Double bass rental for events, concerts and orchestra tours in Germany & Europe

If you are looking for a professional double bass rental in Germany or Europe, you have come to the right place at our rental service in Berlin.

• We rent out our double basses for rehearsals, concerts, studio recordings and music festivals, in short for events of all kinds.
• Our specialty is the rental of double basses for concert tours of professional symphony orchestras, youth orchestras, ensembles, soloists and jazz musicians from all over the world.
• We transport our instruments within Germany and Europe. Whether to the concert halls of Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Leipzig or to Lucerne, Amsterdam and Barcelona.

Over 30 double basses are waiting for your turn

Whether you’d like to rent a 4-string or 5-string double bass for classical or jazz music, or need double basses for orchestra tours, you can rent entire double bass sections or also single double basses from us.

Our inventory includes antique and valuable double basses for highly demanding orchestras and soloists, good-quality double basses of medium range, and even simple plywood instruments. You can also rent double basses from us for jazz performances. We have basses specially equipped for jazz, featuring jazz strings and either an external or built-in pickup.

Our double basses are strung with high-quality strings from PIRASTRO, D’ADDARIO, THOMASTIK, or TEMPERA.

Valuable instruments by old masters for professional orchestras and soloists

We meet the highest sonic standards of professional orchestras and soloists by renting out our antique master basses from renowned double bass makers. These double basses are between 50 and 130 years old and in unique condition, both sonically and visually. They have been lovingly restored with great attention to detail and set up to be ready for use in a classical orchestra. Each double bass is a one-of-a-kind instrument crafted with the finest artisanal quality.

We rent instruments from famous double bass makers like HERWIG, MOECKEL, POELLMANN, RUBNER, WILFER, ZAPELLI, to name just a few of them. We also own valuable double basses by unknown masters from Markneukirchen and Mittenwald, Germany. Our antique basses are highly sought after by professional orchestras on tour.

Specifically for Baroque music, a small selection of our double basses is fitted with high-quality gut strings from PIRASTRO, PURE CORDE or LENZNER.

Double bass rental for international orchestras on tour – our specialty since 1992

For well over 30 years, we have specialized in renting out our double basses for concert tours / orchestra travels with orchestra transport by truck or air cargo. Each of our double basses is packed in a handcrafted PREISSLER double bass flight case, which also includes a professional double bass stand. This allows our double basses to be used not only for rehearsals and concerts in Berlin and the state of Brandenburg, but also on concert tours with international symphony orchestras, ensembles and soloists throughout Germany and Europe.

Under certain circumstances we even rent our instruments for world wide orchestra tours.

Accessories for double bass

As accessories for double basses you can hire:

• Professional double bass stools / bass thrones made by KOLBERG.
• Stand aids for double bass player by KOENIG&MEYER.
• Double bass stands & spike boards made by KOLBERG.
• Damper for double bass.
• Double bass bows of different quality levels made of Brazil wood, Massaranduba, Pernambuco wood, or Carbon. We also rent French bows.
• Rosin from the best brands, especially for double bass. (Only in conjunction with a double bass or double bass bow rented from us.)
• Acoustic transducer / pickup for double bass / upright bass made by BARCUS BERRY, FISHMAN, DAVID GAGE, K&K SOUND SYSTEMS, SHADOW, UNDERWOOD.
• From our section Backline Rental you can hire bass amplifiers, speaker cabinets and acoustic combos for double bass made by AER, AGUILAR, AMPEG, GALLIEN KRUEGER, HARTKE, MARKBASS, ROLAND, or SWR.

Double basses as musical props for film & TV

For photo shoots or as musical props for movie and film productions, you can rent a decorative double bass or a double bass painted white from us. Our musical prop rental service offers beautiful historic instruments with a special patina, suitable purely for decorative purposes, double basses for playback use and even heavily “worn-out” rockabilly basses.

More information about this prop rental service you can get here on our website: Musical props for film & TV.