Where are they??

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Jeff Campbell

OK...let's see if this works. When the basses a placed back to back, the difference in model size is clear. There are subtle differences in the varnish/color. To my eye, the ffs are the same or very similar. Even the bracing on the inside is the same (although the bass on the right the original two lower braces have been replaced with a single brace, there are marks where they 'used' to be). AND there is evidence in both basses that the cross braces have been 'let into' the inside linings.

Nice pair of basses. How would you compare them in sound. Both of them seem to have Mittenwald Gears. One from the early 19th century as I have seen on several basses, one was a Seitz and the other I have seen on later turn of the century (19-20th) on a Neuner-Hornsteiner bass.