news.. (Wilhelm Uebel Bass)
I just got my bass back that I said was identical to the bass in the first post here labeled Wilhelm Uebel.
On my bass, in writing under the Tailpiece (on it) says, "V. Venegas, Uebel".
The repair work is beyond my dreams. Beautiful work and the former LONG 3/4 is now proportionate to it's size at about 41.5" length. The new neck, block cut and deeper neck set allowed this. Plus, a huge discovery I missed. This is the ex-Victor Venegas bass! Mike MaGee that did the work on it worked at Kolstein's a long time ago and remembers this exact bass coming in with Victor several times over the years.
Mike told me that when a bass came if for a restoration Barrie would write under the TP who's bass it was and in this case, what bass it was as well. Maybe because Victor owned several basses I assume.
Also, personally this means a lot to me. Victor was a good friend of mine and a mentor. We even did set-up work together on basses of his students and friends. He would being them to my house, assist me with the work (I did most of the important stuff, lol) and deliver the bass back and collect the money. He also straightened me out with my Bow hold per-John Schaefer (NY Phil) and got me to go back and study again which changed my life. Schaefer would not take any more students at that time so I studied with his top student Bill Blossom, now in the NY Phil. for about 35 years or so.
So, this bass being Victor's old gigging bass means a lot to me. I know he had two others but this looks like it was his work horse for a period of time.
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