Scallopini...

[Matthew Tucker]

So, I assume you guys have been speculating WHY a bass would be built like this?? I mean, why add corners to a cornerless rib garland? What's your best guess?

[Eric Hochberg]

Solves the picking up and carrying problem with cornerless basses.

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Matthew Tucker

So, I assume you guys have been speculating WHY a bass would be built like this?? I mean, why add corners to a cornerless rib garland? What's your best guess?

I guess so it looks like a normal bass from the front. Short of digging up a few graves and asking them, I think we just have to speculate. I have seen quite a few of these and that's my assumption. This is the only one I have seen with Scalloped blocks. All the others had full blocks added externally.

On the carrying comment, this one is not quite as easy to pick up but grabbing it under the Scalloped corner works fine as compared to no corners at all.