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01-09-2007, 12:25 AM
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Hey all, sorry if this is a stupid question (I'm an electric bassist hoping to get into double bass) or if it's in the wrong forum... I found an ad with this text: Quote:
100 year Old Tyrolian bass, never repaired properly. Has some small cracks, but always sounded good
Doesn't have a neck block. Right now the soundpost has fallen and it's not playable.
| What is a Tyrolian bass? Is that a style or a brand?
Is the lack of a neck block a bad/expensive thing?
Thanks for any wisdom you can impart to me...
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01-09-2007, 12:51 AM
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01-09-2007, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by smeet  Hey all, sorry if this is a stupid question (I'm an electric bassist hoping to get into double bass) or if it's in the wrong forum... I found an ad with this text:
What is a Tyrolian bass? Is that a style or a brand?
Is the lack of a neck block a bad/expensive thing?
Thanks for any wisdom you can impart to me... | Tyrol is an area in Europe located right around Northern Italy and Austria (alps). |
01-09-2007, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by smeet
What is a Tyrolian bass? Is that a style or a brand?
Is the lack of a neck block a bad/expensive thing?
Thanks for any wisdom you can impart to me...
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01-09-2007, 12:18 PM
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The term Tyrolean seems to apply to basses imported from Austria (where Tyrol is a state) and possibly Germany (a neighbor of Austria). Although I saw a bass described as a French Tyrolean bass on the web...
I have also seen the term Tyrolean applied to plate-style tuning machines. These tuning machines might have been a signature element of the Tyrolean basses.
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01-09-2007, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by PoorPlayer The term Tyrolean seems to apply to inexpensive, factory-built, carved basses imported from Germany (where Tyrol is a region) in the late 1890s and early 1900s. | Why do you restrict it to those years? Why factory-built? Quote:
Originally Posted by PoorPlayer All of the Tyrolean basses that I have seen are busetto-shaped. I don't know if all of them are or not. | Do a search for pics of Tyrolean basses and see how many of them have love handles. |
01-09-2007, 12:27 PM
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01-09-2007, 01:11 PM
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The Tyrolean region is in the Alps. In North Eastern Italy and southern Austria - And I've seen several Tyrolean basses that were hand carved,not factory made, for what it's worth. And none busetto shaped.
So, obviously, there's a pretty diverse range of experience here.
Personally, I'd be very wary about buying a bass with "no neck block". It sounds very suspect.
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01-09-2007, 01:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Woodland Hills, California | | | Wow guys, thanks for all the info, very informative!
And yes, I was suspicious about the lack of a neck block myself... The thing is, the guy was giving the bass away for free (yay!) so I thought I could get it and then evaluate. Unfortunately, I was too late and it got grabbed (waaahhhh!). |
01-09-2007, 02:48 PM
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Does this thread make anybody else miss Ken? 
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01-09-2007, 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Stan Haskins Does this thread make anybody else miss Ken? | Maybe this could lure him back. Someone send him an email telling him we need some info about "blockless wonders"  . |
01-09-2007, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by PoorPlayer All of the Tyrolean basses that I have seen are busetto-shaped. I don't know if all of them are or not. | Quote: |
Originally Posted by billyfalconer Do a search for pics of Tyrolean basses and see how many of them have love handles. | PoorPlayer, I think you have youre bass shapes confused. The bass which you bought (which the other thread is about) is Gamba shaped not busetto. Busetto it a different shape ala Pollman basses (they have bulges on the lower bouts). Do a search and I bet you will see whats up.
Ben
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01-09-2007, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Stan Haskins Does this thread make anybody else miss Ken? | Well, after a proper apology to the community for this, I would welcome his contributions. Until then... |
01-09-2007, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Ben Rolston PoorPlayer, I think you have youre bass shapes confused. The bass which you bought (which the other thread is about) is Gamba shaped not busetto. Busetto it a different shape ala Pollman basses (they have bulges on the lower bouts). Do a search and I bet you will see whats up.
Ben | I have corrected my post, thanks!
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01-09-2007, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by drurb Well, after a proper apology to the community for this, I would welcome his contributions. Until then... |
Ahhh . . . the good old days. . . . 
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01-09-2007, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Stan Haskins Ahhh . . . the good old days. . . . |
That's the point. I don't want to return to them.  |
01-09-2007, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by drurb That's the point. I don't want to return to them. | +1, and I somehow missed all of that. Perhaps for the best. 
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