Squared corners (Dodd)

[Thomas Erickson]

Anybody have some good detail photos of those big squared-off corners, or want to comment on what the deal was with that? Was is exclusive to Dodd? I can't think of another bass that I've seen made that way, at the moment anyway...

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Thomas Erickson

Anybody have some good detail photos of those big squared-off corners, or want to comment on what the deal was with that? Was is exclusive to Dodd? I can't think of another bass that I've seen made that way, at the moment anyway...

I have seen Forster Basses with them too. It was a style for a brief period.

[Arnold Schnitzer]

Daniel Hachez builds his basses with a similar corner style, inlaying ebony between the rib ends.

[Chris Shaw]

The picture doesn't show it too well, but this is the sort of corner treatment that seems to appear on Forster basses - and that's probably why this one is attributed to Forster - not sure which Forster they're going for though!

[Anselm Hauke]

nice bass, chris. do you have more infos?

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Chris Shaw

The picture doesn't show it too well, but this is the sort of corner treatment that seems to appear on Forster basses - and that's probably why this one is attributed to Forster - not sure which Forster they're going for though!

The corners are usually more blunt than that. These corners look quite pointy as compared to the others I have seen.

[Chris Shaw]

The bass was, and still is I think, for sale from Turner's here in the UK. I tried it when I was looking for mine. It's certainly a fine instrument with a great sound, but a little lacking in depth and substance I thought. They describe it as labelled and attributed to Forster, but I seem to remember that the "labelled" bit referred to some repair label. The reinforcements on the corners are certainly very similar to those on Forster basses shown in Elgar's book - but we all know how dubious some of his attributions are!

[davidseidel]

Originally Posted by Ken Smith

The corners are usually more blunt than that. These corners look quite pointy as compared to the others I have seen.

Now these are what I call blunt corners! Is that what Thomas had in mind? These are on my bass - attributed English