essexbasscat Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Hi all I'm looking at doing some repairs on a double bass (I'll get some photos up when I can get hold of a decent camera) One book that keeps coming up is the Traeger's 'Set up and repair of the double bass for optimum sound', which costs around £55.00 for 375 pages (!) Does anyone know of any other books on double bass repair that are worth buying ? Or any other books on associated repair work ? (i.e. similar info that can be tranferred across from Cello repair) I've done some searching on Google, but not come up with much. Any advice appreciated folks Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexbasscat Posted October 12, 2012 Author Share Posted October 12, 2012 Is there really only one book ? is the knowledge secret of something ? anyone know of anything other than the Traeger book ? How do DB luthiers pass on / learn the trade ? is it like the masons ? Secret DB luthier handshake ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Luthier? This is double-bass we're talking, you need a cabinet maker or boatbuilder :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero9 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 Not quite a repair book but very useful (and reasonably priced), is "To Make a Double Bass" by H S Wake: [url="http://www.gollihurmusic.com/product_details.cfm?ProdID=2315"]http://www.gollihurmusic.com/product_details.cfm?ProdID=2315[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexbasscat Posted October 13, 2012 Author Share Posted October 13, 2012 Zero 9 - THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU For offering a book name ! Pete - thank you for chipping in ! Good to hear from you again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 OK, well a quick bit of googling brings up this: http://www.contrabass.co.uk/about_the_double_bass.htm (By Peter Tyler, of Tyler Basses http://www.tylerbasses.co.uk/ ) I'm tempted to buy this myself, to find out how to lower the bridge on my upright since the action is much too high. And also this: http://www.violins.ca/books/bass_making_book.html I was only half-joking, I've met many violin-makers who won't touch double-bass because the size of the tools and physical effort required is too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero9 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 No problem, I got mine from here some years ago: [url="http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/products/books-plans-5/to-make-a-double-bass-h-s-wake-109.aspx"]http://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/products/books-plans-5/to-make-a-double-bass-h-s-wake-109.aspx[/url] Seems to be currently out of stock. The Traeger book looks good though, quite tempting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero9 Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 [quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1350136651' post='1835017'] OK, well a quick bit of googling brings up this: [url="http://www.contrabass.co.uk/about_the_double_bass.htm"]http://www.contrabas...double_bass.htm[/url] (By Peter Tyler, of Tyler Basses [url="http://www.tylerbasses.co.uk/"]http://www.tylerbasses.co.uk/[/url] ) I'm tempted to buy this myself, to find out how to lower the bridge on my upright since the action is much too high. And also this: [url="http://www.violins.ca/books/bass_making_book.html"]http://www.violins.c...aking_book.html[/url] I was only half-joking, I've met many violin-makers who won't touch double-bass because the size of the tools and physical effort required is too much. [/quote] My local luthier is a violin maker, who will touch double bass. As he likes talking about the subject, I've picked up some very useful hints from him when it comes to setting up the DB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essexbasscat Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 Well done guys, I'll updated this thread if I pick up any more info. There must be more out there - the guitar world is swamped with books on repair and build information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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