French Bass Brace advice

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Adrian Levi

In the interim I have decided that it would be the correct thing to just keep the brace as the maker had envisioned . Its French after all .

So why ask? How many French basses with this single wide center brace have you seen before? Usually, they are taken out and re-braced traditionally and the sound is usually improved with it. Also, if you are repairing the center seam as it looks from your pics, you have to take all the braces out if more then one and repair the joint first. Bracing is done after the repairs.

Maybe better and full shot pics might help. You can see all of the bass but we can only see the parts that you show us.