Wreck of an old Yankee

[Michael Cahill]

Originally Posted by Shawn Charniga

The shop (assuming I called the right one, there are two in Dover) is calling it a Mittenwalder and gave the overall length as 72" and the lower bout width as 24". If they are correct about what it is, it's horrendously overpriced.

Yes, that's the right store and they know nothing about basses. I looked at two and don't recall which one had a string length of about 41.5 and the other had 42 inches. I was looking on behalf of a petite woman who wanted to move up from a 1/2 size but not too much bigger.

I think the store owner will be looking at this bass for a long time if he wants more than $4k for it. There may be scary things inside, too but it would be a nice instrument for someone. I made a brief video playing it so send me your e-mail in a PM and I'll send it.
Michael

[Shawn Charniga]

Originally Posted by Michael Cahill

Yes, that's the right store and they know nothing about basses.

I suspected as much, ha ha...I wish them all the luck in the world because I'd be hard-pressed to pay dollar one for that bass with all those funky old cracks and probably needing a neck block and a real bass bar among God knows what else.