French bass

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Tim Pearson

Yep...the owner did a repair by putting a thin layer of wood on the outside of the peg box. Old peg holes are evident from inside. The neck is not original so either the graft was sloppy or the neck warped and broke and that’s how the peg box got off kilter. The bass sounds pretty great...not a subwoofer sound but clear and deeper than any other French bass I’ve played.

Ok, so 1880's Jacquet from one of the sons OR, an earlier father Jacquet being that that might be a pre-Guild scroll that was used by Joseph Xavier Jacquet aka Jacquet-Pillement. The over-varnish on the bass is not as nice as could be as it clouds the finish and masks the age and patina.

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