Bass Players Gallery
whilst visiting The Contrabass Shoppe.
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on any of the photographs to read more about the bass being
played
Feb 10 - Bass enthusiast Chris Makin needed an insurance
valuation on his splendid James William Briggs bass labelled
and dated 1887 "No2". Next to it is our Briggs
bass "No4" from the very next year. How fabulous
to compare the two. Apart from the colour of the varnish
- just like two peas in a pod!
Leon Bosch (with one of our Italian basses)
- and Shoppe director Tony Houska.
Thanks to bass virtuoso Leon Bosh for his interest in The
Shoppe. Leon was thoroughly decent and delighted us by playing
extracts from his new CD - "The Russian Double Bass".
Cordiali
saluti. Gaetano Siragusa - a member of Milan's Filarmonica
Della Scala was on a search for a top quality bow when he
visited in June 09.
Pictured here with an English bass by Walker and an exquisite
bow by André Richaume - he seemed well impressed.
Hey
- that's a guitar not a bass! Yes, that's right - Sean Rooney
- a music-techno student at Kingston University couldn't
resist putting our Schertler
Unico Amp, Bass & Side combination through its paces
(Aug 09).
Sean's Irish-flavoured music - very acoustic, rhythmic, earthy
and oft-percussive - really blew us away. Nice one Sean. Nice
one Schertler.
LA
song writer and bass legend - Roberto Vally - produced a
mega sound on our Hawkes Panormo when he visited during Dec
09.
Roberto really has performed, recorded and toured with
just about all the greats including Bobby Caldwell, Randy
Crawford, George Benson, Bob James and Christopher Cross
to name but a few.
Next time he's promised us a video clip!
The
exploits of Norwegian superstar Knut Sundquist were being
filmed for a TV documentary when he visited The Shoppe in
June 2009. Knut did express strong desires for our bass by
Alfred Nilsson Brock (pictured). The camera man is Nils Mehren
from NRK Troms og Finnmark.
Malmo
Symfoniorkester principle and co-principle Krysztof Panus
(left) and Lukas Jamer. Two players with an absolutely huge
sound, a good appetite and an appreciation for objects of
fine quality. Bass: William Calow circa
1870
Dutch
bass enthusiast Ynze Klop and his delightful daughter Caroline.
Ynze treated himself to our George Corsby
bass.
The pair took an overnight ferry from Hook of Holland, were
at the Shoppe before 9AM and returned home - with bass - the
same evening. We were impressed!
Tony
Houska congratulates Marcin Maciejewski on purchasing a J.
Haide L'Ancienne bass. Marcin plays with the 'Polska
Orkiestra Sinfonia Iuventus', in Poland.
