Recent content by MIKMAN

You have a PM.

You have a PM.

My (barely) $0.01 Back in 2009 a friend ordered an unfinished bass from an eBay seller. The bass arrived properly packaged. It featured a medium grained spruce top and richly flamed laminated ribs and back. The FB was of decent quality ebony. In order to minimize the shipping cost the seller...

Generally speaking yes. Any seasoned luthier would charge a fair amount of money because the regraduation needs hours of work. But the final outcome would worth it.

Just my $0.1 These basses are constructed in Romania from decent tonewoods mainly from the Carpathian mountains. The company produces many different qualities of instruments. The premium quality usually features double basses made with excellent tonewoods, hand varnishing and a robust...

Gentlemen the bass is probably fully carved. Gliga instruments are produced in Reghin, Romania, in a place which has an old tradition in producing instruments of the violin family. These basses are robustly made, they feature rather thick top and back plates and after a thorough set up they...

Dear friend if you were located in Europe you could find many decent basses in affordable prices, either new or used. However the shipping costs from Europe to the States make such an attempt less than attractive. In any case if you want any detailed infos about European luthiers, factories or...

Last summer i spent two weeks in Germany with my family. I used sometimes the FlixBus service, which was efficient and rather cheap. I moved a double bass from Frankfurt to Berlin, accompanying it with a minimal cost. I had it in a well padded soft case and the guys loaded it with me and...

Since i have moved basses around Europe for fifteen years here's my (barely) $0.01. The first rule is to have a robustly made box to transfer the bass. In the box you will put the instrument with the strings detuned, the bridge off the strings and the soundpost down. The bass has to be well...

Speaking about regraduation i have to say that some cheap fully carved basses from Central or East Europe have a potential that makes regraduation worthy. Usually these basses are overbuilt, meaning they have heavier than needed plates. Opening one of these basses and making a proper graduation...

Matthew speaks the word of plain truth, as he always does!

Congratulations for your new bass and enjoy it. Some tips for it would be useful. Please take a pencil and lubricate with it the slots on the bridge in order to avoid slipping during the tuning. Buy a carbon fiber endpin, which will enhance the bowing sound of the bass. If you like jazz work the...

Let me add my $0.1. These basses are sold for $2500 new in Europe. They are constructed in Luby, the Czech Republic and they are fully carved flatbacks, featuring a medium grained spruce top and unflamed maple ribs and back. What's the point to pay more than the double price of a new one? If you...

For any details about the Thomann basses (and many other European basses as well) i am always available for the forum's friends. Mike