Double Bass Makes of Rosin

[oldprussians]

What make Rosin do you chaps an Chapesses(you do get lady DB players, and in fact I met a Spanish one in Amsterdam, studying at the conservator.. but that's another story..), use?

I Use Austrian strings and Rosin:

Experience and recommendations please?

 

[Zwelakhe-Duma]

carlson, i love it!
medium-hard, gives more precise projection of sound
doesn't clumb up on your bow or strings
try it

 

[Sahm]

I started playing arco this summer, and bought Thomastik rosin with my bow. I thought arco was going to take forever, until I lost that rosin and replaced it with Pops. After one application, I was playing notes much more easily.

So I vote for Pops!

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

Do a search!

 

[davidzgeorge]

i vote Pops as well. carlssons sometimes works better in the summer when its humid

 

[Rem's]

Pops for me !

 

[Silversorcerer]

Do a search!

That and fill out your profile. It's all part of that Total Information Awareness thing. While you could be Mingus incarnate, I have no confidence in anything except that you might be human, and a royal PITA. It might have to do with the fact that several brands of rosin and rosin polls are easily accessible on the first three pages of this section. There is no end of newly "registered users" that tell us nothing and ask redundant questions in an attempt to foment controversy. If you want as much respect as even Rodney Dangerfield, you have to earn it here. Right now you are earning something else.

Where do you get Austrian rosin, Austria? Haven't seen any lately. Is that a brand or the country of origin? Send me a cake and I'll try it against the Oak stuff and let you know what I think, since you seem to be interested.

 

[Jake]

Nyman's

 

[stedtale]

carlson's

 

[Uncletoad]

I Use Austrian strings and Rosin:

And what exactly are those troll?

 

[jisbass]

Austrian strings and rosin = Thomastik strings and rosin?

 

[Uncletoad]

Austrian strings and rosin = Thomastik strings and rosin?

Now don't help him silly, It's a test.

Damn.

 

[jisbass]

oops.
I had a feeling it might have been...
sorry uncle T for underestimating your wisdom...
let's see if he comes back or not.

In the mean time,
I like carlssons in warmer weather, but at times it doesn't grab as much as I would like it to.
I kinda like nymans but the cake I have is old. would like to try a fresh cake.
I'm liking kolstein all-weather at the moment.
Interestingly, I've never tried pops.
I've never tried the Austrian rosin either.

 

[shostkontrabass]

I was recently determined to give Carlsson a good try. Maybe I didn't get a very new cake, or maybe it's because I started using it in the winter, but after a few weeks I went back to Pop's, mostly for the stickiness. The Carlsson just didn't grab like Pop's does for me.

 

[oldprussians]

Ouch, Coor Blimey, Some of you are need Anger Sarcasim and what ever else management.

I forgot Thomastik, and the Rosin, I forgot the name, I'm in another country away from my Bass( Earning a kind of honest living), so I can't se it. But.. Its in a green Pot, Its made in Austria, and has a really cool European brown bear playing a Bass on it, Petz I think, seems to work. Well anything Germanic works efficiently....

 

[Silversorcerer]

I've never tried Petz, but thanks for the description of the packaging. If you do a search on Petz, you will find numerous critiques of its' "efficiency". I guess those posts kind of scared me away from trying it. I think someone said it was like "bacon grease on barbed wire".....

So what are the attributes of the Austrian rosin that appeal to you, when you are playing your bass at home and not honestly grubbing abroad?

 

[oldprussians]

I've never tried Petz, but thanks for the description of the packaging. If you do a search on Petz, you will find numerous critiques of its' "efficiency". I guess those posts kind of scared me away from trying it. I think someone said it was like "bacon grease on barbed wire".....

So what are the attributes of the Austrian rosin that appeal to you, when you are playing your bass at home and not honestly grubbing abroad?

Frankly on crap strings it was crap. When I tried it on the Thomastik Spirocores softs and it worked fine, Lovely infact. I know soft strings, I'm a wimp! Then again the ability to crush walnuts in ones hand(Double bass players are reputably supposed to do that), is not a skill that attracts the ladies. Well maybe not the type I try to attract........

 

[Silversorcerer]

That's a very good point that is sometimes missed, that strings and rosin should be discussed together sometimes. I use light tension orchestral D'Addarios. These are still holding up fine, but perhaps I'll try the Spiros when these need replacing. These (D'Addarios) are what came on the instrument. It is noteworthy that the tension is higher with a 110 cm mensur than with 105, which is more common. So "soft" or "light" tension is relative depending on mensur.

 

[damonsmith]

I couldn't be more sold on Oak rosin. It is just magic - smooth and singing when you need that and grabs like hell when you dig in.
The soft was just a touch too soft and got a little slick with too much fast playing, that was was solved by a couple swipes of Med.
It ends up being over $50 for the two cakes with shipping as opposed to $5 for Pops but it is really worth it. It smells really nice, too.
http://gregorianstrings.com/

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

is not a skill that attracts the ladies. Well maybe not the type I try to attract........

If that is where your priorities lie.... then I think you need another forum, rather than this one!!