Bass Machines

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Jeff Campbell

Thanks Ken,

I think the new gear in your post is the bottom on the left profile picture. (Typically the G - String tuner). Here's a photo of the inside of the peg box of the Milanese scroll I posted earlier. Obviously, the plugged hole was much larger, perhaps a wooden peg? There are no marks on the outside of the scroll that reflect the old hole suggesting the sides have been re-cheeked. From the position and size of the old hole, this appears to be an original three stringer.

Yes, the G is the newer one with 20 teeth on the gear. The others have 24, an easy way to tell.

I would like to see that 1690 bass. Sounds interesting plus, anything that old is quite rare as much more basses are claimed to be than are as we all know very well. The Karr/Koussevitsky Bass was half the age claimed in the past being off by over 200 years? How can they make that mistake for so long? Hide the bass and make the claim?