Bob Gollihur

Back in 1996, I posted a list on my website (pulled from my personal bookmarks) of double bass resources I'd found, simply to share them with other players. Over the years, I've maintained this collection - adding new resources, removing dead links when I can, and taking lots of link suggestions from the site's many visitors. Now, more than 10 years later, the list has continued to grow, and what you see below is the fruits of my labor. When I had custom software written for Gollihur Music in 2007, we included database driven Links and Luthiers Directory software so we could more easily maintain the information. This list changes and grows on almost a daily basis due to new discoveries and submissions. There are a ton of "Electric Bass Links" pages out there, so I've narrowed my entries to those that appeal specifically to the Double Bass side of the world. Please jot me a note in our contact us form if you find broken links, have a comment, or have a URB-related link suggestion. If it's your own page, a reciprocal link is always appreciated; I'll be delighted to add links to personal pages where the upright predominates under the "Players" section. Thanks and enjoy!

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The growing Double Bass Luthier Directory was moved from the bottom of this page to its own, separate page, to lessen the load time of this page. This list is a great resource not only for repairs, but new and used instruments. Please read about the project and contribute information about your favorite luthier so others can find him or her!

We also now host a new (summer 2013) Upright Bass Teacher Directory so that you can locate a bass instructor near you.

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Double Bass Resources 2xbass - Double Bass E-Mail Digest bassolution: A Blog Investigating Playing the Bass Discover Double Bass: Online Video Upright Bass Lessons by Geoff Chalmers Manufacturers of Double Basses - Amati's growing database of bass builders The Double Bass Blog Bluestem CUB,E Brett Shurtliffe Online Journal of Bass Research (OJBR) Scholarly! Bass Bar (discussion group) Bow and Fingering Techniques, Vito Liuzzi ButtCradle, stool cushions for double bassists Bowmaker video: everything about making a bow Double Bass Competitions by Bakitone International Edwin Livingston Il Contrabbasso, by Vito D. Liuzzi, various topics, includes bassist blog Jazz Double Bassist Facebook Page Silvio Dalla Torre's Upright Bass site The Art of Doublebass Making photo book Collection of Articles on Luthiery, Maintenance and Setup by David Gage Gollihur Music Upright Bass FAQ (frequently asked questions - and answers!) Installing Bass Bridge Adjuster Wheels, by R.M. Mottola Endpin & Tailpiece: More Tone Factors (Bass Player Magazine) Curving a Fingerboard, String Replacement, and other topics BassWork, articles on bass playing A bow on the couch, informational ebook by Bowmaker Andreas Grutter French or German Bow - Which should I choose? Gollihur Music FAQ A Jazz Improvisation Primer by Marc Sabatella About François Rabbath (Rabbath fingering method) ActiveBass, On-Line Bass Community, wide range of information, mostly electric Bluegrass Bass List (bgBass-L) Classical Double Bassist Google Group ForumContrabajo Contrabbasso Italiano, forum Monroney's 10 Point Program For Tweaking Double Basses to their Maximum Performance Double Bass section of Violin Message Board Harmony Central, mostly electric, but a general resource for musicians American String Teachers Association Fingerboard Adjustment and Shapes, by Barrie Kolstein Maestronet's Stolen Instruments Listing Bass Club Chicago Bass Club Kromeriz Bassically.Net, the art of playing bass; electric and double bass Bill Bentgen's comments on Five String Basses New or dead links to report? Please let us know! Do you have your