Looks very nice. How did you choose that particular bass/setup? Is it fully carved?
Yes it's fully carved.
After a few weeks of online and offline searches, I wrote an email to two famous luthiers in Vienna (they produce basses for Wiener Philharmoniker and the likes) explaining that I'm no professional, I've a budget of 4-5000 euros and asked if they had something for me.
They invited me to their atelier and showed me 2-3 basses (their cheapest basses), including the Germania above, that Gewa sends to them and they set it up with new bridges, strings, pickup, adjust the soundpost and all. They left me for one hour with 2 basses alone in a room full (at least 30) of other double basses ranging from 8K to 30K euros, was a bit intimidated but the guys were very nice and friendly. I really loved the sound of the Germania, bit the bullet and bought it.
The price they made was quite honest as I compared to Thomann who sells the same bass for a bit less, but they added a lot of stuff on top (bridge, pickup, bag, stand) including a (very) professional set-up.
It's probably even too much for a beginner like me (I play since 6 months, so far on a eub bought from a luthier in Italy), but past experience on the saxophone told me that starting on a good instrument makes your life much more easier than having an hard time on a cheap instrument.
Every single note I play, it's a strong emotional feeling. I hope the honeymoon will last long
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