Paul Claudot (1805-1888) Mirecourt, France

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Eric Swanson

I would be surprised if you did.

All you have done, though, is whet my appetite for more...

Just don't drool on the bass.. The varnish is all original still..

[Eric Swanson]

Any pics, yet?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Eric Swanson

Any pics, yet?

We started taking pics last week and then, the camera broke. My son made a call and his gf showed up with her camera. He didn't know how to work the camera so she took the pics of the Claudot, Tarr and two bows, a Lipkins and a Fuchs. When my son has time he will get the pages up and I will fill in the info and specs and then, it will get uploaded on to the 'site.

Last night after getting home from a Father's day dinner as a local Italian restaurant he hands me a small box as a gift. It was a new Camera. The old one that broke was a high grade 4.0 that I bought about 10 years ago. That was just after the 486 PC was replaced by the newer Pentium, or thereabouts.. lol

So, if the pics she took are good, they will stay. If not, when time allows, my Son Mike will replace them with new pics from the new camera he just bought me.

[Eric Swanson]

How do you like the new camera?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Eric Swanson

How do you like the new camera?

Haven't used it yet. The video card (?) just came in and am waiting for my son Mike to get it set-up n show me how to work it. Not sure I have all the right cables for downloading either. Also, he bought a tri-pod which will help cut down on blurry shots.

[Drake Chan]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Haven't used it yet. The video card (?) just came in and am waiting for my son Mike to get it set-up n show me how to work it. Not sure I have all the right cables for downloading either. Also, he bought a tri-pod which will help cut down on blurry shots.

I would also reduce the use of flash on your pictures - it produces that annoying glare that prevents us from seeing your basses' true patina. I like your older pictures because they didn't use flash.

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Drake Chan

I would also reduce the use of flash on your pictures - it produces that annoying glare that prevents us from seeing your basses' true patina. I like your older pictures because they didn't use flash.

I will pass this along to Mike. We don't always use flash but some pictures are taken at night without any sunlight coming thru the window across the room. Without the flash, the pics are too dark. We do them both ways, with and without in that case.

Also, those that are interested in buying basses like this come by and play them. Our product is not an on-line picture book so this is the first complaint I have heard on the flash. Some of the basses with round-backs or shiny varnish are hard to capture without glare in spots, even without the flash.

The pictures are just basic examples of what they look like. You really have to play them to get the full value of the bass. I would say pics, 2%, playing, 98%..