own Upright Bass-oriented page? Click here to submit your site! Double Bass in eighteen languages Double Bass Method (brief) German Society of Bassists How the Bow Produces Sound from a String Changing Strings: an FAQ from Gollihur Music Humidity, A Primer on (good for carved bass owners) International Society of Bassists (ISB) Home Page Jonas Lohse's Online Double Bass Guide Low Down Lowdown, mostly electric discussion board that I co-moderate TalkBass.com, great Double Bass discussion section, internal links to discussions for new players Music Staff, commercial, searchable source for music teachers, mostly stores, some schools Musical Advantage, connecting teachers to students Musicalchairs, orchestra openings, instruments, etc. (Europe) oshihiro Utsumi, playing his 6/4 bass part of Sciascia Ensemble Japan, with bass MP3 files and his movies/photos page and YouTube page Pops' (rosin) International Fan Club (go fig) Ray Brown BBC Master Class, several parts Rockabilly Bass forum RockabillyBass.com, resources, active message board for rockabilly and psychobilly slap players Shareware Music Machine - Ear Training Software Shareware Music Machine - General Music Software Shareware Music Machine - Metronome Software Shareware Music Machine - Notation Software Sizes: Double Bass Sizing FAQ (¾,½,¼, etc.) SLO Bass Club South African Bassplayers Collective StringRepair.com StringSkills.com, free downloads The Art of the Bow: A Study of Motion The Music Teachers List, find one or add yourself Two Octave Upright Bass Major Scales (sheet music), courtesy of Ted Burmas, hosted by Gollihur Music Wikipedia's Double Bass entry Bass History History of Epiphone Basses The Italian DOUBLEBASS BLOG by Vito Liuzzi - History, fingerings, bow... everything about the Doublebass A Brief History of the Double Bass by Lawrence Hurst A New History of the Double Bass, ISB recognized book by Paul Brun Aluminum bass and other stringed instruments at Condino.com American Standard and King basses history info Bill Bentgen's Double Bassist Hall of Fame Evolution of the Electric Double Bass by Martin Clevinger Historical Bass Site History of Engelhardt Basses, included in above link History of the Kay Bass, by Roger Stowers, and a place to register your Kay serial number Jerry Fuller's Double Bass and Violone Home Page John Juzek History King Bass (the original company) and the H. N. White Company history Orpheon Museum of Historical Musical Instruments, wonderful photos Slap that Bass! New Orleans String Bass Pioneers The Bass and Cello in Traditional American String Band Music Stores, Instruments, Parts Acoustic Bass Shop (CA) AES Fine Instruments (NY) All Strings Attached (MN) Animato (Aus) Arcos Bows (Brazil) Barry Guy Travelbass (UK) Bass Central, Electric Uprights and new Double Basses (FL) Bass Garden (NY) Bass Violin Shop (NC) Bass Works (Australia) BassGear.com, on-line classifieds (MN) Benedict G. Puglisi (Australia) Bjoern Stoll (Germany) Bluett Brothers Violins (PA) Bryant Basses, Fine English Custom Basses (UK) Carbow, carbon fiber bows (France) Chadwick Folding Bass Charles Johnson's "Mandolin World Headquarters" with some URBs as well. (VA) Chesapeake Bass Viol Shop, Makers, Restorers and Dealers of Double Basses and Bows (MD) Cincinnati Bass Cellar (formerly Cooperative), basses and repairs (OH) Classic Contrabass (IL) Crehan Musical Instruments (Ireland) Daniel Seabolt David Gage Strings (NY) Double Bass and Bows Classified Ads - peruse the offerings or submit your own FREE Emanuel Wilfer, bass manufacturer (Germany) Engelhardt-Link Basses and Parts - laminated basses (bought out Kay in the late 60's) I am an Engelhardt dealer; visit my Engelhardt site (IL) Fantastic Musical Instruments (CA) Footes Music (UK) Fretwell Bass (VA) G. Lucchi & Sons, bowmakers (Italy) Gallery Strings (London) Gary Ritter Strings Geo. Heinl & Co Ltd. (Canada) Geoffrey J. Seitz, Violinmaker (MO) Glaesel Stringed Instrument Division / The Selmer Company, Inc., basses and bows (IN) Gollihur Music, your host - hand-carved Bulgarian double basses, see photo Graham's String Shop (TX) Guarneri House (MI) Hammond Ashley Bass Violins (WA) Heartland String Bass Shop (IA) Heid Music (WI) Hora S.A., manufacturer of basses and bows (Romania) Horst Gruenert, basses (Germany) Huras Instruments Internationale (WI) Ifshin Violins, (CA) Inokuchi & Son Violin Co. (ON) Ilja Grawert Double Bass (Australia) International Violin Company, Ltd. (MD) J.R. Judd Violins, bass sales, repairs, rentals (PA) Janet Davis Music Company, laminated instruments (AR) Double Bass Workshop JD Hill Music (NJ) Jean Grunberger, Wood and Graphite bows, for the Rabbath method (France) Jean-Claude LaGarde, composite basses (France) Jeff Bollbach, Luthier (NY) Kania (Poland) KC Strings, also St. Louis Strings (KS) Keller Strings, Bass sales/rentals, accessories, Wild Hair (different bright colors) bow hair (MO) Ken Smith (PA) Kitano, Titanium parts for string instruments (Japan) Knilling Stringed Instruments; bass makers and other interesting stringed instrument info here (MO) Kolstein Music, basses and parts (NY) Kontrabass-Shop (Switzerland) Lemur Music, mail order basses, parts, music, recordings (CA) Los Angeles BassWorks (CA) Luciano Bini (Italy) Luciano Golia, Double Bass Maker (Italy) Luscombe Violins (ON) M & J Healey Violins (UK) Maestronet - instrument referrals (Ontario - Canada) Marvin Cable Tailpieces McHugh Violin Shop (KS) Menzel Violins (NJ) Mercury Fine Violins Metropolitan Music Co., basses, accessories (VT) MikePecanicMusic (CA) MiniBass, Der "Freudenstein-Minibass" Kinderbass (Germany) Moll Custom Instruments (MO) Moses Graphite composite bass bridges and fingerboards (OR) Net Guitar, Stringed Instrument Division (MT) Net Instruments (New Zealand) Neville Whitehead Lutherie (Australia) Nolli Violins (Italy) North Fulton Violins (GA) Norton Customs (MI) Paulo Gomes Luthier Workshop (Brazil) Pete McGregor Music, basses, strings, parts, (New Zealand) Peter Zaret and Sons Violins (OH) Pianzola Instrument Making (Switzerland) Piergiuseppe Esposti Via Sebenico, violinmaker.com (Italy) Pöllmann Basses (Germany) Rentabass.com, free service to connect owners and renters (NY) Rental Double Basses in Moscow, Russia (page in Russian) Riccardi's Violin Shop (NJ) Rikkers Gitaarbouw (Netherlands) Robertson and Sons (NM) Ronald Sachs Violins (GA) Rumano Solano Basses (VA) Rutman's Violins (MA) S. & E. M. Turner Violins (UK) SAGA Music (China) SCARAMUZZA Music Shop and Violinmaking in Cremona (Italy) See also the Bass Luthiers Directory Project; luthiers are often excellent bass resources) Sergio Scaramelli (Italy) Sexauer Guitars, imported basses (CA) Shanks Strings (PA) Shar Products (MI, ON) Sirleto Bros, Luthiers (Italy) SMR Double Basses (IL) Sonksen Strings (IL) Southwest Strings (AZ) Stamell Strings Instruments (MA) Stein on Vine (CA) Steve Swan String Bass (Sales, repairs, setups) Steven Reiley Double Basses and Bows, custom work (MI) String Shop of Arizona (AZ) StringNet String Instruments (NJ) Sven-Henrik Gawron Double Bass-Cybershop (Germany) The Bass Church, double basses, bows, parts (WA) The Bass Place (AZ) The Bass Shop (Australia) The Contrabass Shoppe (UK) The Double Bass Workshop (Ireland) The Woodwind and the Brasswind (IN) Thomann (Germany) Thomas Martin, building new instruments (UK) Thomas Metzler Violin Shop (CA) Thwaites Fine Stringed Instruments (UK) Tobias Festl's World of Basses (Germany) Tobias Pöhling (Germany) Upton Bass (CT) Wichita Violin Shop (KS) William Johnston, luthier, builds new basses (TX) Online Learning Resources Gollihur Music Teacher Directory Musika Lessons - Directory of teachers. Upright Bass not featured, but instruction available