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06-24-2003, 05:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Stanley, KS (Kansas City) | | | No way. I'll just settle for being an active disciple of Carleen Maley Hutchins.
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06-24-2003, 09:55 PM
| | Jeff Bollbach Luthier, Inc. | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: freeport, ny | | Quote: Originally posted by nicklloyd
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06-26-2003, 03:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the end of the section | | | Anybody have pictures or links with tailpieces that are unique shapes, different woods, etc? I'm looking for a little inspiration and would like to see what other people have come up with. Thanks guys... |
06-26-2003, 05:35 AM
| | Jeff Bollbach Luthier, Inc. | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: freeport, ny | | Quote: Originally posted by toman
Anybody have pictures or links with tailpieces that are unique shapes, different woods, etc? I'm looking for a little inspiration and would like to see what other people have come up with. Thanks guys... | Go to our own-- http://www.mikepecanicmusic.com/ |
06-26-2003, 07:39 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the end of the section | | | Cool, thanks Jeff. I thought I remembered someone around here who made them, but I wasn't sure... I like the look of that adjustable bridge, too. Anybody tried one? |
02-28-2006, 02:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Alessandria - Italy | |
Hope it is not too much off topic, speaking about tailpiece, I would be interested in which notes should string between bridge and tailpiece produce. I mean, the fourth, the fifth of the open string or what else. Any advice from you would be appreciated!!
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06-22-2006, 07:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | | | at the moment my bass has a metal-of-some-sort tailpiece, and the top (as in, the front) is shaped at an angle (like an obtuse traingle), rather than being more smooth and rounded. i'm taking it to the lutheir to get is changed, i was going to ask for a heavy wood tailpiece as im doing most arco.
but i would just be interested to know about this metal one, if anyone knows what im talking about. how does it compare to differnt woods, and does the shape affect it at all? what are the main differences between a metal tailpiece and a wood one? etc.
sorry... i have no idea what you'd call it, so i apologise for the description! |
10-09-2006, 11:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: White Rock, B.C. Canada. | |
I have tried 3 different tailpeices on my bass all in one day, to find out what works best on my perticular bass which is a 2003 3/4 fully carved gamba shape. I testsed Aluminum, Ebony and Cocobolo with 80 pizz/20 arc playing. I settled on the Cocobolo because it sounded the best, largley due to it's optimal mass/density. The aluminum sounded very bright and thin just as you would imagine. The ebony was warm and defined but it intensified the overtones of some notes. The cocobolo produced the clearest most even tone on my bass. Very warm well defined and above all even tone. The right tailpeice for your bass will depend largley on your individual bass and your playing style. There are some general guidelines to follow as found in this forum like, Heavy for arco and lighter for pizz. In my experimentation, this was true, but if you want the best sound, you'll have to devote a day to experimentation with you and your instrument. |
10-10-2006, 06:40 AM
| | AES Fine Instruments | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brewster, NY, USA | | I would think you'd also want to try an uneven-length tailpiece, a multiple saddle tailpiece, and the no-tailpiece wire rig. And on each tailpiece you try, you should check it out with airplane cable, woven synthetic, gut, and a solid hanger. Seems to me your experiment was too limited.  |
10-10-2006, 10:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Stanley, KS (Kansas City) | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by arnoldschnitzer I would think you'd also want to try an uneven-length tailpiece, a multiple saddle tailpiece, and the no-tailpiece wire rig. And on each tailpiece you try, you should check it out with airplane cable, woven synthetic, gut, and a solid hanger. Seems to me your experiment was too limited. | Arnold - you forgot to mention tuning the afterlength to every conceivable interval on each and every one.
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10-10-2006, 01:00 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA USA | | | There is a wood commonly called Texas ebony (Pithocellobium flexicaule), which is not a true ebony but is sometimes more dense and is a good wood for wood working.
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10-11-2006, 03:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the end of the section | | | The best playing basses (not best quallity) I've played have come from a luthier who is meticulious about tuning the afterlength. Is that what "does it"? I don't know. I suppose it can't hurt... |
05-12-2011, 01:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Has anyone ever used Brazilwood for a tailpiece? I saw some on a European site that were elegantly carved and inlaid, but I can't imagine the sound is great. Rosewood maybe, but Brazilwood?
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05-12-2011, 07:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Forest Grove, OR | | | I haven't seen them for basses, but Pernambuco is gaining popularity for violin/viola/cello tailpieces...at high prices. |
05-12-2011, 09:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | WoodArts - Double-bass accessories
There are less ornate tailpieces at one of the other links.
I don't know anything about the company.
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