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Hi there. This is for all you guys and girls living and working with music in London. I´m a music teacher at a norwegian so called Folkhighschool. It´s a kind of school that differs from the regular school system, giving young students the opportunity to work freely and explore music and not be...

I did something terrible today:D Got kind of tired of my Revolution Solo 2, because it never completely satisfied my taste. And then I thought it would be fun to check out the construction. The wood was sanded down to almost nothing anyway, because of the serious small gap under the wings of my...

I have been reading some posts about Spiro mittels an weichs. I want to make a mix set of Bel Canto G and D, with Spirocore A and E. It´s come down t either the weichs or perhaps the solos. Which of these are the best match tensionwise, and also soundwise? BC´s are quite dark, so I´m thinking...

I read the Mittel/weich thread, but am more curious about the difference between the weichs and the solos. Mittels sound too much like a fretless bass

I recently had an accident with my bass during transport, and the result is a nice big crack in the front, to the right of the bridge and endpin. The repair will be expensive, but the bass will probably be better than before, since it was somehow bad set up. I think there was quite a big tension...

I recently had an accident with my bass during transport, and the result is a nice big crack in the front, to the right of the bridge and endpin. The repair will be expensive, but the bass will probably be better than before, since it was somehow bad set up. I think there was quite a big tension...

Anyone got any experience with the Kolstein adjustable bridge with exotic wood adjusters? Is it worth to pay twice the price of a regular adjustable bridge with aluminum/brass adjusters?

I have a problem, that seem to have appeared pretty recently. I changed to a new set of Bel Cantos, and the A string has got pretty exaggerated overtones on the notes B flat, B and C. The B is the worst. the overtone (or harmonic some will say) is a major sixth to the played tone. I this a wolf...

I am planning on putting an all wood endpin on my Grunert. Considering the Onyx from Lemur. There is a rosewood version and an ebony version. I also consider replacing my ebony tailpiece with a rosewood compensated tailpiece. Anyone got any ideas regarding the difference in these woods? How...

I have Bel Cantos on my Grunert, and find these to be the best hybrid strings for decent jazz and classical works. The downside with Bel Cantos is the somewhat weak E-string. But then I start thinking about the KC Strings wooden endpin leg. There has been written some stuff about this piece...

I need to replace my bolt/screw for the endpin collar. It´s a 1/4-20 thread bolt. Here in Norway we got the metric standard threads, measured in millimeters, not inches. So a wing bolt like this is kind of hard to get hold of. I would also like this wing bolt to be ok to look at, not just a...

Since I have a bass with the tailgut mounted around a knob in front of the endpin, I thought I just might try a complete solid wooden endpin. That means I mount a piece of wood in a lathe and make myself an endpin that fits right into the end block of the bass. I think this would improve the...

How important is the afterlength actually? I read in earlier posts that one should tune the afterlength 2 octaves and a fourth from the original string tone. E string: Afterlength tuned A A string: Afterlength tuned D D string: Afterlength tuned G G string: Afterlength tuned C Is this...

I have this fanthasy of converting my 4 stringer to a 5 stringer. Without making any reinforcing on the bass. The principal is a matter of string tension. There should be possible to match the tension of a Spiro Mittels 4 string set with a 5 string setup. Lets say a set og detuned Spiro Solos...

Hi again guys and girls. I am thinking of trying the drumstick endpin trick. That means I need a drumstick that is like 10 mm thick. Vater has got timbale sticks that measure 3/8 inches, available in both hickory and maple. I guess maple would be the strongest one, regaring the pendular...

Anyone got any experience with maple tailpieces? If I´m right, maple is much lighter in weight than ebony. or what? Thus making the maple tailpiece more usable and absorb less vibrations than ebony. Am I not right?

Anyone know if a new soundpost would sound better than a 30-year old soundpost? And does the diameter of the soundpost matter?

I have a Grunert 1978 gamba bass. I guess the bridge has got the same age as the bass. It is a littlebit warped towards the fingerboard. Though I have used a hot pan to soften the wood and the heavy kitchen table to bend it straight, it warps back to its "worn-out" shape after a while. So I'm...

I'm usually a man of many ideas, some of them stupid, and some of them brilliant. I got this idea one day: How about mounting a Wilson K1 element into the top end of the soundpost. Lets say, about 0.5 cm away for the top. I've got a Grunert with this singel tailgut plug. The tailgut is now...

I am thinking of replacing the bridge on my Grunert bass, and am considering the Barcus Berry bridge with built-in piezo pickup. I look for a visually clean solution, cause I'm playing in a Symphonic Orchestra, in addition to jazz/folk. I also prefer not to have a "underwood" placed between the...

I´m thinking of buying solo-strings for normal "orchestra"tuning. My purpouse is to get a warmer darker sound in my bass, and also make the bass easier to play. I´ve got a 1978 Grunert Gamba. I play both jazz/folk and Symphony Orchestra, so it should fit both styles. I am thinking of the...

Hello. I was just wondering if anyone out there has got 1/2 a Wilson mounted into the legs of the bridge. The Wilson is possible to order with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 elements. I'm thinking about ordering the 2-element version and mounting it almost the same way as the Underwood/Shadow, the...

Has anyone tried the new SWR WorkingPro 10/12/15? I see from the specs that it has 3.9 Mohm input impedance. That will suit a piezo pickup very nice, compared to regular bassamps which usually has 0.5 Mohm impedance. So it should sound quite nice with a double bass, don´t you think?

Hi guys and girls. I´m new on this forum, althought I´ve been reading the Forum frequently ever since I purchased my first Double Bass 3 years ago. In winter 2008 i switched it out with a beautiful 30 year old Grunert, and am very happy with it. I purchased a BP100 from a female colleague...