"Cornerless Italian & Spanish Basses"

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Ken McKay

Good eye, they weren't taped on very well. I fixed it now. http://www.upnorthstrings.com/cornerlessbasspage6

This one looks similar to my Bass as it was once attributed to d'Salo erroneously of course. The shape is very similar as well as the varnish color but just wrong century.



The other one questioned to me looks more Testoreish. The Milanese were know for making instrument without Purfling to save time and money. Even the Scrolls were left half made. This lack of Purfling for cheaper instruments was also copied by the Germans and the English from the 18th - 19th century.



The Scroll work on my Bass being somewhere in between the two but totally an individual idea.