"circa 1880 Czech bass"

[Rob Thompson]

Thought I'd update. The bass was given a very nice restoration by luthier Scott Jensen here in Minneapolis. This included a neck reset, new fingerboard, various crack repairs, repair of the old neck break damage. He did a wonderful job.

I've been using it for orchestra and chamber music for a couple months now and I couldn't be happier. The bass sounds fantastic; great projection and depth and very easy to play. So, I guess I got lucky!

Doing Beethoven 7 in about a week, so I suppose it could use an extension, but I'll make due as is for a while.

[Adam Linz]

Hey Rob, can you post some pictures of the bass now that it's done. Scott is my guy as well and I saw your bass on the bench several times. Aaron brought it by for a lesson when he first got it and I thought it sounded really great even though it had the funky finish. So I would love to see how it turned out. Thanks, Adam Linz. St Paul, MN

[Rob Thompson]

Hi Adam, I'll post some better pics later; for now you can see a few decent new pics of the neck/FB work in message 35 of this thread. My camera is really finicky.

I'm bringing it in to Scott on July 31 to get some setup adjustments, you are welcome to stop in there and give her a spin.

BTW, I saw Dave King Trucking Company recently and loved it! Great music making. I'll say hi next time I'm at one of your shows.