Juzek question

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Brian Glassman

Ken, I have a plywood bass that has a label that reads John Juzek Formerly of Prague Made in Germany. I've owned it since 1979. Arnold did a neck reset in 1999. Here are pix: http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/Albu...&a=32540883&f=

What do you think? Is it from the Lange shop?

THANKS, Brian

According to Bobby Juzek the Nephew, the Plywoods and some lower grade models were supplied by the Lang firm. According to Steve Loeb (Green!) from Ideal Music (Importer in NY) they would on occasion sell some stock to Metropolitan Music (Juzek, NY) when they needed extra Basses for orders. All Basses were labeled then at 222 4th Ave, NYC. This was just a few blocks away from Ideal on 5th ave (21-22nd st.).

Lang may not have been the only Shop in Germany that made Basses and were purchased by Juzek one way or another. My first Bass was a Plywood Bass purchased directly from Juzek in 1966 when I just turned 15.