Bohemian Bass

[Charlie Hack]

Nice bass! Did you have the abalone dots inlaid in the fingerboard, or did it come like that? I would really like to have dots put in my bass's 'board at the octave, fifth above, and second octave marks. I usually just pencil them in, but they come in handy. Your bass is quite similar to mine in shape and dimension, right down to the rib linings and cheek plates on the scroll. I'll post pics and a detailed description of mine later. Something about those old german basses... When I was looking for a bass to replace my student laminated job, i went to Steven Reilly's shop in Lansing, MI and David Gage in NY, and I tried everything in my price range, old and new. Only a few basses 'felt like home', and they were all 100-150 years old and German. These instruments are the workhorses of the bass world. Cheers,

Charlie