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Old 06-13-2007, 03:01 AM
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Wow! That's a tour-de-force of carving prowess. You have to decide how much you want it and can use it. But for comparitive purposes, I'd assume it would cost about $35-40,000 to commission an instrument with that level of embellishment. I wonder how it sounds...
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My Pollmann doesn't have a visible mark inside or out as it was not made as a Pollman model Bass but rather a custom design Italian Model for Wil de Sola made by Gunther Krahmer of Pollmann. It has a hidden Label in the upper Top marking the Bass as such.

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