What is my Bass?

[Anselm Hauke]

looks like a brand new hungarian/romanian bass to me

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Anselm Hauke

looks like a brand new hungarian/romanian bass to me

Yup, not been played before ever. And.. NOT cut down.. Just made that way to fool those with no experience looking at fakes.

I have and have had many modern basses that were antiqued to look old. Not all the people selling them sold them truthfully either.

How old does this bass really look? http://www.kensmithbasses.com/double...concini-model/

I have two others here of that model, all of which I had made for my shop here and most guess they are 100-150 years old. Days maybe, but not years.

[Jim Mortimore]

wow, it didn't occur to me it might be a gypsy bass.

The bass does have quite a few repair patches on the inside and outside that look as if the bass has history... fooled me.

You guy are the experts so thanks for commenting on this one.

[Anselm Hauke]

but, no matter who made it and how old it is, it can also be a good instrument.
how much did you pay?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Anselm Hauke

but, no matter who made it and how old it is, it can also be a good instrument.

I had and Orchestra rehearsal tonight and I brought a recent Hungarian copy bass as well. A copy of my own Marconcini. I had 3 of them made. The first one is on my website and it can pass for old. We are currently doing some modifications and repairs to it. The other two were set-up and just adjusted for playing but we didn't take these apart. I played the one in the front of the pic tonight. Next time I will try the other bass. They need to be played and already after just one rehearsal or playing, it is sounding better than it did sitting still in the rack. Enjoy your bass.