Double Bass soundpost & endpin help

[loon784]

Those in the know...should my sound post be directly under my g string side bridge foot or slightly south (where it is)?

Other than the obvious, a standing point, what is the roll of the endpin and dose replaceing it do anything great?

Rich

 

[Eric Swanson]

I am not in the know, just a fellow bassist/traveler. I do know that searching the threads here will answer those specific queries.

Samples:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-9181.html

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=367953&highlight=end+pins+sound



In the bigger picture, for about $70, one can buy Chuck Traeger's book, which answers these questions and more:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_g...words=double+bass+for+optimum+sound&x=16&y=24

Sort of like an owner's manual for the DB, IMHO.

 

[1st Bass]

Couldn't agree more.

Yes, your soundpost is in (approximately) the right place...but the actual adjustment is quite touchy, and demands some experimentation and experience as well.

I found the Traeger book to be a big help, at least getting started. Perhaps one of these days someone will write THE definitive book on bass set-up, and we will all be blessed. But for now, that is a very good place to begin.

And, as Eric pointed out, if it is answers you are looking for, you have already hit the "mother-lode".

 

[loon784]

The archive artical's were great, thanks...I just had the russian at Rutmans in Boston eye my sound post an hour ago...it's where it should be.