Patternroot - Lessons, Exercises, Articles for Double Bass Stars and Catz - Online Teacher Matching Service Music, Tapes, Books Amati Productions, Gary Karr's site Arneaus Music, The Works of Arni Egilsson AssuntoGrave Musical Products, original Brazilian and classical bass music BassBooks.com Bruce Gertz instructional materials Chuck Traeger's Setup and Repair of the Double Bass for Optimum Sound Discordia Music, music, books, recordings Double Bass Solo, website for the series of books by Keith Hartley (UK) DoubleBassCDs.com Douglas Mapp Music, piano practice tapes, music and midi Drive a Double Bass - Bass Method Edgar Huckert, midi files for practicing Hal Leonard Double Bass Books/DVD/CDs that I carry, very thorough but inexpensive! International Workshops ISG Publications, double bass sheet music and accompaniment CDs Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Johann Matthias Sperger Double Bass Competition Lemur Music, music, recordings, instruments and parts, (Dana Point, CA) Liben Music Publishers, Double Bass music and recordings (USA) Ludwin Music is dedicated to publishing works of the greatest musical depth for the bass (USA) Marco Accattatis Bass Transcriptions Mesa Music Publishing, solo and chamber music for the double bass (Belgium) MidiWorld, classical music for practicing Music At First Sight, downloadable music Music Books Plus (Essential Technique for Strings -- Double Bass) Music Dispatch, music, videos, software Net Instruments, Searchable database of Searchable database of musical instruments and more from 40+ countries. Dealers, makers, sheetmusic and more. Paul Ramsier, Composer ProBass Music, Performance Literature for Double Bass (Germany) Publications by Barry Green "The Inner Game of Music" Rufus Reid's The Evolving Bassist Sheet Music Plus Sher Music, mail order music books (USA) St. Francis Music Publications, music for Double Bass (Lucas Drew) Stinnett Music The Bass Place, books, CD's, and tapes on all styles and levels, mostly electric The Swing of the Latin Bass, Ray Ramirez Book & CD tutti.co.uk, classical scores, books, CDs, and more University of Miami Music Publications Walking Bassics, The Fundamentals of Jazz Bass Playing by Ed Fuqua Walking Jazz Lines for Bass Watch and Learn - Upright Bass Method Yorke Edition, double bass music publisher Electric Upright Basses A Basses (MA) Alan Miller Guitars -- and Basses (England) Alembic Classico (CA) Alfonso Iturra (Chile) Alquier, Jean Yves (France) Alter-Ego (Italy) Amatista EUB (Argentina) Anastasio Fasanaro Custom Guitars and Basses (Italy) Anderson Bass, aka Rossco's Easy Travel Double Bass (Australia) Anderson Custom Instruments (USA) Ars Eub (Italy) Artem Kukaev (Russia) Atelier Hashimoto (Japan) Atelier Jacky Walraet (Belgium) Auburn Strings (Australia) AYS guitarras (Chile) Bachman, fretted (Italy) BarkerBass, a vertical bass guitar (OR) Bass Culture (Germany) Bass O Lin; not his web page, but a photo and contact info (NJ) and a separate link: photo of the designer/player Bassix (UK) Bassline Universal (Germany) Bayou Basses (MS) Bilton Arts Studio (SC) Bladimir Baby Basses (Columbia) Bridge Musical Instruments Ltd. Cetus Double Bass (UK) Brodtrager (Germany) BSX Bass Inc. (PA) Bunny Brunel (CA) Cappozoli Guitar Company Carella Guitars (Italy) Carisch on an Italian dealer site (Italy) Carlo Giordano EUB Carruthers Guitars (CA) photos coming, meanwhile... Cayley (Canada) Cetvs (Italy) Chris Larkin Custom Guitars, Blen EUB, including a 6 string fretted EUB (Ireland) Clain Bass (France) Clevinger (CA) Conklin MEU - Mobile Electric Upright (MO) Contrebasse VOPCHE Custom Made Guitar's b.genius (Germany) Dahrendorf Daniel Lafontaine, Luthier (France) Daniele Sarchi EUB (Italy) Dave Kontak (NH) David Estrada & Lorena Beverido, compact bass (Mexico) David Gage Czech-ease Bass (NY) Dean Pace (FL) Dearstone Mandolin