Help with bass identification

[beingbecoming]

Hello!

I just picked this old girl up! She needs some restoration work and I'm shopping around to see who I want to fix her up for me (new bridge and probably take the top off to repair a few cracks in the top). Not much sagging in the top and otherwise looking pretty healthy!

In the meantime - I'd love to get some thoughts about where she might have came from! She has a sticker inside that says "Made In Germany - Made in Germany" but this looks too new to be original. I'm thinking a late 19th or early 20th c chech or bohemian . Any other thoughts?

I know I probably need to add some more photos so let me know what might be helpful. string length is 42 3/4!

Thanks

[beingbecoming]

One more photo...

[Jake deVilliers]

That's an adorable bass! Does it sound as good as it looks?

[beingbecoming]

Well the problem is the bridge won't go down low enough at the moment (it was setup for a jazz player at Harvard) for me to really bow it. I used a dremel tool to lower the notches in the bridge slightly just so I could hear the sound of the bass. It has a very nice rich warm tone for not being played in a few years. I can't wait to get her setup and see what she sounds like without the cracks, open seams and with a new bridge!

[alavakian]

It looks like a flatback Juzeck

[beingbecoming]

That is kind of what i was thinking alavakian but the germany sticker threw me. Looks old enough to be something from the Prague shop no?

[ctregan]

Nice looking bass. Are those hat pegs?

What is the bridge hight and overstand dimensions? Looks low, but it is hard to tell from the photo.

[beingbecoming]

Yeh those are the bohemian style wooden pegs. Bridge is fairly low because the neck has never been reset from original angle. thanks

[BAJO]

Mittenwald bass 1900's

[beingbecoming]

BAJO what makes you say that? thanks

[Eric Swanson]

Show Ken Smith, on his site. He will tell you all you might want to know...

http://www.smithbassforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=24

[beingbecoming]

I can't seem to ever be able to post on Ken's site. I have an account but it keeps saying I don't have permission to post

[Eric Swanson]

PM, email, or call Ken, to straighten it out.

[beingbecoming]

Do you happen to have his e-mail? He does not accept PM's and I can't even send PM's on his site.. keep getting this

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[Eric Swanson]

I can't share anything besides the contact email on the kensmithbasses.com site or the shop phones listed there.

[beingbecoming]

got his contact thanks

[Michael Glynn]

Originally Posted by beingbecoming

Hello!
I'm thinking a late 19th or early 20th c chech or bohemian . Any other thoughts?

I know I probably need to add some more photos so let me know what might be helpful. string length is 42 3/4!

Thanks

I'm guessing early-20th century Markneukirchen. (just across the border from Bohemia)

As far as pictures: some non-blurry ones would be great!

A good side view and a close up of the side of the scroll would be good, in addition to larger, clean images of the front and back.

[Paul Warburton]

+1 On all three points.

[beingbecoming]

Thanks here are some more photos hopefully higher quality and the closeups you requested. Can you tell me why you think it is from where you are guessing?

Thanks for all of your help? Also - any idea as to value? I want to make sure i don't' put more into her than she's worth!

thanks

[beingbecoming]

more photos