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    Yes, and I like his upright playing much more than his electric playing. This is a standout performance for me:
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    Was that an US-build Fodera? I do believe it was a Japan-made "NYC" model.
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    These are the best ones I had on any bass: https://uptonbass.com/product/irving-sloane-bass-tuning-machines/
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    Lovely bass.
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    I think this article is mostly correct. I have studied classical music and Jazz, so I have experienced both sides. There are few players who can do both on a high level.
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    You can rank them any way you want basically, since there are no fixed criteria for ranking Jazz musicians. I think every aspiring bass player should study Paul Chambers and Ray Brown. Ron Carter, Eddie Gomez, Charlie Haden, Charles Mingus, Scott Lafaro, Jimmy Garrison, Gary Peacock, Dave Holland, Stanley Clarke are among the greats for shure, as are lots of other bassists I would consider "legends" or "veterans" like John Lee Clayton Jr. and, maybe one of the most gifted players, Nils Henning Orsted Petersen. Christian McBride is among the most accomplished upright players right now, as is John Patitucci, Larry Grenadier is among them for shure. Linda Oh is making a name for herself, Esperanza Spalding is one of the more recent upright prodigies, Ben Street is steadily among the new elite, as is Chris Minh Doky. Avishai Cohen is another more recently emerging players, he started as a sideman for Chick Corea and became a succesfull bandleader.
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    They are not absolutely on point like the real A-list players. Ron Carter is hit and miss sometimes. I really don´t like the "smear" or playing everything with "glissandro", for me the intonation has to be on point- as a reference I studied classical music (vocals and upright), so I might have differect expectations for that.
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    Gomez is a good Jazz player, he has some flaws in his intonation, as did Charlie Haden.
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    You can use any steel string for decades, especially Spirocore seem to last very long, lots of players also like the sound of worn-in strings because they don´t have the sharp high end anymore.
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    Half of my string collection has been sold.
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    These are actually very good basses.
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    I saw your Brook bass for sale, it looks fantastic and sounds great. I have to mention that the back of the Cort is not flat, it has a very nice round back, but it is difficult to photograph, at least for me.
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    Thanks for the reply, they are of course the bronze Elixir strings. https://www.elixirstrings.com/guitar-strings/acoustic-bass-80-20-bronze-nanoweb-coating Very cool strings, I like them very much. The bass is indeed a bargain, it has everything you want in an acoustic bass.
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    This bass has a beautiful voice, I have strung it with the Thomastik Nickel roundwound strings which are a joy to play. Although the EQ is very versatile, it sounds best played in passive mode, the bridge pickup gives you that nice nasal tone you are looking for on a fretless bass. Also the action is set up very low for superb playability and lots of "mwah".
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    This bass has a nice low action and sounds like a 70s Fender bass with extended range and better playability. Sander DeGier has stopped making this model, if you would order one it would be well over 4000€ new.
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    Very good condition. It is the top-of-the-line model, was 998€ new. -Jumbo-Body -34" Scale -solid spruce top -rosewood body -rosewood fretboard and rosewood headstock with binding -Hipshot tuners -Fishman Sonicore cable-pickup -Prefix Plus Preamp -High gloss finish -luxurious case -Elixir bronze strings
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    https://www.kristallbass.com/info/preise/ The English version does not seem to be working.
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    https://www.kristallbass.com/ Base price is EUR 3.850,– (this bass has some nice upgrades) Basically, this priced as high as a brand new one. Nice instrument, though.
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    I had 15 sets or so, I have been playing double bass for 15 years and had stored all the strings I used in three boxes, so I decided to get rid of most of the used strings I have. Usually I play Spirocore for about a year and then get new ones, same thing with Flexocor. I used Spirocore for Jazz pizz and Flexocor for bowing, but now I play Evah Pirazzi medium tension for pizz and Flexocor Deluxe for bowing.
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    These are very good, I played them on tour with a pro band. J-neck, powerful pickups. The standard model had no-name pickups and a tortoise scratch plate.
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    Pirastro only makes 4/4 strings, so they fit on any scale lenght pretty much. Helicore hybrids come in three gauges, Evah weich are like Helicore hybrid light. I think they sound way better than Helicore, richer and fuller tone. For bowing the Evah mittel are better though.
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    Probably the most used string for Jazz pizzicato along with the Spirocore light.
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    Had two very successfull trades in person with Ovi, highly recommended.
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    You can expect to pay 100%-300% more at a dealer. If you know what to look for and you have a good luthier that you Trust, you can save a lot of money buying a bass in the private market.
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