Works EUB (TN) Denis Favrichon foldable EUBs (Switzerland) DeVine Guitars (HI) DNG EUB (France) DSDV III Bass by Piotr Sell (Poland) ebass-nl, information about electric upright basses Elroi (Brazil) Eminence Portable Upright Bass, acoustic body (MN) Epoch Acoustic/Electric Double Bass (Australia) Ergo Instruments (TN) ESP, we see one EUB amongst the custom models, also a bit unorthodox Fabrice Gougi (France) FarWest Musical Instruments (UK) Fichter (Germany) Fish Custom Guitars (BC, Canada) Fleishman Instruments (CO) Fonterrada (Brazil) Frank Usher (UK) Frankinstein Guitar Works, fretted 34" scale (Canada) Galeria Baby Bass (Cuba) Georg Pianzola (Switzerland) Gil Oliveira (Portugal) Gittler instruments Giuliano Calcagno (Italy) Goldtone Club Bass (South Korea) Grahm McDonald (Australia) Guscott (Australia) Guus eub (AUS) Harley Benton EUB (Germany) dealer page, Korean made instrument sold under various names) Hayden Toneworks EUB (IL, USA) Heiner Windelband EUB (Germany) Hervé Prudent (France) Hubert Dufour EUB (France) Ibanex UB804 Ignac Zaletelj (Slovenia) Ithaca Stringed Instruments, (NY), Alex Jacaranda (Italy) Jacoland (Italy) Jake Holwegner /baby bass maker/ (SC, US) Jan Fredriksson (Sweden) Jan Knooren, Dutch luthier and bassmaker, but no EURB photos, but others (Netherlands) Jensen JW Q, makes EURBs, none shown (Sweden) Jensen, w/polyphonic pickups (WA) Jim Reed Instruments (Italy) Jiraud W-Bass, a neat Jazz Bass inspired hybrid 34" scale (Japan) Jobeni Oliveira EUB (Brazil) Josh Rieck (USA) JP Guitars (WA) Kania (Poland) Karl F. Hoyt: Bass and Guitar Builder, the luthier who made my five string fretless electric bass guitar (MA) Kemi Guitars (Sweden) Knutson Luthiery, Messenger Upright (CA) Kolstein Busetto Electric Upright Kona Walking Stick, three strings flat fingerboard (Hawaii) Kotzabopoulos Corina Upright Bass (Greece) KYDD Carry-On Basses, 30" scale (PA) L Kah EUB (France) Lamario (Canada) Lassonde (Canada) Laszlo Nemessanyi (Hungary) Leduc U Contrebasse (France) Ledur Instrumentos (Brazil) Lewicki Electric Upright - Poland Libellula Electric Upright Bass (MA) Linc Luthier - Impression Contrabass (CA) LINGSMA Electric Upright (EU) Liuteria LAB (Italy) Luis Fernandez de Cordoba (Panama) Mallion (CO) Maloney Stringed Instruments (CA) Marco EUB (Spain) Mark Seres (Australia) Martin Vaquero EUB (Argentina) Martyn J Bailey LTD UK) Matthew Combe (France) Maurice Dupont Volante (France) Mendes EUB (Brazil) Merchant Vertical Bass (NY) Michele Benincaso EUB (Sweden) Midi Upright Bass Mike Sabre (France) Milan Ciz EUB (Slovakia) MK EUB (Italy) Mo Clifton (UK) MOG Baby Basses (Columbia) Mollerup Basses (Vancouver Canada) Mørch Guitars (Denmark) Moses, EUBs recently discontinued (CA) Musikteknik, Joel Jedström (Sweden) Nemessanyi EUB (Hungary) Neubauer Guitars (Austria) Noyce Guitars (Australia) NS Design - Ned Steinberger (ME)  NS Design - We (Gollihur Music) are a dealer for their full line Oakwood (UK) Oskar Graf (ON, Canada) Paris Banchetti Practical Bass® (FL) Paul Doyle Instruments (Ireland) Pawlik, Marian (Poland) Pete Woodman (Isle of Man) Petr Prochazka (Czech Republic) Philip Smith EUB maker (Australia) Philippe Joannes (France) PL Custom (Poland) Pluma Baby Bass (Argentina) Querey (France) Rash EUB (Italy) Ray Ramirez Basses, wood and fiberglas Baby Basses (PR) Richtone Instruments (NC) Rob Wave Custom Guitars (KY) Roberto Franceschini (Italy) Robinson Basses (Australia) Rogier Dieges EUB (Netherlands) Ruby Instruments, electric Viola da Gamba! (Netherlands) Saldaneri Guitars, no photos (Italy) but example here Salvador Giardina (LA) Sanberg Guitars (Germany) no photos at listing date Sanders Electric Upright Bass site (Netherlands) Séen (Japan) Sendel Baby Bass (Columbia) Shuker Bass (UK) SJS Scot Jon Schwestka Soitinpaja Jasesoi (Finland) Soller & Sivcak (Slovakia) Specimen 34 Stagg