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Old 01-12-2011, 02:44 PM
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Wink biggie?

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Originally Posted by Richard Prowse View Post
There's always one joker in the pack.

So, the aging process is the biggy? This might sound like a dumb question but, in your opinion, say a bass played at 50% of its potential, what do you think that 200 years would add - bearing in mind that it was a fully carved, well designed/built bass?
Ok, the last bass I had for 200 years went from new to 200 years and sounded like.. ah, I can't remember that far back..
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