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03-25-2008, 08:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boone, NC | | | What's up with the blue strap going over the fb and stuffed with rags? I've never heard of a russian bass before, that sounds like a line, yours looks like some sort of european factory bass. |
03-25-2008, 08:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: gulf coast | | | i was told to do that once, (blue straps) does it work??
that is to flatten out the fingerboard. |
03-25-2008, 09:21 AM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by gus01  i was told to do that once, (blue straps) does it work??
that is to flatten out the fingerboard. | That's what luthiers are for.  |
03-25-2008, 11:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: gulf coast | | yeah i found a different one  |
03-25-2008, 03:56 PM
| | | | why does it look european?please say more.i know nothing.the strap is for flattening the fb yes,and it does work very well.the rags prevent ratteling.works too.iīm just wondering if itīs worth changing the fb to one made of ebony and eventually changing the bridge to a better one.the neck is super thin and the best i have played and i think it sounds very good.the top seems to be carved and the rest plywood,so iīm wondering how much it would be reasonable to put into it.i paid around $3000 for it two years ago here in norway. |
03-25-2008, 06:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: IB, California | | | You got ripped. 3k for a hybrid with a warped fingerboard is 3k too much.
Although I like the crazy f-holes, thats how the comrades rollem |
03-25-2008, 08:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Madison, WI/Indianapolis, IN | | | Cool F holes indeed. Also just a side note, a smaller neck isn't really better its harder to hold it with out grabbin and doing a hand vice grip kind of thing. thicker necks, at least to me, are easier to play. |
03-26-2008, 02:47 AM
| | | | thatīs not so good!
some things to think about there. |
03-26-2008, 06:49 AM
| | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Eli_Upright12 ...Also just a side note, a smaller neck isn't really better its harder to hold it with out grabbin and doing a hand vice grip kind of thing. thicker necks, at least to me, are easier to play. | +1! |
03-26-2008, 07:52 AM
| | | | but we all like the f holes |
03-26-2008, 08:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Boone, NC | | | I said I thouht it was probably european because most factory basses older than the period we are now in where everything is made in China were mostly made in eastern europe or america, and your bass doesn't look american. I could be way off here, but I've always assumed that the old USSR got thier factory basses from Romania, Chech, or E Germany. Really though, if it has no label and and there is really no chance that this is an old pedigree instrument, who cares where it came from? If you want to know if it is worth getting a new board and bridge, you need to ask yourself if you love this bass or not. Do you like its sound, does it feel good to you when you play it? You also need to make sure that there is nothing else wrong with it. If the neck needs to be reset or if you need a new bass bar, a new board/bridge won't get you very far.
One more thing, don't listen to people who tell you that you payed too much or that your neck is too thin, these people have no idea what that market conditions are in norway, nor have they ever played your bass. |
03-26-2008, 08:21 AM
| | | | thank you for answering so thoroughly.so how old would you think it might be?iīm just curious and i guess i like old things better than new.youīre right;i should have someone take a thorough look at it and see if other things are bad. |
03-26-2008, 09:39 AM
| | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by uprightben One more thing, don't listen to people who tell you that you payed too much or that your neck is too thin, these people have no idea what that market conditions are in norway, nor have they ever played your bass. | No one can tell you that your neck is too thin for you. If you prefer it to a thicker neck and you have evaluated the differences, then that's all that counts. The decision, however, should be made with eyes wide open. An experienced player might choose a thin neck for sound (pun intended) reasons. Newbies often like the feel of a thinner neck because they think it is easier to play only to find out later that a thicker neck promotes better left-hand form and produces less fatigue. This is what many (not all players) find to be the case. It certainly squares with my own decades-long experience. |
03-26-2008, 11:52 AM
| | | | interesting;whatīs the typical difference in sound with a thinner vs. a thicker neck?i didnīt know that it affected the sound.as iīm not an experinced player i havenīt tried a lot of different necks and it sounds like a valid point.the reason i like it thin so far,is because it reminds me more of my precision than the thicker ones iīve tried.iīll pay my thick-neck-friend a visit and try with that in mind.thanks |
03-26-2008, 01:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Houston, TX | | | My bass is approximately 45 years old, made in Germany and has the same outside reinforcement of the top with the top even with the reinforcement edge, something I haven't seen before. I fell in love wth my instrument because of the feel of the neck. It just fit my hand and felt so comfortable. The neck is small compared with most basses. One exception is an Englehart I've played, but the owner took that one to a luthier the first thing to have the neck reshaped and made smaller. My bass has a 41 inch string length and I've noticed that the German basses are usually less than 42 inches while the current Chinese are 42 inches on the average.
I haven't seen a bass with quite the ratio of size between the bottom and top bouts as yours appears to have. I like the looks. Enjoy it. |
03-26-2008, 03:11 PM
| | | | hmm;maybe itīs german then.is there an enclopedia for double basses? |
03-26-2008, 03:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Germany | | Quote:
Originally Posted by neslofalo is there an enclopedia for double basses? | http://www.talkbass.com/ |
03-26-2008, 04:30 PM
| | | | obviously!but i still have a hard time finding out about where and when this bass was crafted.somebody must know |
03-26-2008, 04:42 PM
| | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by neslofalo interesting;whatīs the typical difference in sound with a thinner vs. a thicker neck?i didnīt know that it affected the sound.as iīm not an experinced player i havenīt tried a lot of different necks and it sounds like a valid point.the reason i like it thin so far,is because it reminds me more of my precision than the thicker ones iīve tried.iīll pay my thick-neck-friend a visit and try with that in mind.thanks | It is not so much the sound as its effect on your technique (which, ultimately, of course, affects the sound). Many BG players coming over to DB like the feel of a thin neck for just the reason you stated. That is, it feels more like what they are used to. You are wise to explore different neck profiles and decide for yourself. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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