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Victoria
Bluegrass Association brings people together for the preservation,
enjoyment and advancement of bluegrass and related acoustic music. |
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Victoria
Fiddle Society is a Victoria based society that promotes fiddle
music through workshops, events and by bringing people of all ages
together to enjoy fiddle music. Check out their site for upcoming
Victoria Fiddle Society Events. |
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The
Victoria Folk Music Society's website contains a schedule of local
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Bob
Gollihur's Double Bass Luthier Directory. Dozens of Double Bass
Luthiers, a great source of repairs and parts, as well as new and
used basses. This was once part of Bob Gollihur's Double Bass Links
Page (until it got too large), where you will find over 700 Upright
Bass oriented links. |
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Victoria
Homeschool Connection is a website that offers information about
HomeSchooling in the Greater Victoria area. |
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Double Bass Repair and Restoration
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Bass Repair |
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| Gluing the belly
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| Double Bass Tuning Machines |
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Double Bass seam separations, cracks ( in the solid wood models)
, broken neck blocks, split tail blocks, tail block separation,
tail pin problems, tail hangers, fingerboard issues, nut issues,
broken bass bars, warped bridges, poorly fitted sound posts of
improper material (even from the factory) broken tuning machine
grips, broken necks and broken heads are common repair tasks.
The double bass is basically a huge violin.
The repairer needs some bigger basic tools and obviously more
room to work than violin repair. Many basics are the same. There
are differences of course such as tuning machines instead of pegs.
Many working double bass instruments are made of plywood but we
should say "composite
material" to be kind. A double bass made from carved solid
wood was out of reach, monetarily, for many players until recently.
Actually a plywood double bass can provide
a very pleasing amount of volume and tone and not just look the
part. This is where the attitude of the repairer can make all
the difference. I have heard this more than once..."Its a plywood bass, just stick a piece
of broom handle in for a sound post." and I definitely don't
agree. With a proper, well aged, fine grained Sitka spruce sound
post a composite double bass will pay you back in spades (with
improved tone) for your "spared no expense" approach. "Better" composite
tops (table or belly) are made with laminations of Sitka spruce.
Another difference is that Bluegrass and Jazz
musicians do a lot of plucking and not much bowing while classical
players do mostly bowing. The standard size is the 3/4. The 4/4
is mainly used for large classical orchestras. Bowing creates larger
vibration patterns on the strings. Plucking with the gang at the
jam is easier with lower action. Achieving a good set-up is an
art.
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