My Tucker ;-)

[Matthew Tucker]

Well, at the risk of accusations of egocentric self-indulgence - and of boring you to death with yet MORE pictures of this bass - I'm posting these studio shots, as they are a bit better than the ones I took in a hurry when the bass was first finished.

Your bass looks wonderful. Congrats!

I'm curious about the f-holes (hopefully you haven't already explained this somewhere else). They seem long, wide, and quite close to the sides of the bass. What's the background for this design and your decision to use it?

[Matthew Tucker]

Well the simple answer is that was the shape and position of the FFs on this model.

But, I love 'em, I find the shape tres elegante and kind of why I chose this pattern to build. Now, I look at other basses and think gee, those are tiny FFs!!!!

There seems to be no reason why they cannot be so; a broad centre table maximises the connection to the upper and lower bouts, and the long ffs give lateral flexibility where it counts. The wood on the outside of the FFs does not seem to serve any acoustical - or even structural - purpose anyway, so a bit less won't hurt.

And ... big holes let big notes out

[Ron Lacey]

Matthew,

I've been following the building here and on the "other site" and all I can say is WOW. That is a stunning bass and seeing it come to life was a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing!

Ron

[Anselm Hauke]

hi matthew
the chinese copied your bass!

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Anselm Hauke

hi matthew
the chinese copied your bass!

I thought it was made from Chandler Plans? Chandler had the attributed D.Parker Bass from the Elgar book re-attributed as an Amati and then sold these as Amati plans. This model is most likely a cut-down British Bass from the late 18th to early 19th century more so than anything Italian much less the slight possibility of it being the first 'confirmed' Amati ever found.

It may very well be Matthew's beautiful work that put the Chinese on to it but if they also think it's an Amati, the are climbing up the wrong tree.

I think it's flattery all around. It would be easy enough to contact them and ask what Bass they copied for this new model they are showing.

[Anselm Hauke]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

I thought it was made from Chandler Plans? Chandler had the attributed D.Parker Bass from the Elgar book re-attributed as an Amati and then sold these as Amati plans. This model is most likely a cut-down British Bass from the late 18th to early 19th century more so than anything Italian much less the slight possibility of it being the first 'confirmed' Amati ever found.

i know, i was just joking

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

I think it's flattery all around. It would be easy enough to contact them and ask what Bass they copied for this new model they are showing.

i did that already:http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=532991 , see post#11+12