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  • Home
  • Instruments/Bows
    • Basses
      • Fine Double Basses
      • Quality Double Basses
      • Hybrid and Laminated Basses
      • Fractional (Small sized) Basses
      • Sold
    • Bows
      • Archetier (Fine) Bows
      • New / workshop bows
      • Hybrid and Period Bows
      • Violin / Viola / Cello Bows
    • Electric
    • Violins / Violas
    • Cello, Gamba, Harp
    • How to buy or sell with us
    • Bass Gear For Sale
  • Repairs
    • Bubba Bass: The Just Wrong Repairs Gallery
    • Repairs Gallery
    • Italian bass Restoration project
    • Quantum Bass Center C extensions
  • Rentals
    • Concert Rentals
    • Who We Rent To...
  • Web Store - Quantum Bass Market
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    • QBC is special
    • Bass Shipping Info
  • Beginning an instrument
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  • Guides: Strings etc
    • Bow Hair Tightening
    • About Upright Double Bass Strings
    • About bass rosin
    • 'Bassics' For New Bassists

Helpful ​Links

The International Society of Bassists  - we encourage all bassists, jazz and classical, student and professional, to join the ISB as the world's largest member-driven organization, to stay connected and informed. 
Houston Professional Musicians Association (Local 65-699 of the American Federation of Musicians)  - similarly, we encourage all performing musicians to join the American Federation of Musicians as our best path to living wages and professional standards. \
The Bulletproof Musician  - Dr. Noa Kageyama, violinist, specializes in performance psychology and has an online program to assist musicians in performing up to their true potential.
Brady Muckelroy, bassist, maker of fine handmade electric basses 
Arnold Schnitzer (AES Fine Instruments), maker of fine double basses
Nick Lloyd, maker of new double basses 
Zdzislaw Prochownik, bassist, maker of fine bows for the double bass 
Violin Information Pages: David Lashof has compiled a wealth of information for buyers and players - applies to all stringed instruments.  
Audio selections of Les Arts Florisssants, one of the world's premiere period performance ensembles, featuring the superb continuo bassist and scholar Jonathan Cable, principal bass.   
A pretty extensive article on recent and contemporary bassists: 
A list of music featuring the double bass on IMSLP: 
International Institute of Bass: lots for the electric bass player
We have been privileged to represent some extremely fine bows on consignment by multi-gold-medal-winning archetier Jean Grunberger - if we don't have one available currently, contact him about a commission.
Interested in the viola da gamba? See Viols of Houston, the local chapter of the Viola da Gamba Society of America, to join a reading group, take lessons, or rent a gamba!
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VIDEOS:
We're compiling links to videos that inspire and inform.  Here's a playlist of performances, to start -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwQP8Wx5O9nqMe0rpJpjSVYI2iyV8ueem

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BRADY MUCKELROY

Brady Muckelroy
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KRISTIN KORB

Kristin Korb
KRISTIN KORB

RUFUS REID and FRANCOIS RABBATH

Rufus Reid and Francois Rabbath
Rufus Reid and Francois Rabbath
Quantum Bass Center Inc
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