The 5-String Double Bass

[Anselm Hauke]

Originally Posted by David Powell

I know this verges on insanity, but a French luthier has made one with 7,

ok, i´m the winner: 38 strings!
http://www.bazantar.com/instrument.html

[David Powell]

Originally Posted by Anselm Hauke

ok, i´m the winner: 38 strings!
http://www.bazantar.com/instrument.html

I thought about mentioning that since Mark Deutsch has modified a 5 string DB. It's a really interesting instrument. I've had his CD for over a year. "Fool" is an interesting meditational composition that is conceptually related to the life cycle. Some moments are a bit arresting, perhaps disturbing. I enjoy listening to it in the odd moment it and there is some good double bass playing on there. In the USA, it would probably be classified as "New Age" music. The Bazantar sounds very unusual. It's like a huge viola d'amore. One of the most interesting things on his site is his chart of the harmonic series vs. equal temperament. It's one of the best graphical depictions of pure harmonic relations I've ever seen.

If you haven't heard the whole composition, Anselm, it might be worth a listen, or at least I was quite pleased with the CD.

[Jeff Tranauskas]

Originally Posted by Anselm Hauke

ok, i´m the winner: 38 strings!
http://www.bazantar.com/instrument.html

Anselm, I agree.
You are the winner!