Question about braces

[Eric Rene Roy]

I hear you. This one was a ***** to play, made by Hammond Ashley in 1984.

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Ok, but are you referring to a braced Flatback?

No, I guess I wasn't. This thread has derailed a bit, I know the OP asked about flatback bracing and things just kinda morph...like a conversation, from that starting point.

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Eric Rene Roy

I hear you. This one was a ***** to play, made by Hammond Ashley in 1984.


No, I guess I wasn't. This thread has derailed a bit, I know the OP asked about flatback bracing and things just kinda morph...like a conversation, from that starting point.

What was the Back, round/carved or Flat with braces? It looks like a Violin with an endpin.

[Eric Rene Roy]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

What was the Back, round/carved or Flat with braces? It looks like a Violin with an endpin.

round...no braces...

[Thomas Erickson]

Originally Posted by Eric Rene Roy

I hear you. This one was a ***** to play, made by Hammond Ashley in 1984.

No, I guess I wasn't. This thread has derailed a bit, I know the OP asked about flatback bracing and things just kinda morph...like a conversation, from that starting point.

I think there's enough OT material in this thread to start a dozen more!

As long as we're at it, any idea if that HA bass was modeled after a "Prescott" that they used to have? I remember playing such a bass a number of times; a big, cello shaped beast that they were threatening to chop because nobody wanted it. I wanted it but didn't have the 20k they needed... I didn't even think it was so bad to play and protested the chopping, but what do I know.