Help Dating a Czech. Upright

joeyd · #1 02-13-2008, 02:38 PM

I have a Czech upright bass and was wondering if anyone could give me a ballpark figure of when it might have been made by looking at these photos (hopefully this link will work). It has a worn label that says nothing but Czechoslovakia and inlaid purfling. Thanks

http://www.grovestreet.com/jsp/picview.jsp?album=88268

drurb · #2 02-13-2008, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by joeyd

I have a Czech upright bass and was wondering if anyone could give me a ballpark figure of when it might have been made by looking at these photos (hopefully this link will work). It has a worn label that says nothing but Czechoslovakia and inlaid purfling. Thanks

http://www.grovestreet.com/jsp/picview.jsp?album=88268

"Help Dating a Czech. Upright" Have you offered to take it to dinner?

Illbay · #3 02-13-2008, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by drurb

"Help Dating a Czech. Upright" Have you offered to take it to dinner?

I'm glad YOU said it, 'cuz I was thinkin' it!

stitchbass · #4 02-13-2008, 02:54 PM

a few shots of Vodka and everything will go swimmingly =)

KSB - Ken Smith · #5 02-13-2008, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by joeyd

I have a Czech upright bass and was wondering if anyone could give me a ballpark figure of when it might have been made by looking at these photos (hopefully this link will work). It has a worn label that says nothing but Czechoslovakia and inlaid purfling. Thanks

http://www.grovestreet.com/jsp/picview.jsp?album=88268

Made after world war I or wwII and before the Gulf war. Can be 20-50 years old or maybe more. I see no distinctive marks to date the Bass as it's a very generic Germanic style Plywood Bass.

joeyd · #6 02-13-2008, 03:12 PM

Thanks Ken.

**Matthew Tucker** · #7 02-13-2008, 03:28 PM

This bass looks to me to be a similar or identical model. Well it did, before I restored it!

It needed quite a bit of work including a belly patch and neck spline graft to reduce the huge string length. But it has ended up a great bass, for a ply bass! I feel that it probably dates from the '60s, going on the style of the label more than anything else ...

your bass:

you can see how shrek used to look, here:

http://home.exetel.com.au/studio205/...iewtopic.php?3