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Double Bass In praise of Randy Hunt

Most already know how good Randy is, but if not, and you your in the south with luthier needs he is worth the trip to Nashville. He was kind enough to take my New Standard Cleveland in while we were on a mini vacation in town, did some neck re-sculpting, finish touchups and sound post adjustment and flipped it in a day for a great price. The bass plays better than it ever has and sounds incredible! I really appreciate that he worked a beginner like myself into his busy schedule to fit my vacation window. Support you luthiers and tell them how much you appreciate them! There's is an art unto itself and as far as I am aware they're not many good ones around the Alabama/Tennessee area!
 
Randy's awesome and I had a great time playing his bass on a trip to Nashville last year. He was close to finishing another one and I would recommend trying them out if you visit Nashville.
 

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Randy's awesome and I had a great time playing his bass on a trip to Nashville last year. He was close to finishing another one and I would recommend trying them out if you visit Nashville.

I played the 1st one. He brought it to a fiddlers convention in Alabama last year. Then I saw the video of you and Jason Heath reviewing it and had kind of a fan girl moment.:roflmao: Huge fan of you, Jason and your videos, since I can't find a teacher, I just bought the Barry Bales course, and plan on alternating purchasing a jazz and classical course every month with the money I had set aside monthly for private lessons.

He mentioned he was working on another while we were talking, but I gather it wasn't ready.

My Cleveland was loud before but, and the E was kind of muffled a little. He said the soundpost was a little crooked, and tweaked it. Now the bass is REALLY loud, and the E string is balanced with the others. Even the Arco is better. He also assessed/confirmed my neck was slightly to thick/ wide and took a few mm off of it, contoured the edges and put some kind of oil finish on it. It kind of feels like the back of a musicman stingray neck now :roflmao:! It is playing fantastically!
 
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