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Old 06-12-2010, 09:41 AM
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I hear you. This one was a ***** to play, made by Hammond Ashley in 1984.

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Ok, but are you referring to a braced Flatback?
No, I guess I wasn't. This thread has derailed a bit, I know the OP asked about flatback bracing and things just kinda morph...like a conversation, from that starting point.
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Old 06-12-2010, 12:04 PM
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I hear you. This one was a ***** to play, made by Hammond Ashley in 1984.


No, I guess I wasn't. This thread has derailed a bit, I know the OP asked about flatback bracing and things just kinda morph...like a conversation, from that starting point.
What was the Back, round/carved or Flat with braces? It looks like a Violin with an endpin.
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What was the Back, round/carved or Flat with braces? It looks like a Violin with an endpin.
round...no braces...
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Old 06-13-2010, 07:04 AM
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I hear you. This one was a ***** to play, made by Hammond Ashley in 1984.

No, I guess I wasn't. This thread has derailed a bit, I know the OP asked about flatback bracing and things just kinda morph...like a conversation, from that starting point.
I think there's enough OT material in this thread to start a dozen more!

As long as we're at it, any idea if that HA bass was modeled after a "Prescott" that they used to have? I remember playing such a bass a number of times; a big, cello shaped beast that they were threatening to chop because nobody wanted it. I wanted it but didn't have the 20k they needed... I didn't even think it was so bad to play and protested the chopping, but what do I know.
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