Hey Ken and Co.
I'm trialing and thinking of buying a French bass. The bass I'm trialing is an alleged Jean Baptiste Vuillaume bass because of the tag on the inside and that it is exactly like the other Vuillaume basses of the kind. My luthier is asking $16,000 for it, which seems fishy for a Vuillaume bass. But he also isn't totally specialized in double bass, and focuses more on violins (he's the dean of violin making in Quebec or something). However, this still seems fishy as Vuillaume made a lot of violins as well.
I took a large amount of pictures last night, and here are a bunch. Perhaps you guys can tell me more about it.
Also, here's the link to the talkbass thread:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showth...0#post10092360
Also, the full album of pictures is viewable on the talkbass thread or here:
http://s804.photobucket.com/albums/yy330/Abobobass/
Thanks guys.