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  1. Anton Johannes

    1960 Hoyer bass - onboard electronics

    After installing a jack plug, this bass sounds quite nice. The pickups are microphonic for sure, but that ain’t all bad… However the onboard filters don’t work quite as intended. It seems that the treble filter is not working, since the 4 positions only offer 2 sounds (with or without bass)...
  2. Anton Johannes

    Double Bass Thread about lifeless synthetic core strings

    I write a blog about bass solutions - my main focus is double-bass. Today I wrote about how to lengthen the life over synthetic core strings bassolution This thread could be about sharing tips on synthetic core strings. How often do you change them? Do You have other ideas about how to keep...
  3. Anton Johannes

    Double Bass Newly developed microphone for Double-bass - Remic D5400LB

    Hello, I have received a pair of Remic microphones for review. I will post my results at: http://bassolution.blogspot.dk/ The link is to a blog I started writing in september this year. I welcome comments about the products or specifics You would like me to check out. Cheers, Johs
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    Double Bass Help identify this unnamed Double-Bass

    Link to pictures of my 4/4 roundback which has been expertly restored by Erik Hoffmann in Copenhagen: http://imgur.com/a/IItIh/embed#0 Would be interesting if users of this forum recognize details on the bass - like the interesting "smiling frog" design of the plates on the headstock...
  5. Anton Johannes

    Help identify mysterious Round Wound String

    This forum has previously helped me identify a string from a picture - so here I go again... [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] The Roundwound strings in the picture look and feel like a typical Nickel Round Wound set, but the length of the silk wrapping is unusual. This set sounds very...
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    Quest for mysterious flatwound string

    [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] The picture shows my Hofner bass with Pyramid flatwounds (makers of original Höfner strings) except the E-string which is an old string which I would love to identify, since its tone is amazing. Pyramid is a very soft and flexible string compared to other...