I received the instrument on time and with absolutely shockproof packaging. The instrument is beautiful ... the sound is not bad ... even with the bow ... compared to the harsh acoustic sound, what comes out of the headphones is soft and full ...
I would like to underline some small criticalities ... in order to improve Thomann's part ... The strings ... obviously on a 599 Euro instrument you could not expect more ... given that, on average, in Italy, a wetsuit costs over 200 Euro ... but the ones that are supplied have a metallic sound, and are not very suitable for the bow ... I would say that the change is advisable ... The comfort of use ... excellent the adjustable bridge in height ... which moreover has the right radius and allows a comfortable use of the bow ... but there is a sore point ... the height of the strings at the nut is excessive ... in the instrument that came to me 1.4mm between string and fingerboard on the 4th string and 1.2mm on the 1st ... this distance, on the acoustic instruments in my possession goes from 0.25 to 0.40 mm ... the instrument as it arrives is not very playable in the first positions ... this could discourage those who approach a double bass for the first time, perhaps coming from the electric bass ... a pre-delivery calibration by the Thomann luthiers ... another sore point is the tip ... too flexible ... if you extract almost all of it (I'm 1.87m tall), the instrument dances ... today I will replace it with an aluminum rod ... finally, it is necessary to find a way to fix the instrument ... lacking the adherence to the body (the spacer provided does what it can), one way, perhaps the simplest, is to have a fixed support for the instrument ... in this regard I have built, with an old guitar stand, some 3/8 "hydraulic hose and two 3/82 elbows a perch that rests on the ground ... the tip is fixed on this ... it would be a very useful accessory ... maybe to be sold separately ...
