Rosin for double bass
Rosin improves and optimizes the sound of the instrument. It is simply applied on the bow. Inexpensive rosin is the Carlsson rosin, Petz rosin and Nyman rosin. The Andrea rosin is produced carefully by hand in the USA and is bought often by many professional musicians. By Pirastro there are also different types of rosin for double bass.
Rosin by Pirastro for double bass
Pirastro offers own rosin for each of their different strings. The Pirastro Oliv / Evah Pirazzi rosin is optimized for the correspondent strings as well as the Pirastro Obligato / Violini rosin or the Pirastro Eudoxa rosin. The Pirastro rosin for double bass is suitable for all Pirastro strings.
Other rosin types
The Kolstein rosin is medium-hard rosin for double bass. The Gon Pops rosin for double bass has its very own characteristics.