Double Bass Wooden endpin?

[AndreaVeneziani]

Have you ever tried this wooden endpin? Thoughts?

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Any other adjustable wooden endpin on the market besides the drumstick trick?

 

[aaronallen]

You could get a 5/8" endpin like this one:
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5/8" wood dowels of various hardwoods are pretty easy to find. Walnut and oak make great endpins.

You definitely wouldn't want an all ebony endpin as it is too dense to be resonant.

 

[Jeremy Darrow]

Have you ever tried this wooden endpin? Thoughts?

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Any other adjustable wooden endpin on the market besides the drumstick trick?

I recently acquired a bass with this endpin. I've never heard the bass with a regular endpin, so I can't say much about the sound. But, it looks great, it's light and it hasn't slipped on me. The pin itself tends to be a little sticky moving in and out, but not so much that it bothers me. I'm happy with it and I don't plan to replace it. The only reason I might, would be if I wanted to use a wheel. I wouldn't want to wrestle the whole pin out every time I needed to use the wheel.

 

[rake]

I had the all Rosewood endpin from Lemur on my old Engelhardt. It really made a drastic improvement in terms of tone and volume. A dab of whiteout helped keep the height consistent.

As far as drumsticks go, I've never had much luck. They would almost always break off leaving a hard to retrieve nub in the hole.
The exception to that was a pin made from a marching stick (the old Dennis DeLucia signature I think). It was thick and impregnated with a plastic which made it very strong. Can't seem to find an equivalent these days.

 

[AndreaVeneziani]

Aaron i think that's the endpin I have actually. But were can I find just the rod?

 

[aaronallen]

You'll need to make it. Get a 5/8'' wood dowel (try oak and walnut), cut it to length, and put a crutch tip on the end.