Thomann 111BR 3/4 Double Bass

I ordered and received my bass back in September, and love it just as much now as did when I received it.

When the bass arrived (stood up on a pallet), it was very well packed and very secure. After getting past all the packaging I inspected the bass and it was perfect. The bridge is shipped loose in the box, and (very helpfully) had "E" and "G" on the respective sides. On the body of the bass there was two small marks to show where the bridge sits. Bridge in place, it was time to tune up and have some fun. Tuning up was nice and simple and compared to a previous bass, tuning wasn't that scary. There was no creaking and popping, just a very smooth tune up.

As mentioned, the screw to hold the endpin isn't the greatest, but mine seems to have settled in a small groove made in the endpin and works fine now.

The sound quality of the instrument straight out of the box is good, the first thing I did however, was change the strings. The stock strings are high tension and not too great. With the intention of playing jazz and rockabilly styles, I've opted for low tension Rotosound strings (half steel, half nylon) and with these strings on the bass just sings.

More recently I've started using the bow more and more often and whilst the bow is pretty good, I'm not too keen with a German style frog (perhaps having an option to pick could help?), so I've just ordered myself a French style (pernambuco) bow.

Before ordering my bass I looked online for advise and lots of people suggest avoiding new basses, especially if they're under £1000. With this it doesn't matter, for the money it's a great bass and I love mine.

Am very pleased with this 3/4 Thomann 111E DB after owning a Thomann DB over 30years ago I wanted to get back into playing Double bass Both Arco & Pizzicto I Found Musikhaus Thomann a pleasure to Deal with Very efficient I got it set up for Jazz & classical playing "Flat"Nickel"Wound strings The Bridge setting Markings are on the Body between the "F"Sound holes The sound is Great! Perfect Low & High note Intonations Its up there with far more expensive Uprights..Its Only Achilles Heel i found was the "adjustable height Floor pin"I noticed it slipping down whilst playing, the"Wingspade adjusting screw is not up to the job of holding/securing the basses weight(It doesnt grip the pin properly under weight pressure) But I resolved this problem very easily I put a small clamp(jubilee clip) onto the pin under the adjuster & jobs sorted! The Bass itself is very well finished..Just one more tip! I suggest lightly scratching the surface of the "Rosin"cube with mild sand paper to get the rosin going for the bow as it takes a long time otherwise to"Rosinate the new Bow.

Like many others on here, I bought this as my first double bass. I?ve been playing electric bass for many years and always fancied one of these.
I live in the Canary Islands Spain, so it was never going to be cheap to get it posted here so it was a bit of a gamble to say the least.
When it finally arrived (postage took a lot longer than I?d thought, 1 month. That was mainly due to Spanish couriers - no surprise there then) the bass was packed very well and set on a pallet.
Once unpacked the only thing I had to do was get a local luthier to set it up properly, the action was super high and virtually unplayable. You may also want to change the strings as they are pretty high tension.
Overall though, a super looking bass for the money and its also sounds great once set up!
For playing live I also thoroughly recommend the David Gage The Realist Bass Copperhead pickup.

Received my double bass today, Thomann have been amazing with their customer service, updating me every time my bass is that bit closer to being delivered.

Finally the delivery, which was easily and efficiently organised. The driver seems like a lovely man, he had taken good care of the bass during transit, not resting it against any thing and very secure.

The bass was well packaged, really well protected and in perfect condition.

Setting the bridge on the bass was fairly simple and within ten minutes of unboxing she was ready to play.

The addition of the rosin, German frog bow and polishing kit is incredible. After spending quite a long time getting the bow ready for use I was ready to play.

The 'classical' setup which I requested has seen this bass been set up awesomely, I have found no issues with the setup and both feel and sound are exactly what I had expected!

10/10 for this product and Thomann as a company!

I have had this double bass for a few years now and have gigged it regularly. I swapped the strings for Weedwackers and then changed them back to the stock steel strings because they sounded so much better.

This bass is amazing value for money, especially if you are getting free delivery. Mine came on a sturdy woodenpallet which was higher than the my front door. It comes with a soft gig bag, which is all you need if you are shifting it around in your (estate) car.

I play country mostly and some rock and roll on this - it does the job admirably. The acoustic sound is mellow enough and, for gigs, I use a K & K pre amp system, which works well through a normal bass amp or a large P A system.

This bass has a very nice authentic aged look about it, with its dull varnish and very traditional looking brass tuning keys. It is highly playable and it stays in tune; two very big considerations when it come to budget instruments. All in all ,an excellent buy.