Author: DougR
Date: 2019-12-08 04:54
I'll just add here, with all due props to Kessler Music for doing their damnedest to cater to beginning/intermediate players via the finest quality instruments possible, that O. DiBella Music in New Jersey also has a line of low-c basses, probably the same basic instrument as the Kessler model but with tweaks from an importer who's also an engineer. The instruments all pass thru the hands of DiBella's master repair guy, Dan Sagi, which means they are adjusted superbly. The guy I study with (a NY studio/pit pro) got to hear Dan play the DiBella bass against a Selmer Privilege, and said tone and tuning-wise at least the instruments were indistinguishable. I asked Dan about Michael Lowenstern's criticism of oriental-made basses, that the key materials were so soft the horns constantly went out of whack, and Dan said they've re-engineered the key materials so that the horns stay in adjustment. (He has a number of these instruments out on rentals to schools--and said they hold adjustment just fine.)
Overall, I think this is an excellent time to be in the market for an inexpensive low-c bass!
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