Ouch, once again. I didn't really post these photos for people to critisize myself or Don's work. I'm telling you though, that bass has one of the biggest, richest sounds that perfectly blend in an orchestra. The upper bouts aren't even really THAT small. They're about 19" across, it may just look small in comparison to the lower bouts. Once again I'm not a big guy and my teacher who's a professional bassist finds this bass extremely powerful and suggested it to me because the shoulders really allow me to get up there. On my previous bass I could barely play up to the 2nd octave g near the end of the fingerboard...If you're ever auditioning for an orchestra and you need to play any solo piece you're going to need to get up there, also for just playing everyday 3 octave scales. This bass has a really big sound and Ed Barker just bought a bass very similiar to this also from Don Gorman. I find it slightly rude that you guys are saying it looks funny and all this while you've never even heard it. Ken, I'm sure you have many basses in stock with an UB of 19" that work perfectly fine for orchestral playing. If you want to call me and discuss Don's work please feel free to, I'm more than willing to talk about his basses. It's funny cause if I said the bass had dimensions of let's say....UB 19,LB 25,MENSURE 40....You guys would be like ya it's a small bass....this bass has a 42"mensure, 19" ub and 29" lb, and it sounds amazingly loud and rich for both orchestra and solo playing.
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