Double Bass That VooDoo that You Did??

[Federighi]

Yes this is very much a thing, but I've never heard the Kolstein story.

Here's an excellent documentary imo and highly recommend the watch.


Entire thing is worth the watch but around 30 min is where the luthier gets into some of the finer details of making a concert level instrument. In the end, they kind of come to this conclusion that if properly done you can essentially make a new instrument behave as if it were already seasoned with years of playing.

 

[Ryan in PDX]

It probably requires a special sand. If you want to try this I have lots of cat-box sand you can borrow... Some of it might even be slightly used.

Just sayin'

Don, he said VooDoo, not DooDoo.

 

[Ed Fuqua]

Maybe contact Jeff Bollbach off board, he did work for Barrie once upon a time. He likely won’t converse about that in a public forum tho’…

 

[Don Kasper]

Maybe contact Jeff Bollbach off board, he did work for Barrie once upon a time. He likely won’t converse about that in a public forum tho’…

Thx, Ed. I guess I'm more interested in any bass owners/players who can comment (+ or - ) as to the sonic results of a (VooDoo?) re-graduation at K's.
Thx.

 

[lurk]

In my early days in New York I met guys who would take their basses to Kolstein once a year where they would be dissembled so the wood could "rest" and then put back together with wonderful results. Oy. Small con jobs were going on in that shop long before the major crimes committed recently by the new guy.

 

[Don Kasper]

would take their basses to Kolstein once a year where they would be dissembled so the wood could "rest" and then put back together with wonderful results.

OK, so..."...VooDoo..." is not an exaggeration.
Thx.

 

[Rebop]

Small con jobs were going on in that shop

Barrie always drove a brand new Mercedes.