Music (Belgium) Starfish (Scotland) Steinbass (Sweden) Stephen Stringed Instruments (New Zealand) Straus (Korea), renamed Rally Takamine TB10, more an AUB but still pretty cool Terje Mentyjærvi (Norway) Tim Kill (Australia) TK Instruments (CO) Urban Strings Vektor (Germany) Vogel Guitar Concepts (Germany) Vox Humana (Netherlands) Wagner Musik (FL) Walter Kraushaar (Germany) Whitehead SASE Bass (Australia) Willcox Stylus EUB - With Lightwave pickups Williams (New Zealand) WishBass (NC) Wreck & Roll Custom Instruments (CA) ZN Electric Upright - Slovenia Zopilote EUB (Italy) Homebuilt Electric Upright Basses Darkwood Center DO YOU HAVE A PROJECT BASS to share? Contact us with the URL Formentera- build your own EUB on an island in the Mediterranean! I'd like to do this; please send your donations to... Greg Utter's EUB project, some parts came from us Julien Regnier Magnus Persson's homebuilt EUB photo #1 and #2 Mike Guttera' homebuilt EUB My own homebuilt EURB in process, photos and comments Paul Rubenstein, has made EUBs SandeR EUB in progress Yours truly, Bob Gollihur's Electric Upright Bass effort; photos and details on my EUB, out of date but you may find some observations useful EUB History 70's Shergold Beauchamp Bud Tumarc's Father & 1937 EURB story; the father of electric bass?? Perlgold EUB (1954) Building, Project, & Unusual Basses AES Fine Instruments, Building a New Bass Slide Show Alpine Tone Wood, Pahler (Germany) Blog of Daniel Seabolt, Luthier Bob Kogut building a bass Daan Baars EUB Project Double Bass Making Book Eric Loillieux's awful doublebass (France; title his suggestion) Exotic Woods (for building your own) fabian guerrero's EUB project Frank Schlosser's EUB, very detailed information (in German) Guy-Dawson Travel Bass How to make a brushbass drum attachment, Alec Fraser Liutaio Mottola Stringed Instrument Design, plans available Lutherie Info - for Builders of Stringed Musical Instruments Matthew Tucker's Double Bass Project Musicmakers Suitcase Bass Musikit's Baroque Bass Paulo Gomes Luthier Workshop, fascinating site (Brazil) SBass (Sensor), a gestural and haptic interface designed for a 5 string electric upright string bass Tonewood St. Moritz (Switzerland) Washtub Bass building & sound file Strings: Information & Manufacturers AquilaUSA, gut strings of all kinds Arto's String Calculator (requires java-enabled browser) Changing Strings on your Upright Bass, Gollihur Music FAQ Changing Strings, Bass Player Magazine article by David Gage D'Addario Damian Dlugolecki - String Maker; handmade gut strings Dogal Strings USA Double Bass String Tensions from Jordan Kirkness Gamut Musical Strings (gut) (Larson) LaBella Picato Pirastro Pyramid Savarez (Corelli) String thread color ID Chart on the Quinn Violins site Super-Sensitive Thomastik-Infeld Velvet Strings Musician's Health and Injuries Alexander Technique; play with less tension Bass Clef Strings BassLinks.com, mostly electric, some URB ClassicWeb Comarow.com - Health and the Musician Article Double Bass Finger Tape Earplugs - if you're playing loud, protect your hearing! HandWorld - Information for patients with hand problems Musicians and Injuries, excellent resource of information, books, tapes, videos, and links Overuse Injuries (from Johnson String Instrument) Repetitive Injuries Continue to Plague Musicians.. By: Dr. Tim Jameson Westone Labs ear protection Miscellaneous Acoustic Image, Double Bass amps, combos, Audio Electric Research, acoustic amps (Germany) Bass Balalaika Bass Box, a bass thumb piano Bass Clef images Bass Jokes Bassmobile Do-It-Yourself Bass cart by Jules Siegel Blank Sheet Music.net, free from your printer Blue Heron Bass Cases C Extension Bass Capo, for fingered C extensions Clarion Musical Instrument Insurance Colorado Case Company (custom) Concert Design - Stools for Bassists Concert Design, Basso Performance