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Trip to Germany


Fran Diaz
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Hi there,

I'm going on a trip to the south of Germany in search of a new or new 'old' double bass. The bassic specs in my head are:
• 4 strings.
• Gamba shaped (no violin or busseto corners)
• D neck
• 104-106 string length.
• ¾ or 7/8 size as long as the string length is under 106 cm.
• Soundwise, I am looking for an instrument with jazz and pizzicato playing in mind but that can also get a decent bow sound, good volumen (the louder the better) and fat tone, I want that every note from the low E to at least the octave G has 'weight'.

I have plans to do three stops:

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[*]Michael Bornhak ([url="http://www.bornhak.de/"]http://www.bornhak.de/[/url])
I am going to try this bass:


You can hear some sound samplers here:
[url="https://soundcloud.com/bornhakbass/sets/gamba-doublebass-soundsample%5B/MEDIA%5D"][url]https://soundcloud.com/bornhakbass/sets/gamba-doublebass-soundsample[/url][/url]
and you can see some more photos on his website or his Facebook page.

[*]Tobias Festl's World of Basses ([url="http://worldofbasses.de/"]http://worldofbasses.de/[/url]) This shop has a lot of basses and, according to Tobias, a few that might be of interest and within my price range. The following photo of the show room gives an idea of what to find there:


[*]Emanuel Wilfer ([url="http://contrabass.de/"]http://contrabass.de/[/url]): Since Wilfer's atelier is quite far from the area where I'm going to be on holidays I'm still waiting confirmation of available basses in stock that can comply with my specs to make sure that I take the ride.
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Once I do the last visit, I will hopefully have found 'my' bass and I will pick it up on the way back home. I'll post back telling my experience and as many photos as I can take (we all love photos, don't we :thumbsup:).

In the meantime, all your comments, advices, experiences and opinions are very welcome to this thread.

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  • 2 weeks later...

I'm back home. In the end I only did the first two stops, both Michael and Tobias treated me very well in all aspects. they helped me a lot with hotel bookings, tourist info and also gave me a great service regarding their instruments. What happened in the end?...that belongs to another thread coming soon to a forum near you ;).


Let just say that I'm very happy.
:)

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