Double bass rental for classic & jazz – 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. For concert travels / orchestra tours / tours of professional symphony orchestras, youth orchestras, ensembles, soloists and jazz musicians from all over the world, we transport the instruments within Germany and Europe upon request. No matter if Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Prague, Lucerne or Amsterdam.

The double basses from our instrument rental

Our rental range includes over 30 double basses for classical music and jazz in all levels of quality. From simple double basses made of plywood, to good instruments of medium quality, to very old and valuable master basses for professional use. With us you can also rent specially revised double basses for jazz and unplugged music. We also offer double basses with external or built-in pickups.

In our double bass rental based in Berlin / Germany we offer 4-string double basses and 5-string double basses. All instruments are fitted with high-quality double bass strings of famous brands like PIRASTRO, D’ADDARIO or THOMASTIK.

Rental of old masterclass double basses for professional orchestra and soloist

The highest quality standards of professional orchestras and demanding soloists we can fulfill with the rental of our very old double basses of famous master luthiers. These double basses are between 70 and 120 years old – tonal as well as visual in absolutely unique condition. They have been restored with great attention to details and are adjusted for use in the classical orchestra. Each double bass is a unique instrument of finest craftsmanship. Here you will find instruments from famous double bass makers such as RUBNER, POELLMANN, ZAPELLI and MOECKEL, 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 LENTZEN.

Double bass rental for orchestra tour / concert travel

Depending on the type of use our double basses / acoustic basses are packed in a custom-made PREISSLER flight case or a in a padded softbag and can be used – like all our double basses – not only for concerts in Berlin and the surrounding countryside of Brandenburg but as well as for entire complete concert tours / orchestra travels by truck transport or Air Cargo to Berlin, Germany and Europe. Under certain circumstances even world wide.

Double bass as movie prop

For photo shoots, or as musical props for TV and film productions, theater performances, photo shoots, trade fairs and presentations, you can hire double basses purely for decorative purposes such as double basses in white color and also instruments with that unique “patina”. You can find more information about this here on our website: Musical props for film & TV.

Accessories for double bass

• 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 (Brazil Wood, Massaranduba, Pernambuco Wood or Carbon). We also rent French bows!
• Acoustic transducer / pickup for double bass / upright bass made by DAVID GAGE, BARCUS BERRY, SHADOW, FISHMAN, UNDERWOOD, etc.
• From our catergory Backline Rental you can hire double bass amplifiers, speaker cabinets and bass combos made by AER, AGUILAR, GALLIEN KRUEGER, AMPEG, MARKBASS, SWR or HARTKE.