Yet another bass ID

[Eric Hochberg]

Originally Posted by Dave Watts

My gut feeling was this bass was priced a little high...
Dave

This bass reminds me of a Juzek labeled "master art" bass from the mid sixties that sold in Chicago for around $13,000. It was a very nice bass in good shape with better finish condition than the one you are considering. I seem to recall the back and sides were more highly flamed also.

I own a Juzek "masterart" 1955 labeled gamba shaped bass that sounds almost identical to the above instrument. In my recent bass search I couldn't find a better sounding well set up instrument for less than $17,000 at the many shops I visited.

This seems to be top dollar for a Wilfer of this type and age and at that price, it has to sound better to you than other less costly but well made basses for it to make sense. The only way for you to know how good it sounds is to play a lot of basses and to listen to someone else play them, too.