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humm.. well..
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I have heard that the Back and Top are from different instruments making the Bass a composite and the Scroll even more recent English work. The most pedigree thing about this Bass is who owned and played it and now who made the parts or modified it either. Many old basses have stories to tell. usually it is too expensive to do all the testing to make such a report. Imagine having a report on every old bass attached to it at the time of sale. What would that add to the price? Wood dating usually only tells us the earliest it could have been made and not actually when it was constructed. More like when it was NOT constructed is the case. The rest is a bit of guess work. |
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Great photo - I really like the bass trunk too!
Good point on the wood - the bass can't be any older than the wood but it could be newer. I wish there was a university where we could send pix of the wood and they'd date it for $20.00! That would be terrific... |
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It seems like the price would actually have to be lowered, doesn't it?
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lowered?
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It can swing either way or not at all. For instance, I have a Gilkes and a Hart made less than 20 years apart. Unless they can prove the dates and origin of a later date and different maker, proving it correct will not raise the price. Dis-proving anything can easily hurt. On my Gamba, if we find the Bass is Gagliano and not a later English copy then the price would go up. More than usual, Basses are proved to be as-is or later, hardly ever earlier. Sometimes you see a dealer selling some Italian or French or English bass for a fantastic price. Then you find out it's NOT what the say it is and the price is actually High for what it really Is. Not such a good deal then huh? |
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