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07-12-2013, 02:17 AM
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Wow! Where did it come from?
Um, this looks like a really special bass. Those gears are sick! Cough, cough, hey Ken why don't you make all of us some Ken Smith upright gears, cough, cough. Hahaha I'd love to hear your thoughts on designs. But this bass, really different from most Prescotts? Stunning., thanks.
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#3
07-12-2013, 11:14 AM
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Adam,
here is picture of the back. Post # 2 above shows the inside of the back and you see it is a round back bass so no braces, just the one for the sound post to sit on. This is the earliest model of Prescott basses, almost identical to the early church bass and probably only made in Deerfield til ca. early 1830's, the more typical bass with busetto corners is a later model.
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07-17-2013, 11:45 AM
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Here is my scroll getting a new volute which had been broken off and lost.what was on there when I got it didn't look right at all so I had a new one made with photos and measurements from the bass in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Can't seem to upload 2 pictures at once!
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#5
07-17-2013, 11:49 AM
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Prescott scroll take 2
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07-17-2013, 11:50 AM
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Prescott scroll from the MFA bass
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07-17-2013, 11:51 AM
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#8
07-17-2013, 12:09 PM
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No, the volute was missing at some point and when the bass was set up,it got a new one which didn't fit and a new neck,which was really to short to use properly, so I had both replaced.
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