
12-14-2009, 03:04 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,684
Greetings from the big smoke.
Hi,
I'm posting from London, UK.
I'm a late starter, took up the electric bass mid 2008, double bass in September 2009.
As do not own a Ken Smith Bass, and I play more double bass than...
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