Double Bass Bass building "blog"

[Eric Rene Roy]

After a nice eMail exchange with Roger Hargrave he put me onto a thread he's doing on another site about his bass building adventure.

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Roger is a highly respected violin maker and author, as well as one of the best studies on Italian instruments and how they were made. I'd love to see this bass when done!

 

[mmoehring]

Wow, what a passionate man. He somehow expresses in words how many if us feel when we first see an original master instrument.

 

[Nuggulux]

Roger is one of the finest violin makers alive and it's great to read his enthusiasm about building a bass for the first time and his openness to learning.

 

[tyb507]

Really cool thread, and great peaks into his techniques! I especially appreciate the purfling making lesson!

Here's a cool series of videos from an italian maker that my maestro pointed me towards. Note how slow and deliberately his motions are. Good reminder to slow down! I love watching him place his cuts when carving the back of the pegbox into the duck tail and up into the scroll. Così precisa!

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggqGrdYUEovaC9UKnSMD3g/videos?flow=grid&view=0

 

[tyb507]

Forgive the continued thread-jacking, but for those interested (and with time to burn in front of the computer...back to the workbench!) here's another good (and very detailed) building blog. Not a bass, but at least it's not a fiddle!
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[tyb507]

I thought I'd bump this thread in case anybody is interested, Roger's bass building thread on the maestronet is up to 20 pages, and I can't believe how much depth he goes into on so many aspects of building, from molds and scrolls to making purfling to varnish.

Good reading!

 

[PaulCannon]

Is it true this bass is for sale at $150,000?

 

[keiranohara]

Yes, it is currently being shown Reed Yeboah Fine Violins, New York, New York.