Another mystery bass?

[David Moss]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

On your Bass, where the Bar is set means little to the origin of the Bass unless it's a rare instance whereas it's the original bar. Highly unlikely I think.

OK, point taken. In that case there's no reason to suppose it was ever anything else but a four-string. There are signs that it's had some less than expert repair work in it's history (which I'll show in the forthcoming pictures), so it's plausible that the same somebody put in a new bass bar too close to the center line.

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

The style of your Bass looks totally German to me.

That now seems unanimous. My bass teacher and the violinist seller both guessed Markneuenkirchen (Saxony), whereas the luthier's gut feeling was further south, maybe Bohemia. The only reason to think otherwise was the supposed three-string origin, which you've now discounted.

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

On the wood of your Back, I would like to see the edges and some other shots in better lighting. I can't tell what kind of wood it is from your shots.

Yes, definitely. I fell guilty about getting you to do so much ****ysis when you're essentially flying blind! Tomorrow I'll try to take some pictures under natural daylight at our patio door, and I'll make sure the colors look right at least on my computer before posting.

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

It would also be good to post ALL of its measurements like the ones I give on my webpages.

Will do.