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Thanks! I think Handel's Largo is one of the easier pieces (in my small collection :) ). Usually, the duo parts with piano only have the melody, while the solo parts are more challenging because I'm trying to add harmonic support by adding double stops and triads. Perhaps I should add a...

I usually ask my email subscribers if they have any suggestions, but it didn’t occur to me to add a suggestion form on the site! 🤦 It a great idea, Thanks! I do still have a list of pieces I want to work through, the next one will be Fauré’s Pavane …

Hi Everyone, I recently started to create reductions of classical pieces for solo bass and/or bass with piano. I'm still very much trying to figure out what works and what not, but I really enjoy the process. ( Some of you may know me from my other website bach2bass.com ) I'm sharing this work...

The cavity of the body in combination with the size of the soundholes create a so called Helmholtz resonance. It's a resonance made by the air in the body. It can be decreased by make the holes larger indeed. Most of the acoustic character comes from the vibrations in the plates which start to...

Those are interesting points you make. Now I have more to experiment with :-)

It's definitely how it started, I used to be a double bass player, but I have developed back problems so I gave up on it. So I was indeed chasing an upright sound with a fretless. However at this point I think this could evolve in a very interesting acoustic sound on its own. It sounds totally...

That's very true, I tried it with a guitar and I liked that too, but you can amplify anything. Or add effects, I added a bit reverb on the signal before amplifying it.

It's true, it could add it's vibrations to just about anything. Testing on a Cajon is not a bad idea at all, although I woud guess it will have a heavy-mid response, and may not have much acoustic resonance

There are 2 types of possible feedback here, I'm pretty sure that if you mic it on stage with monitors, the body/mic/monitor will cause feedback. This is not unlike micing a double bass or acoustic guitar. One thing that can help is to put the Vudo off-stage, and mic it there. When it's...

Thanks! I will :)

Yes indeed, there is a coil/magnet attached to the bass bars. (They should end up on the inside at some point, this is easier prototyping). The amp sends it's signal to the coil which in turn makes the magnet vibrate at it's mount point. I will probably take it into a studio at some point and do...

Thanks for the feedback! I'm learning all of this on the go :-) The thing with traditional bass building is that builders need to find an optimal balance between strength and resonance. If they build too thin, the instrument collapes under string tension, but I don't have the strength...

Hi fellow bassists, I've been working on a crazy experiment for a while now, and I just finished my 4th prototype and I think I'm getting some successes. The idea is to build an acoustic resonator which can take the place of a cabinet in our typical setup. The fundamental difference is that the...

Thanks for sharing the link to my website! It's great to hear how people are progressing because of it. Progress has been stalled a bit recently, but I'm definitely still working on it. Time is somewhat of a constraint ... Since we're sharing video's here, I thought I'd add this rendition of...

I would definitely explore some new instruments, like the eigenharp, or maybe even venture into designing something electronic myself