# Reccomendations on a Double Bass?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomendations-on-a-double-bass/389923>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 29, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomendations-on-a-double-bass/389923 "2007-01-29T03:55:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomendations-on-a-double-bass/389923/1 "2007-01-29T03:55:41Z")

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Looks Like I’m taking the plunge to get one. I am a guitarist who has now decided to try the double bass. My price range is roughly 3000 to 4000 dollars. Right now I am looking at a Schoenbach Czech bass. It sounds all right though the very low end doesn’t resonate as much as I would like. My primary interest is Jazz though if I get good Classical isn’t out of the question.

Any reccomendations? I wonder how many dopers play the double bass.

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomendations-on-a-double-bass/389923/2 "2007-01-29T04:08:35Z")

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You should go to the double bass forum at [talkbass.com](http://www.talkbass.com/forum/) and ask around there. Make sure to give a location because the people there get really peeved when people don’t indicate where they are - doing so helps them direct you to luthiers and music shops in your area.