one more !!!

[Adrian Levi]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Show it.. Whose bass is that? Why was a Grancino re-painted? That is criminal. An original finish on a bass should never be stripped unless it's already been done before and needs to be done again properly. Basses should be touched up, blended or feathered in with original looking textured varnish and then at most clear coated or french polished. Stripping and re-finishing is for automobiles, not Basses or Violins.

Taking off the original Varnish depending on the instrument can knock the re-sale value down by 20-40% on any gived day!

Hi Ken , that was purely tongue in cheek , note the icon on my previous post !!
But on a more serious point , I have unearthed several basses and some that appear to be pretty old instruments , but most of the worthwhile instruments always seem to have been %$#$ed with , but I do believe that there may be certain gems around and I am hoping to locate them. Its just difficult to know real values seeing that I'm on the far side of the globe and that 'qualified' luthiers are a rarity here !