Double Bass
Roberto Franceschini Compact Body Upright Bass
Price: 3.727 EUR – 3.727 EUR
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A double bass with a deliberately reduced body size while keeping a standard string length, aimed at bassists who need genuinely easier transport without sacrificing normal playing scale.
About the Roberto Franceschini Compact Body Upright Bass
Unlike a fractional-size bass built for a smaller player, a compact-body bass like this reduces the instrument's bulk - specifically its lower bout width and overall footprint - while maintaining the same string length (scale) an adult player is used to, so left-hand finger spacing feels identical to a full-size instrument. This distinction matters: a compact-body bass is a transport and storage solution for an adult player, not a smaller instrument for a smaller player.
Double bass is notoriously among the most cumbersome instruments to transport, and makers like Roberto Franceschini specifically address that pain point for working bassists who load and unload their instrument for gigs regularly - a genuinely different design goal from fractional sizing, solving a logistics problem rather than a fit problem.
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Sound character of the Roberto Franceschini Compact Body Upright Bass
By deliberately reducing body size while keeping a standard adult string length, this bass trades some low-end resonance and volume for easier transport - a smaller body simply moves less air, so it tends to sound somewhat less boomy and full than a standard full-body bass of the same scale, even though it plays and feels normal.
Technical data for the Roberto Franceschini Compact Body Upright Bass
| Body | Compact (reduced bulk) |
|---|---|
| String length | Standard adult scale |
| Use case | Easier transport for adult players |
Price history for the Roberto Franceschini Compact Body Upright Bass
Cheapest seen: 3.727 EUR · Most expensive seen: 3.727 EUR
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The history of the Roberto Franceschini Compact Body Upright Bass
Roberto Franceschini's Compact Body Upright Bass reduces overall bulk for easier transport while keeping standard adult playing scale.
