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

If you are looking for a double bass rental in Germany or Europe, you have come to the right place here 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 travels / orchestra tours, 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. No matter if Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Prague, Lucerne or Amsterdam.

The double basses of our instrument rental

Our rental range includes over 30 double basses for classical music and jazz. We rent out very old and valuable master basses for professional use, good medium-quality double basses, but also simpler instruments made of plywood. You can rent specially equipped double basses from us for jazz and unplugged music. Also we offer double basses for jazz with an external or built-in pickup.

From our double bass rental you can hire 4-string double basses and 5-string double basses. All rental instruments are fitted with high-quality double bass strings of famous brands like PIRASTRO, D’ADDARIO or THOMASTIK.

Valuable instruments from old masters for professional orchestras and soloists

We meet the highest demands of professional orchestras and soloists by renting our historic double basses from renewed double bass makers. These double basses are between 50 and 130 years old and in exceptional condition, both acoustically and visually. They have been restored with great attention to details and are perfectly adjusted for use in the professional classical orchestra. Each double bass is a unique instrument of the finest craftsmanship.

Here you will find valuable instruments from famous double bass makers such as MOECKEL, POELLMANN, RUBNER, WILFER and ZAPELLI, to name just a few of them. For use in baroque music, a small selection of these double basses are fitted with high-quality gut strings made by 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 our double basses for concert tours and orchestra travels by international orchestras, including orchestra transport by truck or air cargo. For this reason, each double bass is packed – depending on the type of transport – in a handcrafted PREISSLER double bass flight case or a padded soft bag. Like all our orchestral instruments, our double basses can be used not only for concerts in Berlin and the state of Brandenburg, but also 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.
• 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 catergory Backline Rental you can hire double bass amplifiers, speaker cabinets and bass combos made by AER, AGUILAR, AMPEG, GALLIEN KRUEGER, HARTKE, MARKBASS or SWR.

Double basses as musical props for film & TV

For photo shoots, or as musical props for TV & film productions, you can hire a decorative double bass or a white lacquered double bass. Also you can rent beautiful instruments with a special patina as purely decorative objects or for playback use from our double bass rental.

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