Humm.. on the shapes..
Well, I played my Cornerless last night and moving it around is not easy. I can lift from the end of the Fingerboard thru the Strings and balance it on the center Rib curve but that's about it or pick it up by the Neck. Sound wise, it's the best that I have ever owned and equally amongst the best to anything I have ever played.
On the long free vibrating Ribs, when I tap mine they sound very deep and louder than normal. They do not have that higher pitched wood sound like when tapping a cornered Bass. It sounds as if the Ribs are more of a part of the sound of the Bass like the Top and Back is. They also vibrate quite a bit as well. On my Bass, the burled Maple Ribs seem quite thin like veneer and are completely doubled with opposite grain Spruce on the inside. This may be part of the sound as well. The Ribs being about half Maple and half Spruce in thickness. I don't think the Spruce doubling is original but I also don't know what the Ribs were like originally either. Perhaps when Jeff opens the Bass we can learn a little more about its past.
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