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Old 08-07-2010, 01:28 PM
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Yes this is the first one. I bought two this summer and one is still being restored.

Yup - Viennese Contra bass or Violone had frets - comes from the hybrid gamba/violin origins! A lot of fun!
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Old 08-07-2010, 01:32 PM
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Yes this is the first one. I bought two this summer and one is still being restored.

Yup - Viennese Contra bass or Violone had frets - comes from the hybrid gamba/violin origins! A lot of fun!
That bass thing is out of tune. Look at the spacings.
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Old 08-07-2010, 01:34 PM
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you mean the frets? If so yeh they are movable... I move them every time I tune - and when I put the bass on the stand the frets often get moved...
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Old 08-07-2010, 01:57 PM
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you mean the frets? If so yeh they are movable... I move them every time I tune - and when I put the bass on the stand the frets often get moved...
And then the frets were removed and the Simandl method moved in..
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Old 08-07-2010, 02:26 PM
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almost - bow changed a bit and the tuning too obviously
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