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05-25-2005, 01:17 PM
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I like this stand for home use. I'd buy one, but right now it would be more affordable to build one. Anyone know of any plans available to do so?
Thanks.
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05-25-2005, 01:59 PM
|  | Musical Anarchist | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sutton, MA | | | I like that. Do you have any more pics of it from different angles?
I would think that some kind of felt lining would do well to protect the bass. |
05-25-2005, 02:48 PM
| | | | Sorry. This is the only picture I've seen. |
05-25-2005, 03:57 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: 287,10,202,80 | | | That is a bass stand from Kolstein's. It does have padding and a felt lining. The bass fits in it quite securely (snugly?), but you need to make sure you a tall enough ceiling to get the bass out if lifted straight up, or have enough room to the side to tilt the bass as you remove it from the stand. |
05-25-2005, 04:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Houston, TX | | I use one of these. It's $80 or so. Maybe a little ovedpriced, but it does the job. |
05-25-2005, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by PaulCannon I use one of these. It's $80 or so. Maybe a little ovedpriced, but it does the job. | But it's metal. And you just can get a good tone out of that. <g>
More interesting is the bass on the site. Check out the pear shaped bass. http://www.brobstviolins.com/gallery/gallery.asp?T=Bass |
05-25-2005, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Freddels | The scroll scares me 
Nice bass though...
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05-25-2005, 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Tom Hutton The scroll scares me | I think it's meant to. To scare away the bad notes. |
05-25-2005, 07:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | I used to do some gigs with Sha Na Na...that scroll is a dead ringer for John "Bowser" Bowman! |
05-25-2005, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by PaulCannon I use one of these. It's $80 or so. Maybe a little ovedpriced, but it does the job. | That's what I have right now, and it does do the job, and it's easy to haul around.
The box type stand would be nice in the house, and possibly make the bass in the living room more tolerable to my wife. It might be fun to build too, maybe even with some groovy figured wood. |
05-26-2005, 08:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland | | Marcus - you did gigs with Sha Na Na?!
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05-26-2005, 08:13 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: St. Louis, MO USA | | | The bad thing about the box stand is that you have to drop the endpin every time you put the bass away. That's a bummer.
I use the Ingles stand. Not as pretty, but the endpin stays just where I like it til it's time to haul her out on the town. |
05-26-2005, 09:24 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: New York, New York | | | I use the corner stand. Its free - well, it came with the apartment. I highly reccomend it. |
05-26-2005, 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by EFischer1 I use the corner stand. Its free - well, it came with the apartment. I highly reccomend it. | Years ago, I was advised against that b/c of pressure on the neck.
Disclaimer: I'm not a luthier and I don't play one on the radio.
Perhaps, one of the luthiers could advise on this. |
05-26-2005, 10:40 AM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: 287,10,202,80 | | | When I put my bass in a corner, the front of the bass faces the corner and the bass rests on the front of the shoulders. The neck and scroll do not make contact with the walls.
That being said, I would still prefer something more secure. |
05-26-2005, 10:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada | | | Turn the bass so it faces the corner. Upper bout touches the walls, the neck doesn't.
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05-26-2005, 10:43 AM
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05-26-2005, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by EFischer1 I use the corner stand. Its free - well, it came with the apartment. I highly reccomend it. | I got one of those corners with my house too. Not a bad route except for the 6 year old out of contol kid that I have in the house too. |
05-26-2005, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill Graham I got one of those corners with my house too. Not a bad route except for the 6 year old out of contol kid that I have in the house too. |
Owch...bass carnage
Also, tension on the neck? The bass rests on the upper bouts, bridge facing the corner. How does this cause tension on the neck. Sorry for the triplet posting, just thought this needed one more *** :P |
05-26-2005, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by EFischer1
How does this cause tension on the neck.
| I've never put it in the corner. I just remember being told by one of my teachers not to do that. I don't have any available corners in my house AND the kids do run around so it would not be a good idea for me. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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