Author Archives: Jonas

Double Bass photography and books

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Pim van der Zwaan is a dutch double bassist and photographer who extensively works with the double bass. At his website and Flickr, he shows some of his photos which mostly have been taken at the workshop of luthier Harry Jansen. Some of his photos are available as a book: “The Art of double bass making“.
Harry and Pim are currently  are working on a new book about the old school of English doublebass making , with photos of basses from John Lott, Panormo, Fendt and other amazing basses.

Franz Moser’s new version bridge adjusters

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At the Frankfurt Musikmesse, Franz Moser has launched his new version of his MPM bridge height adjuster screws. Like the old version, a ball bearing joint allows the bridge feet to follow the top’s movement. The new version screws now have a thicker thread diameter (M8), and the bearing is deep inside the bridge feet – the holes’ walls prevent the bridge from tilting too far.

Happy Birthday, Charlie and Paul!

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Today, it’s the birthday of two great Jazz double bassists: Charlie Mingus was born on April, 22 in 1922, and Paul Chamber was born the same day in 1935.
So it seems that July (April minus 9 months) is a good season to think about getting father or mother, if you are a bass player …

Scarli

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type: condenser microphone
preamp: incl. phantom power supply

Another new interpretation of the old Ampeg design from the 1940ies. A small microphone is mounted on top of the ULSA tube endpin, so the microphone captures the sound from the inside of the bass. Comes with phantom power supply.
www.liuteriascarlishop.com

Barcelona Bass Festival

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On May 18.–19., a Bass Festival will take place at Barcelona/Spain.
Artists: Gary Karr & Harmon Lewis, Josep Mª Anguera, Alberto Bocini, Carré de Basses, Jonathan Camps, Sávio de la Corte, Diana Gannett, Simon Garcia, Kristin Korb, David Murray, Volkan Orhon, Dmitry Smyshlyaev, Hector Tirado and Diego Zecharies.

More info: http://www.barcelonabass.com

Download the magazine: http://www.barcelonabass.com/sites/default/files/BarcelonaBass%20Meeting%2711%20MAGAZINE.pdf

Superior Bassworks

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TM Billy Special

Type: piezo
Preamp: optional

A pickup  with two sensors: a bridge wing slot mounted one, and one for the fingerboard (slap). The jack is a stereo jack, so you can use the signal of each sensor individually with an optional two channel preamp.

TM Tone Master, Two Tone

Type: piezo
Preamp: optional

With one (Tone Master) or two (Two Tone) bridge wing slot sensors.

www.superiorbassworks.com

Radial Engineering

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Radial PZ DI

Type: DI box, Buffer
Features: Adjustable load for piezo and magnetic pickups, variable low-cut filter to control bass resonance, 48V phantom powered (does not require batteries),  180° polarity reverse switch, Ground lift

The Radial PZ-DI is a direct box that is specifically designed for acoustic and orchestral instruments. Unlike most direct boxes that are limited to a ‘one size fits all’ design, the PZ-DI lets you properly match the input impedance to the source to optimize the frequency response and dynamics.

www.radialeng.com/r2011/pzdi.php

StageBug™ SB-4 Piezo DI

stagebug-sb4-34Type: DI Box, Buffer
Features: 10 megOhm Impedance input, High Pass filter, Phase reverse, Phantom powered