"Cornerless Italian & Spanish Basses"

[Ken Smith]

Folks, it doesn't get much better than this..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMsGN...mbedded#at=304

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04y20...mbedded#at=271

[Matthew Tucker]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Folks, it doesn't get much better than this..

yeah but can they swing?

[Ken Smith]

My new Desktop Background..

is coming home today..

[Matthew Tucker]

Nice work. That's quite a change!

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Matthew Tucker

Nice work. That's quite a change!

Yes, indeed it is and thanks for the appreciation. I have been on the 'owner end' of a few 'Block-Cuts' by Arnold but this by far is the most beautiful. The wide Ebony Caps are reminiscent of my Candi which was done that way when the bass was originally made. Arnold had to repair and replace some of that capping when the neck graft was done.

Arnold is welcome to discuss any of the 'inside skinny' concerning this restoration but like surgery on humans, I doubt the patient wants all the gory details of what happened inside while he was asleep.

In this case, I have seen plenty and little scares me at this point as far as basses go.

[Eric Swanson]

I recall Phil Manieri's comment awhile ago, that the "Storioni" was "just sick" to play (indescribably beyond good), even before the restoration.

I look forward to hearing about how the bass plays, now...

Such lovely work! Beautifully conceived and wonderfully executed...

Ken, thanks for sharing those photos...

[Adrian Juras]

Ken, was the bass slightly cut to make the shorter string length possible?

[Eric Hochberg]

I've been curious, since I first saw it, about that before restoration button pic, the purfling, center seam strip, etc. are off center to the neck. Now everything looks on center. What's the story with that?