Anyone have a copy of "Setup and Repair of the Double Bass for Optimum Sound" they'd like to sell?

[Beedster]

What it says above really

[chrkelly]

Great book but you're not getting mine Some very interesting stuff that gives you a better understanding of how the instrument works, and just how skilled your luthier is when he works on your bass. I got mine from www.lemurmusic.com in the states when they had a sale on and the pound was stronger. It'll probably still be cheaper than the UK now though.

[Beedster]

[quote name='chrkelly' post='909934' date='Jul 30 2010, 09:39 AM']Great book but you're not getting mine Some very interesting stuff that gives you a better understanding of how the instrument works, and just how skilled your luthier is when he works on your bass. I got mine from www.lemurmusic.com in the states when they had a sale on and the pound was stronger. It'll probably still be cheaper than the UK now though.[/quote]

LOL, fair enough, and thanks for the link, that's 50% cheaper than I've found it here. Seems quite a controversial book, especially in terms of his definition of 'optimum sound', which the author (apparently) sees in terms of volume as opposed to tone. Do you think it's useful in terms of guiding setup for tone?

Cheers

Chris

[chrkelly]

It's only controversial in the way that every luthier has different beliefs and ways of doing things. He's just the only person whose published his. My view is good tone is pointless if you can't hear it! It's useful for gaining understanding of how different parameters affect the sound but I personally wouldn't use it as a manual to do work on my own basses. I'd leave that to a skilled professional. If I had a cheap bass that I didn't mind ballsing up though I might be tempted to have a go. The book also covers a lot of open heart surgery and complex repairs that you'd never dream of attempting yourself.

[Beedster]

[quote name='chrkelly' post='909986' date='Jul 30 2010, 10:22 AM']It's only controversial in the way that every luthier has different beliefs and ways of doing things. He's just the only person whose published his. My view is good tone is pointless if you can't hear it! It's useful for gaining understanding of how different parameters affect the sound but I personally wouldn't use it as a manual to do work on my own basses. I'd leave that to a skilled professional. If I had a cheap bass that I didn't mind ballsing up though I might be tempted to have a go. The book also covers a lot of open heart surgery and complex repairs that you'd never dream of attempting yourself.[/quote]

Lovely, that's what I was hoping. Thanks for the reply

C

PS I will categorically not being doing anything myself!

[Beedster]

Just ordered one from Lemur Music at half the UK price including shipping from the USA, so now sorted, Many thanks for the link in info chrkelly

C