Strange, weird and "other" upright basses!

[ubassman]

Definitely belongs in the 'weird' category not so sure about the 'wonderful' though - probably the Fugliest Busetto style DB out there ! Very strange proportions!

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Edited October 25, 2013 by ubassman

[Happy Jack]

That's pretty neolithic ...

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[ubassman]

Neolithic double bass players - I met a couple of them before !

[ubassman]

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Definitely belongs in the 'weird' category not so sure about the 'wonderful' though - probably the Fugliest Busetto style DB out there ! Very strange proportions!

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The scroll is like an 1800s Viennese style [url="http://www.orpheon.org/oldsite/seiten/Instruments/violone/vo-thir.htm"]Johannes Thir[/url] - the Hungarians seem to be very adventurous in changing and mixing up styles !

[floFC]

I do like the headstock, with the old fashion door knobs sticking on the side and the tuning pegs hidden round the back