Hawkes & Son.. (The Official KSB Hawkes Bass Discussion Thread)

[Ken Smith]

I have this bass here in my rack now and it looks very English all around. Label printed with Hawkes & Son, London 1921.

[Matthew Tucker]

Neck graft and mensure shortened?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Matthew Tucker

Neck graft and mensure shortened?

Yes, at it's last restoration. The bass came into the shop with a broken neck and needed work so it all got restored there at Arnold's. The owner then decided to sell the bass rather than pay for the restoration directly. I recommended the bass to a friend of mine and he bought the bass. Now, the bass is up for sale again. String length is 42" now. I don't know what it was before. The bass plays great as it is now.

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

Yes, at it's last restoration. The bass came into the shop with a broken neck and needed work so it all got restored there at Arnold's. The owner then decided to sell the bass rather than pay for the restoration directly. I recommended the bass to a friend of mine and he bought the bass. Now, the bass is up for sale again. String length is 42" now. I don't know what it was before. The bass plays great as it is now.

This English made Hawkes Panromo is now my personal property but still for sale. Robert Green is the supposed maker of these basses for Hawkes & Son. The later Boosey & Hawkes instruments were probably made in Germany as they were past the time of Robert Green who initially designed these basses for Hawkes as well as making the English Panormo model in-house.

The Bass has Pirastro Passione Starks on it now and what a thunderous sound it has.