Hand-carved from pernambuco wood (I held the raw block it was carved from when I first commissioned it), the frog and tip are mammoth ivory. Mother-of-peral mortice. The shield or escutcheon shapes were intended to go with the medieval themes of my bass (which I did a thread on back in January in the basses folder). This bow was not cheap.
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Double Bass My new custom-made bow
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Hand-carved from pernambuco wood (I held the raw block it was carved from when I first commissioned it), the frog and tip are mammoth ivory. Mother-of-peral mortice. The shield or escutcheon shapes were intended to go with the medieval themes of my bass (which I did a thread on back in January in the basses folder). This bow was not cheap.
Congratulations! I am guessing that Dan Seabolt made it, is that right?
Glad to hear that you are loving it...
Glad to hear that you are loving it...
Yes. You know him?
Rosin it up with a little Kolstein's soft and I'm rockin' and rollin'!
No; I don't know him and I didn't know of his bowmaking, until now. Thanks for sharing. I did the most superficial Interwebs searching, based on the business card in your bow case.
Can you tell us more about him and his work?
Here's the most informative of what I found...
Daniel Seabolt-Double Bass Maker
Can you tell us more about him and his work?
Here's the most informative of what I found...
Daniel Seabolt-Double Bass Maker
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Dan makes violins, mandos, ukes, basses and I'm not sure what else. He repairs instruments, he makes and re-hairs bows. He is a crackerjack musician and a hell of a fiddler. His shop is in Muskegon, MI. He has a Facebook page and he'll be happy to hear from anyone who wants to contact him. He used to re-hair the bows of Robert Gladstone, principal bassist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and student of Fred Zimmerman. My instructor learned from Mr. Gladstone and picked up Dan as his luthier. He got the first bass Dan ever made and it's one of the finest basses you'll ever see or hear. He made my instructor's bows so after getting my bass made, I looked at my instructor's bows and found the one I liked and contacted Danny to make one for me and you know the rest.
Dan is a very nice guy and we became friends just like that. It's cool to have my own luthier. I'm starting to feel like somebody! His shop is at the end of a long road near the shore of Lake Michigan. If you don't know where it is, you can't find it because it isn't advertised. It's not like some swanky building on Main Street. It's literally off the beaten track. It's a tiny wood stove heated cottage that looks like a shop out of the 17th century with no signs. But that's where he practices his magic. Dan can't look at wood without imagining what kind of instrument he could make out of it. He's a true artist. I'm honored to have one of his basses and bows. I consider myself a lucky man. Own an axe or bow made by Dan and you will too.
Dan is a very nice guy and we became friends just like that. It's cool to have my own luthier. I'm starting to feel like somebody! His shop is at the end of a long road near the shore of Lake Michigan. If you don't know where it is, you can't find it because it isn't advertised. It's not like some swanky building on Main Street. It's literally off the beaten track. It's a tiny wood stove heated cottage that looks like a shop out of the 17th century with no signs. But that's where he practices his magic. Dan can't look at wood without imagining what kind of instrument he could make out of it. He's a true artist. I'm honored to have one of his basses and bows. I consider myself a lucky man. Own an axe or bow made by Dan and you will too.
Sorry about not responding sooner as I have not been here for quite some time. The bow he made for me was 4. You can guess how many zeros.
