Paul Claudot (1805-1888) Mirecourt, France

[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%..