Two Basses

[jakenewmanbass]

I'm in the process of trading two basses (valued at 3-4k each) for one better one. If anyone wanted to have a peek at either of them before they go off to the chap (Peter Tyler) for assessment I will happily post some pics if there are any interested parties.
One is an 1880 swell back, ebony board, lovely dark tone
the other is a turn of the century flat back stuttgart "factory" bass, also ebony board (factory means each part made by different makers and assembled in one workshop) Lighter tone bright and full
Both have been expertly repaired/set-up by the genius luthier Roger Dawson
Jake

Edited February 18, 2008 by jakesbass

[Guest Jecklin]

Hi Jake

I'm interested in both.

Could you email
mr_stone_i_presume[at]hotmail[dot]com
pictures or publicly post them or whatever.

I'll email you via here.

Thanks Thomas

[Mr Bassman]

[quote name='jakesbass' post='142421' date='Feb 18 2008, 01:04 PM']I'm in the process of trading two basses (valued at 3-4k each) for one better one. If anyone wanted to have a peek at either of them before they go off to the chap (Peter Tyler) for assessment I will happily post some pics if there are any interested parties.
One is an 1880 swell back, ebony board, lovely dark tone
the other is a turn of the century flat back stuttgart "factory" bass, also ebony board (factory means each part made by different makers and assembled in one workshop) Lighter tone bright and full
Both have been expertly repaired/set-up by the genius luthier Roger Dawson
Jake[/quote]

Hi Jake, I would like to see some pic's please.

cheers
Keith

[jakenewmanbass]

[quote name='Mr Bassman' post='142641' date='Feb 18 2008, 06:26 PM']Hi Jake, I would like to see some pic's please.

cheers
Keith[/quote]

It will be a couple of days for the flat back as I'm waiting to get it back from a shop, sorry to have excited you and then make you wait, will take some asap. I'll take some of the swell back now, but also (limited) here [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9308"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9308[/url]
Jake

Edited February 18, 2008 by jakesbass

[jakenewmanbass]

Ok guys here's the 1880

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the pics don't really show the dings there are what you would expect for this age, all cracks etc have been expertly repaired
I will post some higher res pics when my missus brings the camera back from oop north

EDIT: I don't know how to change the orientation of the images, sorry if its a pain. J

Edited February 18, 2008 by jakesbass

[jakenewmanbass]

just remembered theres one pic of the flat back here:
[url="http://www.michaelvineassociates.com/casablanca.htm"]http://www.michaelvineassociates.com/casablanca.htm[/url]
if you look at the video on that page don't be put off by the sound it was a D.Id underwood (thank you tv engineers!*?!)
it is actually 2 shows in edited into one so it has some footage of both basses

Edited February 18, 2008 by jakesbass