To my knowledge the maker of my 1888 carved bass was the first person to do that on my fiver....the only existing one.
A low B. Joseph Bohmann.
See it here.....mouse on my name then click on the pop-out. (Bohmann 5 string). http://www.thetalkbasses.com/
Edit: You can kinda see where my left hand fingers are holding on to the edges where the board extends over the side of the neck in that one shot.
Most original fivers had real bulky necks to accomodate all five strings. This idea kept a slimmer neck profile. My bass' neck is as slim as any bass I've ever played.
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Oh, no.....have we gone OT yet again?
"The opportunity was there...but it never presented itself." Phil Urso, 1980. :atoz:
Last edited by Paul Warburton : 03-09-2010 at 02:06 PM.
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