Arnold Schnitzer

2Boom3Boom · #1 10-01-2006, 06:22 AM

Anyone know why this person doesn't return emails or phone calls?

arnoldschnitzer · #2 10-01-2006, 07:31 AM

My e-mail server has been down for almost a week. I use Suscom for high-speed internet. They have been horrible. Now they've been bought by Comcast, equally horrible. You can e-mail me for the time being through Talkbass. As far as returning phone calls, I try to do so in a reasonable time period. Sometimes my workload is so heavy that it takes me a week or so. Lately I've been cramming to get a new bass done for the Violin Society of America's maker's competition next month (It's my most whacky Ergonomic-style yet).

2Boom--sorry, try again please.

Eric Rene Roy · #3 10-01-2006, 08:15 AM

Arnold, who's judging the Basses this year for tone and workmanship? Any other TB'ers putting a bass in? Nick? Jeff?

I would have liked to have ours up and running to get it in to...but too many things have put me off track in regards to our completion date. O'well...I should have a few ready for the next one...and the ISB too!

**Chris Fitzgerald** · #4 10-01-2006, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by arnoldschnitzer

Lately I've been cramming to get a new bass done for the Violin Society of America's maker's competition next month (It's my most whacky Ergonomic-style yet).

I love the look of the first one first one and can't wait to see what's next. Please post pics when it's done!

arnoldschnitzer · #5 10-01-2006, 08:50 AM

Actually, you've posted #2. Eroy, I'll look up the judges and post it if I can find the info. Nick is bringing a bass, and I think Jeff B. also.

PaulCannon · #6 10-02-2006, 07:06 PM

That's Nathan Vedal's bass, right? I played around on it at Domaine this summer. It's a great instrument.

Rabbath, I believe, remarked that he loved being able to see the sound post from the sound holes on the upper bout. "It are fantastic."

**Matthew Tucker** · #7 10-03-2006, 01:12 AM

How do those upper bout sound holes work out, sound-wise? That's what they were put there for, not as an observation port for the sound post and bass-mouse ...

arnoldschnitzer · #8 10-03-2006, 06:40 AM

A little bit of sound emanates from the rib holes and kind of surrounds the player. When you close the holes, the bass loses openness and projection.

**Chris Fitzgerald** · #9 10-03-2006, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by arnoldschnitzer

A little bit of sound emanates from the rib holes and kind of surrounds the player. When you close the holes, the bass loses openness and projection.

Would this be true of most bass designs? Would many basses benefit from rib holes? I'm asking because a guitarist friend of mine has a rib opening/design on his (handmade) Buscarino 7 sring archtop, and he says it really helps him hear himself.

arnoldschnitzer · #10 10-03-2006, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Fitzgerald

Would this be true of most bass designs? Would many basses benefit from rib holes? I'm asking because a guitarist friend of mine has a rib opening/design on his (handmade) Buscarino 7 sring archtop, and he says it really helps him hear himself.

Disregard Ken Smith. All basses need holes in the ribs.

**Chris Fitzgerald** · #11 10-03-2006, 11:07 AM

So you think that adding a carved hole in the RH upper bout (from the player's perspective) would not be an unreasonable modification to a player's existing bass (resale value notwithstanding)? I've been tempted to have this done more than once, but have always been afraid to have it done in case it ****s up the bass somehow.

Tbeers · #12 10-03-2006, 05:42 PM

It's not like Arnold is the first guy ever to build a bass with openings in the ribs. What was the name of that other American luthier who worked in California in the early-mid 20th century? I can't think of the name, but I know he made some basses with rib holes.

**Damon Rondeau** · #13 10-03-2006, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris Fitzgerald

So you think that adding a carved hole in the RH upper bout (from the player's perspective) would not be an unreasonable modification to a player's existing bass (resale value notwithstanding)? I've been tempted to have this done more than once, but have always been afraid to have it done in case it ****s up the bass somehow.

You could put a little LED light in there and get some cool up-lighting effects on yer face. Great for Halloween gigs.

**Matthew Tucker** · #14 10-03-2006, 06:32 PM

Arnold did you reinforce the rib inside the holes?

**Chris Fitzgerald** · #15 10-03-2006, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Damon Rondeau

You could put a little LED light in there and get some cool up-lighting effects on yer face. Great for Halloween gigs.

With a face like mine, I don't need any help on Halloween gigs...

Alex Scott · #16 10-03-2006, 08:45 PM

Tbeers:

Toenniges is the maker you may be thinking of, with his diamond shaped holes in the sides.

D McCartney · #17 10-03-2006, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by KSB - Ken Smith

So does that mean that cracks in the Ribs help the sound?

You don't think they would be wise cracks?

arnoldschnitzer · #18 10-04-2006, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Matthew Tucker

Arnold did you reinforce the rib inside the holes?

Yes. Without doing so the rib would split like crazy. This is why Chris F. should not be allowed to own a drill.

**Chris Fitzgerald** · #19 10-04-2006, 06:42 AM

Don't worry...Chris F isn't nearly as stupid as he sometimes appears. I'm just wondering if someone like Nnick (who, as far as I know, should be allowed to own a drill) could perform such a surgery (including reinforcements) without taking the whole bass apart to do it.

**Matthew Tucker** · #20 10-04-2006, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris Fitzgerald

I'm just wondering if someone like Nnick (who, as far as I know, should be allowed to own a drill) could perform such a surgery (including reinforcements) without taking the whole bass apart to do it.

On your New Standard??