One of my bass professors at UW-Whitewater had something very similar to the Marvin Tailpiece that is pictured. He had a five string bass and his tailpiece was just wires, I don’t recall if there was some black woven between the wires or not. But it made his bass very open compared to having a “traditional” wooden tailpiece.
I look forward to your remarks on how the tail piece changes the response of your bass. Where would I find about the theory underlying this device?
I tune in fifths. I use the A D and G from the Pirastro Obligato set for fifths tuning and a Spirocore low B turned up to a C. Nice sound on my Pollman.
I wonder whether this tail piece would be useful for my bass.
That’s the same string setup that I use except my Spirocore is just a long E. I haven’t seen to much on the web about this tailpiece other than positive reviews. He does have info on his website.
Spirocore strings are available in the Red Mitchell fifth tuning set. The fifth tuning players I know use the C-string from the Red Mitchell set for their C-string, no need to get a B- string Spirocore and tune it up when an actual C-string is available.
The marvin tailpiece opens up the bass, makes the strings more responsive and improves harmonics. I wouldn’t use any other tailpiece. a rigid ebony tailpiece is 400 year old technology. It’s the most economical way to improve the performance or your instrument that I know of; there is no negative to using one, win win situation.
It’s a great match for fifth tuning.
He makes them for 5-string, as well.
One of my bass professors at UW-Whitewater had something very similar to the Marvin Tailpiece that is pictured. He had a five string bass and his tailpiece was just wires, I don’t recall if there was some black woven between the wires or not. But it made his bass very open compared to having a “traditional” wooden tailpiece.
Thanks for the info. It is the same thing – the picture just has a cover on it. I ordered one and hope it will open up my bass a bit.
I look forward to your remarks on how the tail piece changes the response of your bass. Where would I find about the theory underlying this device?
I tune in fifths. I use the A D and G from the Pirastro Obligato set for fifths tuning and a Spirocore low B turned up to a C. Nice sound on my Pollman.
I wonder whether this tail piece would be useful for my bass.
That’s the same string setup that I use except my Spirocore is just a long E. I haven’t seen to much on the web about this tailpiece other than positive reviews. He does have info on his website.
Spirocore strings are available in the Red Mitchell fifth tuning set. The fifth tuning players I know use the C-string from the Red Mitchell set for their C-string, no need to get a B- string Spirocore and tune it up when an actual C-string is available.
The marvin tailpiece opens up the bass, makes the strings more responsive and improves harmonics. I wouldn’t use any other tailpiece. a rigid ebony tailpiece is 400 year old technology. It’s the most economical way to improve the performance or your instrument that I know of; there is no negative to using one, win win situation.
It’s a great match for fifth tuning.
He makes them for 5-string, as well.