2008 Cornerless - matthew tucker

[Matthew Tucker]

For the collection

"Castelvecchio" modelled after Stefano Sciascia's cornerless bass.

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The bass is made with a western red cedar top and eucalyptus regnans back and sides, and a removeable black-heart sassafras neck. It has a 42" mensure. It sounds and plays very well.

[Anselm Hauke]

matthew,
your bass looks great!
congratulations!

[Ken Smith]

I love what you did here..
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[Eric Swanson]

Matthew,

Lovely, lovely, inspired work, beautifully done!

Bravo!

Please, do tell us more about the sound and feel of your bass.

Thanks again for sharing your creative process with all of us.

[Martin Sheridan]

Matthew that's a beautiful job, I particularly liked it that you copied the F's. And I like the reddish varnish.

You've inspried me brother. My next bass will be cornerless. I think I'm going to base it on my old French bass.

Keep up the good work (and stay in Aussie land) we don't need any more competition on this side!

[Calvin Marks]

THAT is awesome...I love the f-holes btw. You're truly an artist!

[Matthew Tucker]

Bit of a dredge up from the past, this thread, but ... Marco Panascia is playing this bass with the Matt Baker Trio tonight here in Sydney. It's a buzz for me to meet Marco and have him play the basses here.

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