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What Double Bass, Bow and Strings Do You Use? - Classical Masters Q.5

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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: 

CLASSICAL MASTERS 

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? 

LEGENDS OF JAZZ BASS 

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

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  • John Dodd bow originally made for Dragonetti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 

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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