Double Bass My New Toy!

[dragonetti11]

Well, I finally put an extension on my bass. Today was the first time I have played the bass in almost two weeks and it sounds great! The whole bass seems better. However the A strings seems slightly less responsive...but that may be because I have not played it.
I got the extension from John Michael Smith in St Paul. If any one in the area is considering one I definately would recommend him.
I was somewhat anxious about how it was going to turn out because my bass is not one of those massive thundering instruments....but it is now. I was very impressed with the power and depth. It is currently set up with a helicore heavy string and it sounds fabulous. I might try a flexocor just for some more depth and darkness...but I am not sure I will have to.
Anway perhaps I will post pics if enough are interested.

 

[Jeff Bollbach]

How many is enough?

 

[anonymous0726]

How many does a maker count as?

 

[jmpiwonka]

i think me plus ray plus jeff B. is more than enough.....get to postin some pics.

 

[dragonetti11]

OK I will soon

 

[dragonetti11]

heres a couple.
The flame is not quite as much as I have on my neck...that's the only downside to the extension.

 

[dragonetti11]

one more

 

[anonymous0726]

Very cool. You're using Obligatos?

 

[dragonetti11]

no, I currently have stark flexocors on the top two...an original flexocor A and a Helicore long E

 

[Jeff Bollbach]

Looks classy. Two queries if you will, is the c tunable? and what wood is the body on that?
thanks,
jeff

 

[Tbeers]

Looks classy. Two queries if you will, is the c tunable? and what wood is the body on that?
thanks,
jeff

The pictures give every indication that the C string can be tuned. All four pegs have strings on them. Unless I misunderstood your question....

 

[dragonetti11]

The wood is maple and ebony. The flipper is some sort of plastic because he said the ebony ones tended to change with the climate and become too tight or loose. The open C is tunable just by the regular gear. Does that answer your second question? I know the KC extension have a flipper on the C and/or B -- is that what you mean by tunable?

 

[Justin K-ski]

The wood is maple and ebony. The flipper is some sort of plastic because he said the ebony ones tended to change with the climate and become too tight or loose. The open C is tunable just by the regular gear. Does that answer your second question? I know the KC extension have a flipper on the C and/or B -- is that what you mean by tunable?

Sometimes the screws in the latch wear out and the E will be out of tine when its closed. Older designs would have to be rebuilt if this happens. Newer designs have E's that can be tuned.

 

[dragonetti11]

Are you talking about the KC extensions? I don't see how my E could ever be out of tune because of the screw? I guess I don't know what you mean

 

[Eric Jackson]

Methinks what Jeff means is, if you closed the E latch and tuned the low string, is the open string in tune? Or, to put it another way, if you tune the open string, are the stop positions on the C string inline with the stop postions on the other strings?

All this because the strings don't all share a common nut.