Double Bass 1950 Frank DiLeone

[ChuckCorbis]

I bought this DiLeone bass on an estate auction in New Haven last year. Barrie Kolstein replaced the fingerboard, bridge, endpin, strings, restained it and fixed a big seam crack. I just got it back. I like it.

 

[RSBBass]

Nice and congratulations but why did it have to be restrained? In my experience it is more often the player who could use some restraint.

 

[ChuckCorbis]

Nice and congratulations but why did it have to be restrained? In my experience it is more often the player who could use some restraint.

Correct. I need restraint buying all these instruments since March 2020. Seriously, one of the shoulders was a different color. Then the seam opened up. So Barrie somehow got everything a better color. Not sure how he did it but the bass has a more even stain. That’s what meant by re~stained. Sorry for the word that’s probably not a word.

 

[AGCurry]

Does it sound as huge as it looks?

 

[ChuckCorbis]

Does it sound as huge as it looks?

I really sounds nice to me. I will try to record something tomorrow. Not sure how big it sounds but people were telling me Kolstein shop how good it sounds.

 

[Keith Rawlings]

I bought this DiLeone bass on an estate auction in New Haven last year. Barrie Kolstein replaced the fingerboard, bridge, endpin, strings, restained it and fixed a big seam crack. I just got it back. I like it.View attachment 4136257

Man it looks beautiful! Barrie did a great job with it.

 

[ChuckCorbis]

Does it sound as huge as it looks?

I recorded this with my cel:

 

[eerbrev]

Congratulations! you make it sound great!

 

[ChuckCorbis]

Here is another sound sample I did today of the 1950 Frank Dileone Giacovino