Chair (stool) Cosi Fly, composite bass trunk (France) Double Bass Competitions by Bakitone International Double Bass Screen Saver (free) I made myself- 25 photos, Simandl Etudes, Over 25,000 downloads so far! Double Trolley combined stool and wheels Euphonic Audio, excellent cabinets and amps for URB and more Gaines Bass Wheel I carry these great wheels, click here for details GearTrack - A Registry to Protect Your Instrument(s) - up to 5 for free Gollihur Bass Bag, available from your host Heftone Lojo, sorta bass banjo? Hevos, bass cabs and amps (Netherlands) Joella C-Extension Lathon Basswear, hats, shirts and stuff Lovely video compilation of the Bass in humorous movies and bits by Shani Sohn Merz-Huber Co., Insurance Brokers Discounts for ISB members. Messina Covers Bass Bag Mooradian soft cases Music Stand Plus, for wide scores No Scratch Belts for Musicians! Clever, Made in USA! Pendennis, Mandobass Reed Kotler Music, digital devices to help music transcription and for isolating parts in recorded music Reunion Blues Bass Bags Rocsoc Drummers' Thrones, tympani model recommended for URB Soundwear.com Bass Bags Stevenson Fibreglass Bass Cases (UK) Support Music: Music in the Schools Advocacy UglyBassPlayer.com - cool bass clef hats Upright Transport, bass moving around NY, NJ, CT, PA, D.C. VistaPrint Business Cards - 250 FREE and in color! Of course you have to pay around $5 for shipping, but at that price who cares? Wild About Music (in case you need a little bass with a clock in its belly) Bass Artwork Dr. Evermor's Salvage Sculpture Exhibit INP Music and Art Max Murray's Museum of Bass Artifacts Double Bassists' Personal Pages Bill Stuve Chaise Dewey (Active Blog about being a bassist) Craig Akin Geoff Chalmers Gordon Emma Juan Pablo Navarro Louis Cann Michael Klinghoffer (blog) Michael von Villiez Nuno Arrais' Double Bass Blog Paul S. Toenniges, Bass Maker (Biography) Robert Comarow (also does lessons, California) Ryan Gould Silvio Dalla Torre (extensive information on various basses, playing, history etc.) Todd Phillips Adam Cohen Adam Lane ADD YOUR OWN URB-ORIENTED WEB PAGE Click to submit it Alan J Molitz Alan Lewine Albey Alessandro Zolo Alisdair MacRae Birch Allan von Schenkel Anders Johnsson Andrea Lamacchia Andreas Barsøe Bennetzen Andres Martin Andrew Brown Andrew Downing Andrew R. Miller Andy Calder Andy McKee Anthony Scelba Antonio Miguel Aristazabal Hawkes Arni Egilsson Artie Langston Audun Ellingsen Avishai Cohen Barry Green Barry John Guy (UK) Bartosz Sikorski Bass'in, Trio de Contrebasses Bill Amatneek (writer of Acoustic Stories, about his bass playing experiences) Bill Bentgen Bill Douglass Bill Harrison Bill Moring Bill Plummer Bill Stuve Bob Gollihur, your host (who?) Bob Magnusson Bob Moore, named #1 Country Bassist of all time by Life magazine Bob Stata Brian Bromberg Bruce Henry Buster Williams Chaplain Patrick, a bluegrasser Charles Mingus (unofficial) Charlie Haden Chicago Bass Ensemble Chris Brusa Chris Fitzgerald Chris Minh Doky Christian Boeger Christian McBride Christoph Sprenger Chubby Jackson and a second site Cleveland Eaton Craig Butterfield Dan Berkowitz Daniel Nix Daniel Ori Dave "Symphony Boy" Anderson Dave Holland David Chevan, Bassologist David Friesen David Landoni David McKinney David Rosin David Sheets Diana Gannett, Professor, University of Iowa Dick Ball Dirk Strakhof Djordje Stijepovic Domenico Dragonetti (1763-1846) Dominic Seldis Donovan Stokes Double Bassists Hall of Fame Duncan Hopkins Ed Bennett Ed Friedland, Bass Player magazine columnist Eddy Khaimovich Edgar Meyer Edvard Nyholm Debess, from the Faroe Islands Edwin Livingston Eivind Opsvik Elvis Ash, of the rockabilly band Lazy Crazies Eric Brochard Eric Herve Eric Hochberg Erik Borst Franco Petracchi François Rabbath (Rabbath fingering method) Frédéric Alarie - contrebassiste Gabriele Ragghianti