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Old 03-08-2010, 09:07 PM
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Cool definatly a Pfretzschner??

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Originally Posted by Charles A Thomas View Post
I have a GA Pfretzschner that is currently under the knife. It had an integeral bass bar which was removed. I wasn't sure it was the thing to do and had to decide whether or not to do it. Turns out there was a crack along side the bass bar so it had to come out, dumb you can be, luck you gotta have. I don't know if it means anything, but the purfling on the back has the same shape, elongated teardrop, I think it is from that same period, it is definatly a Pfretzschner though, it has football shaped stamp inside with makers name
Do you know what a Pfretzschner actually is? It can be any bass that the importer stuck that label in. I have seen many and they were not all the same except for the label, made in USA! The label that is.

Integral Bar? YES, it's not a real bar so get it shaved out and put a real bar in to save the bass. How was the crack fixed under the bar area?
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