Double Bass Brock Radelet basses

[garrett2]

. He's working on making his own tuners!

will your bass be equipped with these?[/QUOTE]

No. Sloanes. His will take more time. But I saw a photo of the prototype and they are beautiful. He is a true perfectionist.

 

[CaseyVancouver]

This is not too long after I supplied Brock with my Reid Hudson wood, so possibly the same wood.
I do know he made a bass for a USA customer with it.
Video by Brock around 2008.

 

[stanford ekholm]

[QUOTE="CaseyVancouver, post: 27991097,
sure would be interesting to hear how this particular bass has developed…

 

[garrett2]

I’ll ask him.

 

[garrett2]

[QUOTE="CaseyVancouver, post: 27991097,
sure would be interesting to hear how this particular bass has developed…

Brock said it became a flatback many moons ago.

 

[garrett2]

 

[stanford ekholm]

Brock said it became a flatback many moons ago.

phew, worried it had gone flatchest…

 

[stanford ekholm]

[QUOTE="garrett2, post: 28027248, member: 308485"
don’t forget to remove the cat before closing the box, expect nothing but a lions roar from this bass…

 

[stanford ekholm]

Thanks! I think of receiving the bass as "Landing". The body shape, and family of body shapes, can be found on p. 2 of this thread. The varnish will color will be something along the lines of Nick Lloyd's beautiful copy of Edgar Meyer's bass, perhaps even lighter.

a warning: a too light varnish will make it difficult to blend in a section, it will not be accepted in some orchestras, I think.

 

[garrett2]

a warning: a too light varnish will make it difficult to blend in a section, it will not be accepted in some orchestras, I think.

Hadn't occurred to me!

 

[fdeck]

[QUOTE="garrett2, post: 28027248, member: 308485"
don’t forget to remove the cat before closing the box, expect nothing but a lions roar from this bass…

The only way to get rid of the cats in a violin is to practice.

 

[garrett2]

 

[garrett2]

Shellac before varnish.

 

[Bitters]

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Shellac before varnish.

great photos - is that your bass he is making?

 

[garrett2]

great photos - is that your bass he is making?

Yes!

 

[jheise]

@garrett2 If I may ask: what's the status on your bass? I would love to see and hear it ;-)

 

[garrett2]

I still don’t have it — very soon! Will post photos!

 

[CaseyVancouver]

I still don’t have it — very soon! Will post photos!

Looking forward to it.
Hot in Oliver these days, 41 celcius (106f). I’ll be travelling through beginning of August.

 

[stanford ekholm]

Hot in Oliver these days, 41 celcius (106f).

and the humidity will drop to 15% I read, that’s dangerously low for a bass!

 

[garrett2]

The weather and the resultant temperature in the shop has made varnishing difficult.