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Old 01-26-2011, 01:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Ken Smith View Post
No. I see more or as many Flat Back French basses than Round Back. I have not seen any French Basses before 1800 that I can recall.

Where did you hear this from?

I read this on page 14 of this paper pdf on a study of round vs flat backs , there is a chart on page 14 that goes through the centuries of back design ..

http://iwk.mdw.ac.at/Forschung/pdf_d...ssertation.pdf
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