Double Bass Book (englische Ausgabe)

Hardcover, 240 pages, four-color printing throughout. The many photos and illustrations allow for a deep look into the world of the double bass and transform this book into a captivating and entertaining lecture for every bassist and music lover. English Version translated by Martin Wind. Table of contents Forewords 4 The history of the Double Bass at a glance 9 The history of the Double Bass 17 Tunings 23 Shapes 26 Sizes 29 Tonewoods 34 Bows 42 Electric Upright Bass (EUB) 50 On the road with the double bass 54 The double bass and its parts (in four languages) 58 Range of the double bass, the notes on the piano keyboard 60 Lutherie 61 Craft and industrial stringed instrument making 62 Factory made violins from Germany 62 Germany as a developing country 64 Quality as competitive advantage 67 The 20th century 69 Labeling fraud 83 American-made plywood basses 86 Strings 93 Rosin 100 Important bassists 101 Johann Matthias Sperger *1750 1812 102 Domenico Dragonetti *1763 1846 103 Václav House (Wenzel Hause) *1764 1847 104 Giovanni Bottesini *1821 1889 104 Franz Simandl *1840 1912 105 Serge Alexandrovich Koussevitzky *1874 1951 106 The Double Bass in Jazz 107 Bowing, plucking or slapping? 109 19301940: The Swing era 110 19401950: The Bebop revolution 111 Jazz Jam Sessionsbreeding grounds of bebop 113 Red Mitchell about the bass scene of the 1950ies 119 19501960: Modern Jazz 120 19601970: Free Jazz and Avantgarde 121 1970: The electrification of Jazz 123 Technological Backlash 124 Bassists and the Cello in Jazz 125 Bassists in the Jazz polls 127 Jazz Bass Timeline 129 Electrical amplification of the Double Bass 135 Microphones 136 Piezos 137 Magnetic pickups 138 The development of pickups 141 Phase cancellation for pickups 147 Do-it-yourself pickups 147 Amplifier and speakers 148 Impedance 152 Tone controls and filters 152 Feedback 153 Digital signal processing 154 Setup und sound optimization 155 The fingerboard 156 The bridge 160 The nut 170 The soundpost 171 Where does the soundpost go? 176 Cutting a new soundpost 176 The Tailpiece 178 The Saddle 180 The Endpin 181 Climate 183 Sharp tools 184 Glues 185 Sound improvement from the laboratory 187 Chladnian sound figures 187 Mode Matching 187 Vibration dedampening 188 Wolf tones 189 The acquisition of a double bass 191 How does the bass sound? 196 Prices yesterday and today 199 Instrument Portraits 203 Gasparo da Salò 204 Giovanni Paolo Maggini 208 Hans Christoph Zäncker 210 Peeter Borlon 212 Johann Joseph Stadlmann 213 Matteo Gofriller 214 Domenico Montagnana 216 Domenico Busan 218 Giovanni Battista Ceruti 220 Giuseppe Baldantoni 222 John Frederick Lott 225 Hawkes & Son 228 J. T. Lamy 231 The Karr-Koussevitzky bass 232 Bass making in Mittenwald 234 Bass making in the Saxon/West Bohemian region 235 Bass making at Bubenreuth 237 Acknowledgments 238 About the author 239