Ex-Riccardi Cornerless Bass Copy (formerly attributed to 'Storioni') (SOLD)

[Arnold Schnitzer]

Not quitting my day job.

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Arnold Schnitzer

Not quitting my day job.

Smart move!

[Eric Swanson]

Ken,

Any sound or video clips of the new bass?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Eric Swanson

Ken,

Any sound or video clips of the new bass?

No, but come over and make some for me. I have no clue how to post them. My son would but he's away for now. How can you hear a DB on little speakers? You need to feel the walls shaking in the room. It is just about as loud and full sounding as any bass and the G and D strings are deep sounding as well. No harsh new type sounds anywhere. I can feel it's new and that's about all.

[Bin Hire]

Ken, how is that new bass playing?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Bin Hire

Ken, how is that new bass playing?

Not very well at all on its own unless, I am playing it!

Seriously, it plays like butter and all the notes are just where you expect them to be. If this bass was 200-300 years old, there would be very little to compete with it anywhere. Wait.. Ok, yes, I have that bass too, the original..

Arnold did a great job on the bass and instead of a flatback like the original, we went with a roundback. Arnold carved the Back arch more like a Panormo but graduated in thickness as Panormo used a 6mm thickness all around on both plates on many basses.

My next upcoming Orchestra concert requires a pickup/amp on one tune, Theme from Rocky as I also have the Electric part for that piece. I don't feel like cutting the wings of this Bridge just yet for my pickup because I already have another bass that is. Also, the stage is quite cramped at this place so I think I will just use the other bass this time.

So, the new bass is doing fine and I practice on it everyday regardless of the other basses I doodle with as well. Thank's for asking..

[Richard Prowse]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Not very well at all on its own unless, I am playing it!

There's always one joker in the pack.

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Seriously, it plays like butter and all the notes are just where you expect them to be. If this bass was 200-300 years old, there would be very little to compete with it anywhere. Wait.. Ok, yes, I have that bass too, the original..

So, the aging process is the biggy? This might sound like a dumb question but, in your opinion, say a bass played at 50% of its potential, what do you think that 200 years would add - bearing in mind that it was a fully carved, well designed/built bass?