150 year old german double bass

[Nyumgoway]

why do people play double bass w/ a bow. i think it sounds way better (and is easier to play) with standard plucking.

[McPhersonBassMaster]

@Nyumgoway

Because it was made to play arco and pizzicato-just like the other instruments in the violin family.

[FilmComposeRaHoppe]

great bass.

[StopTheMoti0n]

that looks better than my brand new bass lol

[macmellus]

He's never 150!

[biddybam]

IT sounds so good. I wished i had the money to buy it. most likely fraud though

[xcrimsoncorex]

i want ot buy that and put a c extension on it

[myhandhurts2]

haha just a question, does the back of the double bass gets flatter as it grows older or is it just different for different basses?

[dimflamingo]

It depends on the design. The basses with the sort of hump on the back has a "Swell" back. My bass is a flat back, built in Dresden in 1896.

[myhandhurts2]

does the humpness of the back affect the sound or anything?

[dimflamingo]

I don't think it does, no. I think it's for decoration.

[jude4312]

guess no one played that for 150yrs..incredible condition.

[noggyd123]

cool