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PMF1 · #1 07-04-2010, 11:06 AM

Hi

I'm new here and wanted to say hello. My main instrument in our band is E bass. At the moment I play either a Fender Jazz or a Precision. From the 80ties till about the mid nineties I always didn't like UB's (I thought they were too big, delicate and of course difficult to learn and play) .... until I recorded the first UB in my Studio. It was a small jazz combo and they wanted a demo tape. From that time going, the warm, deep, woody, singing UB sound just didn't get out of my head anymore. So I started researching, reading books, checking out forums, talked to UB players and recorded one or two more more UB's in the studio.

This year about end of April I found one. I bought it at an antique market. Luckily I had the choice between 2 other basses but I chose this one quite because of its sound.... even though it has a crack :-(. It had that sound like the UB I recorded in the nineties. The other two (although one was a carved) sounded kinda "dead".

So, for the time being, I've been practicing (killing my back and my fingers) and recording … and it sounds just great :-)) and that compensates for everything for the moment.... OK, OK I'll get a teacher sometime (in May I thought otherwise...) .... and I've read the newbie threads too :-).

Now to my Question (all of my other questions have been answered :-) )

have any of you seen this bass anywhere before? It 3/4 and doesn't have any labels or anything on the outside or the inside.

Btw. very valuable and interesting information here..... and UB's are really cool instruments :-)

Thanks in advance for any inputs.

PMF1 · #2 07-10-2010, 11:17 AM

I took some more pics.

any ideas on the manufacturer and/or decade ?

thanks

PMF1 · #3 07-10-2010, 11:19 AM

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Steve Swan · #4 07-10-2010, 11:58 AM

Welcome to the forum. It looks like a Czech 3/4. Maybe a postwar example made in the style of those from the 1930s. The top and back plates don't look very thick, but maybe not as thin as the prewar basses. It's a far better first instrument than many players get these days. Congratulations!

PMF1 · #5 07-10-2010, 01:45 PM

Hi Steve

thanks...
a Czech ... sounds interesting.
it seems to be a hybrid and quite true, as you noted, the top and backplates are rather thin. It has a crack in the top plate. I couldn't see if it had been repaired or not. For the time being it seems stable so I'm just playing and enjoying