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Eric Rene Roy 06-12-2010 09:41 AM

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I hear you. This one was a ***** to play, made by Hammond Ashley in 1984.

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Originally Posted by Ken Smith (Post 19268)
Ok, but are you referring to a braced Flatback?

No, I guess I wasn't. This thread has derailed a bit, I know the OP asked about flatback bracing and things just kinda morph...like a conversation, from that starting point.

Ken Smith 06-12-2010 12:04 PM

but?
 
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Originally Posted by Eric Rene Roy (Post 19269)
I hear you. This one was a ***** to play, made by Hammond Ashley in 1984.

http://www.stringrepair.com/images/d...Ashley_010.JPG
No, I guess I wasn't. This thread has derailed a bit, I know the OP asked about flatback bracing and things just kinda morph...like a conversation, from that starting point.

What was the Back, round/carved or Flat with braces? It looks like a Violin with an endpin.

Eric Rene Roy 06-12-2010 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Ken Smith (Post 19270)
What was the Back, round/carved or Flat with braces? It looks like a Violin with an endpin.

round...no braces...

Thomas Erickson 06-13-2010 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Eric Rene Roy (Post 19269)
I hear you. This one was a ***** to play, made by Hammond Ashley in 1984.

No, I guess I wasn't. This thread has derailed a bit, I know the OP asked about flatback bracing and things just kinda morph...like a conversation, from that starting point.

I think there's enough OT material in this thread to start a dozen more! :rolleyes:

As long as we're at it, any idea if that HA bass was modeled after a "Prescott" that they used to have? I remember playing such a bass a number of times; a big, cello shaped beast that they were threatening to chop because nobody wanted it. I wanted it but didn't have the 20k they needed... I didn't even think it was so bad to play and protested the chopping, but what do I know. :mad:


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