Lohse, J.: Double Bass Book (english Version)

Buch in englischer Sprache.

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.

German version: Item-No. 950008.

Author: Jonas Lohse.
Translation: Martin Wind.
Hardcover, 240 pages, four-color printing.
Jonas Lohse Verlag 9783982260211.

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 11019401950: 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
• 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