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Steve Molina after a show today. He’s talking to my bass instructor. They were both students of Robert Gladstone.

For years now, I've tried to find a photo of Herman Reinshagen with no luck but I left enough inquiries around the internet that his grand nephew, Terry Grissino, contacted me and sent me this photo. Herman C. Reinshagen was a student of Ludwig Manoly and was a great pedagogue with students as...

This is a photo of the Tattletales from Detroit. The founder is my late uncle, Lee Tompkins on bass. He was a professional bassist then. They started as the Teddy Raymore Quartet out of Cincinnati. Raymore did not want to tour so they replaced him and changed their name and relocated. Their...

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My instructor, Rich, wanted my Eastman student bass. It's a very nice bass and I just had a new bridge made for it, the soundpost adjusted to fit perfectly and a new endpin. It's the best Eastman bass out there now. Rich wanted it because he's a teacher and most of his students use Eastmans and...

There's an app called Jazz Radio. You can download it for free and it gives you all kinds of radio stations for jazz: bebop, blues, bossa nova, classic jazz, cool jazz, flamenco jazz, guitar jazz, Gypsy jazz, hard bop, Latin jazz, big band, piano jazz, saxophone jazz, Sinatra-style jazz, swing...

I bought this bass back in 1987 when I serving in the military. I kept it in the diesel room of my ship and someone broke it--snapped the neck off the body. Not only was it deliberate but I think it was someone high up or someone acting on the orders of someone high up. I'm sure they didn't...

Hand-carved from pernambuco wood (I held the raw block it was carved from when I first commissioned it), the frog and tip are mammoth ivory. Mother-of-peral mortice. The shield or escutcheon shapes were intended to go with the medieval themes of my bass (which I did a thread on back in January...

Many of you saw my custom bass is the "Basses" folder and i said I was getting a bow made next. Here is the first photo of it--about to be tested. Carved from a big slab of pernambuco that I held in my hands. Quite heavy. It should be ready by March and then I'll post more pics.

Last January (2014), I left Detroit and drove across the state to Muskegon to talk to Dan S. about making me a bass. Dan is a damned fine luthier who makes damned fine members of the violin family. He is a damned fine fiddler himself. I specified a gamben-form bass with a 41-inch scale...

I transcribed Scotty's walk on the track "Too Blue" from the album The Arrival of Victor Feldman. The walk goes from about 1:16 to 2:53 or thereabouts--up to where he starts to solo. This is not too difficult of a walk but it still takes decent chops. It's just right for a newer bassist to...

Mr. Gladstone was a superb but little known bassist. A student of Fred Zimmerman, he was my instructor's instructor. I never knew him but I once saw him play without realizing it for many years. Mr. Gladstone left New York to become principle bassist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO)...

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Historically, who is the greatest bass luthier? I want someone 19th century or earlier and it can't be Gasparo da Salo. Thanks.

When Esperanza first came on the scene, I was wild about her. Finally, a new recording artist that I actually cared about. When "Junjo" came out, I was convinced the gods had finally bestowed a new genius on a country long bereft of musical talent--at least any that could sell records. But...

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[This has been done before here, I’m sure, but I want assemble a list to help those newbies who come here looking to purchase their first bass and start taking lessons. These are tips that would have helped me. Feel free to add your own experiences even if they run counter to mine. I...

I have heard that excess humidity inside the doghouse can cause a mold to develop. I was wondering: a. What would be immediate signs that would tell you if you have a mold including where and how to check? b. If you do have a mold, how do you arrest it? c. At what point would a mold be...

I was looking African musical instruments some time back and was struck by their shape. In short, they are shaped like hunter's or warrior's bows. And all the archery connections started jumping out: Violins are played with "bows." Bass bows are stored in a pouch...

Anybody have any images of a beer bass?

I'm not sure what folder this topic belongs in. Anyway, I bought this last year and I consider it a must for anyone studying the bass. Written by Paul Brun, whom I think is an orchestral bassist, it goes over how this instrument evolved. He disproves certain assumptions such as the double...

I've started using these--the medium tensions--and I really like these more than the Corellis I was using. Those were arco strings anyway. They plucked good, very clean, but the hybrids growl and I love that! I'll take growl over clean any day of the week. I was reading an interview with...