A lot of sustain but low volume

[Arnold Schnitzer]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Not just the Romanians Arnold. I have seen pics of a two newly made American makers where there is so much Brace & Strip wood in the Back, that the Back plate itself looks secondary!

What maker is doing that?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Arnold Schnitzer

What maker is doing that?

Shh.. I shouldn't really say here in public but you know who I mean.. I think.. You have a PM..

[Mike Mandelas]

Thanks all for your replies. The bridge is 16.5 cm high in the center (between the A and D strings). The camber is 3.1 mm in the E and 3.15 in the G string. The strings' clearance is 5 mm,6 mm, 7 mm and 9 mm in the G,D,A,E sequence. I made the bass set up following Ken's suggestions in the forum and i raised the FB camber from 2.8 mm to 3.1 mm following Chuck Traegers guidelines. I'll try a Marvin wire tailpiece, which in my own bass caused a dramatic improvement, as a last hope to increase the volume. Thanks again for all yor input.

[Eric Swanson]

I have a very heavily-wooded Romanian bass that also lacks acoustic pizz volume and arco response, but has good pizz sustain. I put a Marvin tailpiece on it, as a inexpensive gamble/experiment.

While the Marvin certainly improved the pizz and arco notes' clarity, evened out the registers, and eliminated wolftones, on my particular bass, the benefits are relatively minor, in terms of volume, pizz or arco.