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Old 05-01-2011, 03:34 PM
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Cool Label..

Besides the Label being a total fake and new, the period for Dini was about 50 years earlier and the town would be in Italian, not Latin. Many fakes made in eastern Europe show up with Latinized Label writing to look possibly fancy or indisputable as the 'old' language. Makers in those time were often not the most literate people and spelling by themselves of their own names varied on occasion.

Forget about that Label being anything in name related to the bass. The only relation it has is in the attempt to defraud the buyer.
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Ken,

Thanks for your observations.
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How does it sound?
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Old 05-12-2011, 11:43 PM
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Default Sound?

I know of no way to evaluate the sound objectively. I love the sound.
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Old 05-13-2011, 12:26 AM
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If it makes a sound you like, then it's a good bass for you.
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Old 05-13-2011, 01:40 AM
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Exclamation well..

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If it makes a sound you like, then it's a good bass for you.
But at what cost? Can the bass bring the same money paid from a pro shop that knows what it is and what it isn't?

In the value of a bass, the sound is not the top of the list.
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Old 05-13-2011, 02:05 AM
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I don't know what the OP paid; all I can go by is the fact that he "loves the sound".
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