Recent content by bassmart08

This guy I met on a gig told me that his luthier buddy made an extension for him for cheap out of the leg of an antique chair (supposedly for $100 and a case of beer). I have some old chairs and an old violin or two lying around and I want an extension!! Could I make one perhaps?? Has anyone...

Hello Patrick, With Messiah, no two performances are alike. Sometimes you're by yourself and sometimes there are two basses, sometimes they double-dot, sometimes not,...bowings, etc. etc. etc. Is there a rule of thumb regarding when the principal bass should participate with the continuo...

oh no. -Changing strings tonight on my old German bass. The E tuning post cracked/broke as I began winding on a new string. the break is where the hole is in the post. I called some luthiers on the west coast and they said it is probably maple and I can glue it, but it probably won't...