| New kid in town..
Dear friends, the eternal quest for "the sound" drove me again in Central Europe, looking for a bass with a "booming" piz tone. After a succesful business trip in Germany i visited the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. I tried many basses in various specialized shops, luthiers, even the Strunal factory in Luby and some private workshops in the area. I did not find anything according to my expectations. A Cleveland hybrid i tried in the States some time ago had set my upper limit and my standard rather high.
I kept my last visit for Atelier Paganini in Prague. This shop is a must for everyone looking for instruments of the violin family. The owner, Miroslav Bures, is a man to do business with and in the past i bought some excellent violins from his shop. I tried his basses (fifteen more or less) and i found a German bass, made by an Albin Lutwig Paulus Jr in Markneukirchen. It is a typical German bass with outer linings, fully carved with beautiful tonewoods. It delivered a thunderous piz sound (strung with Spiros mittel) and has a warm, focused arco response. I liked it, the price was reasonable so i bought it and the Atelier delivered it to Greece safely and quickly in seven days. Some photos follow.
Now i'm discussing a teaching assignment for the summer in the States. If everything will be OK, i plan to sell some of my inventory and come back with an Arnold's Cleveland hybrid. It will be the last kid in town.
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