Classical Masters Interview Series - Question 5
This is question 5 of our Classical Master’s interviews and the last question in the series!
Can you tell us about your double bass, bow, and strings?
It’s all things double bass gear in the final question, with stories about basses from all over the world, luthiers, bows, strings, and rosin. Plus there are some beautiful demonstrations of basses and their tone and character.
For a list of the artists and timecodes for their answers, plus links to all the equipment and makers they mention, please see below the video.
The videos in both interview series are listed here:
Q1: What are you practicing right now?
Q2: Who did you study with and what did you learn from them?
Q3: What are your favourite solo pieces?
Q4: Can you recommend a favourite technical exercise?
Q5: What double bass, bow, and strings do you use?
Q1: What are you practicing right now?
Q2: Who did you study with and what did you learn from them?
Q3: What have been some of your most memorable concerts?
Q4: Can you recommend a favourite exercise?
Q5: What gear are you currently using?
Artist TIMECODES
And the equipment they mention.
00:29 - Renaud Garcia-Fons
Jean Auray double bass
Augagneur Bergeron bow
Carbow bow
Thomastik Spirocore Weich E string
Thomastik Spirocore Solo (in orchestral tuning) G,D & A strings
Pirastro Flat-Chromesteel high C string
Pops bass rosin
05:13 - Christine Hoock
William Tarr double bass
07:41 - François Rabbath
Ken Wilder double bass
Bazin bass bow
LaPierre bow
Ouchard bow
Boris Fritsch bow
Gilles Duhaut bow
Savarez Corelli strings
Gerold Genssler strings
16:44 Božo Paradžik
Derek High double bass
Milan Oubrecht bows
23:41 - Gary Karr
‘Athena’. An old Italian double bass with a new swell back made by Simone Fernando Sacconi in the early 1900s
Jim Ham double bass
Francis Rutherford bow
D’Addario orchestral and solo strings
Savarez Corelli strings
Bernardel rosin
27:55 - Edicson Ruiz
1750 Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi double bass
Thomastik- Infeld Spirocore and Belcanto strings
John Dodd bow originally made for Dragonetti
Pfretzschner bow
35:40 - Joel Quarrington
Maggini double bass mad in Brescia, Italy, in the 17th century
Bernard Walke bow
Reid Hudson bow
46:45 - Roman Patkolo
Pirastro Permanent strings
Dolling and Pfretzschner bows
48:55 - Lorraine Campet
Richard Gonon double bass
Emilio Slaviero bow
Pirastro Evah Pirazzi strings
50:31 - DaXun Zhang
Menze bow
Thomastik Belcanto
52:11 - Leon Bosch
Nicolò Gagliano double bass made in Italy ca. 1750
Dolling bow
Pfretzschner bow
Leblanc bow
Pirastro Flat-Chromesteel
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