Recent content by Jon Stefaniak

I'm assembling a bass and decided to go with a three knob setup from noll with two stack knobs and one normal. The online shop where I bought most of my parts has both Warwick and Noll knobs available as back order items, but, in gold, they only have Stack knobs from Noll and the simple ones...

I wasn't sure exactly where to put this, but it relates to mic placement, I guess Recently I was watching a video on the ol' YouTube about loudspeaker construction and it got me thinking about doublebass construction. How analogous are speaker phase (tuned ports, passive radiators) to the...

It is my main orchestra bow- basically the only bow I use at work, so roughly 90 percent of my playing and practice. I never take it home, so if I play something solo, or practice at home etc., I use another. It is still a great bow 2 years later. I am not looking at other bows now, I have what...

Oh, wow... I feel stupid for not knowing the word. A quick google search would have been enough. Sorry for wasting your time Lynn Hannings lists this repair on her website for $400 and a "half cheval" is $200. So i guess depending on the extent of the repair, cost might vary. Find a good bow...

Sorry, but i am a little confused by some of the words you chose in your post. cheval - I guess you mean horsehair Ear- I guess you mean hair Break, break wont develop - ? Is the bow bending? Cracked or otherwise damaged? Rubbing on the string? Rehairing a bow is a normal bit of maintenance...

Since you resurrected this thread, Craig, I just like to say I attended the Bradetich summer bass camp when I was 17 in 2002 (I think) and heard your doctoral recital . You played Bach 5th suite ... and I remember some Edgar Meyer (great sea snake?) When I said you do a great Edgar Meyer...

This is how it feels watching Gary play

The end of Mahler 5 in the O. Zimmerman Mahler book- trolling bass students for decades

This was posted over on Reddit double bass

Dictum in Germany sells black hair. Bow hair - Accessories | Dictum It says it is out of stock until April

Not a dragonetti bow at all. I assume the picture is under tension. And that the stick is basically straight. Still, the frog is more or less modern looking, but with brass instead of nickel-silver or sterling ferrule... No underslide. Looks sort of like an amateur bowmaker's first or second...

Setup, condition and fit to the player are really important, of course. I've shared the stage with a few different soloists who had Strads. Quality varies and the name might be overrated in some cases, but some of those instruments are really, really magical. Those popular articles blind testing...

This resurrected thread seems a good place to share some expensive bass youtube vids- Da Salo Amati Rogeri Maggini

That metaphor is pretty sketchy. You want tools that suit the job you're doing.