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Double Bass The Alsatian Queen Rises from the Dead

#123
Jake deVilliers said:
I can't believe that's the most 'baseball talk' I've seen since the playoffs began.

What's this world coming to? :(
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**** the Yankees. **** the Dodgers. **** the Phils, **** the Angels. They all are just using Cleveland Indians to take them to the final dance while Cleveland used all the AAA ball players to finish the season in last place and kill any playoff hopes for our local AAA Indians farm team.

**** all of them.
 
#127
Y'all are A-Bunch of Twisted-UpRighters :eek: .... I blew stuff out body-orifices I didn't even knew I had (parts-unknown) tonight :eyebrow: ...

And I then decided I would sell both my plywoodys .... And continue with my previous-mastery of "blow-thangs" (harmonicas) ... I don't suck (except for Blues) and they are easier to carry. Carry On :p !
 
#128
Uncletoad said:
I think the biggest differences are in how I physically respond to them.
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Redicent, as I may be, to give you any credit for wisdom, I think you may have something here in terms of ply vs carved. So many people try to verbalize the diff with words like warmer, louder, more responsive, darker and my old stand-by "thicker" (no, I ain't talkin' bout that. ;) )
I think how our bodies respond to the result of the sound coming out of the bass is huge. It changes what we put back into how we approach the music as a whole.
Whatever I just said, I take no responsibility for. (as usual). It just made sense when I typed it.
 
#129
Paul Warburton said:
I think how our bodies respond to the result of the sound coming out of the bass is huge. It changes what we put back into how we approach the music as a whole.
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The single best reason to buy a stupidly expensive old bass. If you buy a good one it changes the way you play and thus your relationship with the music and the people you work with.
 
#133
Mr. Maneri,

Thank you for your excellent article on the “Alsatian Queen”. Your personable writing style combined with your knowledge of the subject matter made for an enjoyable and informative read. I don't know much about upright repair and learned a great deal from what you've written. The article does leave me with two questions that I haven't seen addressed in this thread.

1. "He created patches under the edge of the FF’s that would shore up that delicate area as well. "
FF's refers to the F-Holes. Yes?

2. You indicate that you were without the bass for most of the summer. How long did the actual repair work take?

Thanks again for sharing a great and well-written story.

Cheers,
Chuck
 
#135
1. Yes under the F holes.

2. I think he had the bass 4 months.

Depending on the workload of a repair person it could take significantly longer for the same job. Sometimes most of or more than a year, or in other shops a month or so. Depends on who they are, how much work they have, how fast they work, and how much help they have. Every shop is different. I prefer slower shops that take their time and are more meticulous than shops that are quick and cut corners.
 
#136
peterpalmieri said:
Dear Dr. Phil......

One more win and my ****ing Yankees are back in the hunt for #27...

I might have a crappy hybrid bass, poor walking skills and to much amp gear but my teams going to the big dance!
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Yea whatever. This New York/ Los Angeles dance is great for big city revenue but the rest of this country...the part that bicoastal myopiates fly over in the middle that takes so ****ing long...we've moved on to hockey already.

Yankees/Phillies. That's an incestuous east coast orgy that just bores me to death.

Revenue sharing and salary caps. Baseball will be extinct in my lifetime if this keeps up.
 

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