Speyer 3/4 Double Bass

Here's my upright bass I purchased from they great people at Prussin Music in Vancouver. I believe these basses come from a shop in Korea by the name of "Speyer Instruments" that has now gone under new management. With this new management, apparently the company has built instruments of lesser quality... or so I'm told by my luthier at Prussin. This one, is from the last shipment of basses berfore the company was sold. It's a Speyer 3/4 fully carved bass, affordably priced at around 4k

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The Bass is fully carved with spruce top, ebony board, rosewood tailpeice and flamed maple sides and back. Construction is really good compared to other basses I've played in it's price range and overall, is a very sturdy, great sounding instrument.

It sets up really well for Jazz or folk with the adjustable bridge, and sounds really smooth and even over all the strings. It took me a while to find the right strings for this bass. I tried at least 6 types before finally settling with Thomastik-Infeld Dominats, a vinyl core string with a detailed, warm and woody sound with good projection.

I'm amazed at how good the bass sounds sometimes, being so young and all, it has a long way to go before it'll really open up tone-wise. When I started shopping for an upright, I bought a poorly made plywood bass made by an outfit called "Menzel". I can't stand playing it, and can't even sell the thing... it just sits in storage. I wish I knew basses of this quality were available for under 5k, because I certainly would have never spent 1500 on my plywood doghouse. For twice that price, you can get a really nice 3/4 carved by some makers!