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Double Bass Best new double Bass maker.....?

#61
I have owned a Dan Hachez bass since 2001 and it continues to be a wonderful experience to play this bass. It is loud, warm, rich and speaks very quickly. I can't recommend his basses highly enough. As their value/price has climbed--I understand that they are now selling in the high $30,000's--I have found myself increasingly taking out a hybrid Eastman bass to jazz and pop gigs where I'm not 100% sure of the conditions I'm going to find. I have posted two pictures as well which I hope come through all right since I had to reduce their size and quality significantly in order to get them under the limit for uploading. I'll put two more pictures in a follow-on posting.

Erik Hansen
Los Angeles
 
#64
LowNote said:
I have owned a Dan Hachez bass since 2001 and it continues to be a wonderful experience to play this bass. It is loud, warm, rich and speaks very quickly.
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That's the thing about Sid's Hachez, too - it speaks so quickly that sometimes you'd swear he hadn't even played the line yet and still there it was out in the mix, clear as day. Amazing bass. You're a lucky man!
 
#67
I've been to Marrio's many times and from what I can remember the bass is owned by someone who plays tango based music so I imagine the 2nd extension facilitates some things for the keys they play in. One other very nice feature I'd like to point out on this bass is that the tuners have been modified for quick changing of the strings. After detuning the strings a little bit those ebony things release from the gears and the whole peg unwinds with a little pull from the string.


Allan
 
#68
If you're based in Europe you should investigate Paul Bryant's English basses. He's a luthier that builds basses in Hastings, Southern England. I have the solo model (with the maple back as opposed to the Poplar). It is a beautiful thing with a singing tone. The best thing is, the man who made it sells it to you. Hard to beat IMHO.

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He makes copies of Lott and Goffriller basses which are orchestral leviathans which will knock the walls down. The solo model is a more modest shape that is easier to negotiate (the upper bouts are slightly reduced).

C
 

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