Recent content by dbqluthier

I have the same question: What are the junk basses. I hear that China basses self destruct or they are worth only 1/3 of the purchase price immediately and that they are hard to sell. If that's true then used junk basses should be available. It would be interesting to take a DB that is coming...

I've been to 'violins.ca' and looked at the plans/books. I totally agree that the first try is not going to be the greatest, at least that's my experience. I heard of making a solid top from spruce planks glued with hide glue. It was said that it had better sound than plywood. Anyway I can...

Has anyone put a bow to a 1/4 bass. It seem this would more playing a cello with bass tuning. I'm thinking about using one for a church praise group gig ... small group amplified ... maybe a bass solo line, bowed, one in a while. Nearly all the 1/2 and 1/4 basses are plywood, but I'm thinking...