Squared corners (Dodd)

[Jim Mortimore]

Thanks Ken, thats very interesting to hear.

it has ugly machines.. not original. i want to get them changed. are their any you can recommend that might be vaguely like the originals it may have previously had?

the previous owner who had the bass since the 50's thought it might be a Hawkes.

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Jim Mortimore

Thanks Ken, thats very interesting to hear.

it has ugly machines.. not original. i want to get them changed. are their any you can recommend that might be vaguely like the originals it may have previously had?

the previous owner who had the bass since the 50's thought it might be a Hawkes.

Ok, not a Hawkes. The Flatbacks I have seen were all German made and had outside linings regardless of what shop made them for Hawkes and then sent from Germany. The C bouts are too long as well.

The Scroll is later 19th century French and not to this bass. Some Hawkes basses were French before the Panormo model made by the Jacquet family. I have never seen a French model with an angled bent back.

It looks like a French head on an English body. Go see Martyn Bailey. He might know more seeing it first hand and also has nice English Gears for your French head.. lol .. Hopefully, War will not break out between the head and the gears..

[Chris Shaw]

I'm with Ken on the ebony strips Jim. They look very much like later additions. I'm also with Ken on it not being a Hawkes of any type. I think I'm right in saying that all the Hawkes flat backs (the Professor models) have angled backs. The Concert and the Panormo are both swell backs. Other possible guys to try over here for information are Tom Martin, Martin Lawrence, Roger Dawson or maybe Adrian Warrick. Depends where you are?

[Arnold Schnitzer]

Wow that neck looks crooked!

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Arnold Schnitzer

Wow that neck looks crooked!

Yes.. Perhaps the restorer put the ebony corners on to distract attention from the mis-aligned neck set.. Maybe?

[Matthew Tucker]

I saw a bass with these "addon" corners at ISB in Rochester. Probably wasn't the same bass. I forget whose stand it was on ...

[Thomas Erickson]

^^^ rubber baby buggy bumpers