Gary Karr, solo doublebassist, and his bio, books, videos, t-shirts, etc. Gerd Reinke Giovanni Bottesini Giuseppe Ettorre- includes some downloadable resources Gordon Johnson Gregory Sarchet (Bass Club Chicago) H Merritt Kinsey Hans Sturm, Ball State U faculty, symphony principal bassist Harvie S (the Artist Formerly Known as Harvie Swartz) Hein Van de Geyn Henk Haverhoek Henry Franklin, "The Skipper" Hernán Merlo Hervé Rémond Hugh Robertson-Payne Ian Webber, The Bottesini Duo Jack McFadden James Young Jan Jankeje Janne Anttonen of the Housewreckers Jaromir Honzak Jason Joyner Jason Heath Jason Wilson (with James Hunter) Jasper Slotboom Jay Anderson Jay Hungerford Jay Leonhart Jazz Corner, several bassists Jeffrey Carswell Jens Jefsen Jens Volk Jeremy Stratton Jeroen van Keulen Jim Ferguson Jim Tavaré, comedian and double bass player Jimmi Roger Pedersen Joe Sarver Joe Spinelli Joel Quarrington Johannes Schaedlich John Adams, Jazz artist and educator from Texas John Goldsby John Kolivas John Menegon Jon Thorne Jonathan Fisher Joseph Patrick Moore Kazuo Okuda, principal DoubleBass at Century Orchestra Osaka Kelly Roberti Kelly Sill Kevin Brandon, aka Brandino Kim Ciara Kip Martin Kristen Korb Lance "Romance" Bakemeyer Larry Rich Laurence Mollerup Lee Rocker Lee Rocker's official site Leon Lee Dorsey Louis-Antoine Lassonde Mads Vinding Manny Flores Marco Panascia Marcos Machado Mark Helias Mark Peterson Mark Rubin (Bad Livers and Rubinchik's Orkestyr), Slap Bass Video Massimo Biolcati Matt Hill Matt Kendrick Matthew Rybicki Mauricio Romero Max Murray Michael Formanek Michael Montgomery Michael Savino Michele Benincaso EUB (Italy) Mickey D Mike Downes Mike Milligan Mike Pope Mike Stockstill Milt Hinton Missy Raines Multi-instrumentalist (bassist) Joel Pelletier Neal Bowen Nello Blangiforti Nick Tsiavos Nicole Jones Niels Cremer Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen Nikki Scarlett P. Kellach Waddle Palle Danielsson Pat E. Duke of the "Fishnet Stockings" Patrick Sintès, with some audio files Paul Tkachenko, MySpace Per Dalsgaard Knudsen Pete Pritchard Peter Ind Peter J Krynen Phil Fried Phil Palombi Philip Baumgarten Phillip W. Serna Preston Hubbard Randy McCluskey Reggie Washington Reuben Radding Ricardo Vasconcellos Rich Girard Richard Patrick Richard Simon Rick McLaughlin Rick Robinson, CutTime Players Rob Anzellotti Rob Thorsen Robert Kopec Robert Meyer, his reminiscensces Robert Rohe Roberto Occhipinti Roland Guerin Roland Jullin Roma Vayspapir Roman Pekar Ron Carter Rufus Reid Sander Tekelenburg Scott Crothers Sean Walsh Simon H. Fell Stefano Sciascia Steve Anderson Steve Rodby Sylvain Gagnon Terry Lilley Tex Waggoner The Bass Gang, four bass ensemble (Italy) The Bassists - Clifton Swanson, Ed Harris, Ken Hustad, Jeff Norwood The Real Mingus Web (Charlie, of course) Thomas Dirks Thomas Powell Tim Emmons Tiziano Zanotti Todd Coolman Tom Baldwin Tom Kennedy Tommy Collins, Rhythm Dragons Toni Moretti Vattel Cherry's Bassrespänse (group) Viktor Krauss Vito Domenico Liuzzi Vitold Rek Volkan Orhon Wayne Roberts William Koehler Yoshihiro Utsumi, playing his 6/4 bass part of Sciascia Ensemble Japan, with bass MP3 files and his movies/photos page and YouTube page Yves Descloux Magazines Bass Gear Magazine, URB content Bass Player Magazine, while electric-oriented, has had much more double bass content of late. Strings Magazine (some URB content) The Strad, classical strings with occasional bass content

Double Bass Luthiers Directory Project has been moved to its own page. (click to access) It includes dozens of double bass luthiers from all over the world, often be a great source for used and new basses as well as repairs, rehairs, and parts. A great luthier is a tremendous resource to us all. Copyright © 1997-2008 Bob Gollihur Some photos © the owner's web page to which the image is linked.