'The Bass Spa' is the home of Jake de Villiers' double bass setup & repair service in the Vancouver, BC region.
We welcome all double bass, upright bass, stand-up bass & bass violin players and their instruments.
Services range from simple re-stringing and pickup fitting to full setup & repair work. 

Double Bass Setup  can include: fingerboard planing, carving a new nut, cutting a new bridge, installing adjusters,
carving a handmade light weight tailpiece to fit your instrument, tunable stainless steel cable tailpiece wire,

Double Bass Tuning The house specialty is 'Mode Matching', tuning the tailpiece assembly to the fingerboard
extension in order to release the full power and tone of your instrument.
 Until you've experienced it, it sounds like voodoo, but after you've heard the difference you'll believe too!
Tuning the afterlengths and Mode Matching remove tone-robbing phase cancellations from the bass,
 letting the bridge, top & bassbar vibrate fully as the maker intended.
Double Bass Repair includes: closing open seams, crack repairs, breaks,endpin & fingerboard replacement.

Loaner basses are sometimes available while yours spends some time at The Bass Spa in Crescent Beach, BC

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  Jake de Villiers (left, with '39 Kay) with friend and customer Troy Kendrick & his sweet Czech Bass 'Ilsa'

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TalkBass Double Bassists at Troy's House in Seattle - May 24, 2009