Double Bass Anyone Try Gustave Bernardel Rosin?

[Pietsch]

Does anyone have experience playing double bass solos with Gustave Bernardel rosin? I ordered a cake today to try for a while.

 

[Lee Moses]

Not myself, but from another poster:

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Double Bass Post in thread 'Good Rosin?'

Feb 28, 2006

I´m actually playing with bernadel cello for solo and Pop´s for orchestra.

• guadanini

 

[Pietsch]

I spent ten minutes applying a new cake of Bernardel Rosin for violin, viola, and cello into the hair of my Lothar Seifert German bow. Then I spent a half-hour doing long-tone exercises that Gary Karr showed me one summer while he taught at Indiana University, and later at The Hartt School.

A few months ago, Jacob Bradford (a luthier in Fountain Inn, South Carolina who performs repairs on violins, violas, cellos, and basses) carved a new bridge using a Despiau bridge blank and repositioned the sound post for a bright sound. The results improved the sound quality, playability, nuanced responsiveness when soloing on my 140-year-old August Heck double bass.

This Bernardel Rosin worked well for "concerto sound" long-note bowing.

 

[Pietsch]

After using Bernardel Rosin for about 10 days, I switched back to Gaston Brohan's Oak Bass Rosin (soft). I like the bow traction/resistance using Gaston Brohan's for soloing.

I plan to switch back to Bernardel Rosin in about a month to compare again.