Prescott Bass Restored by Lou DiLeone

[Jeff Bollbach]

Originally Posted by arnoldschnitzer

. No one can question his skill,

[Silversorcerer]

It is interesting;- this thread. That Prescott has a new neck;- with a new block, a new tailpiece (Lou must not have wanted to drill another set of holes in it ?), the same scroll / pegbox with an extra tuner installed. Expertly accomplished changes by the looks of the result. And we spend most of the thread talking about new varnish. I wonder what it sounds like? It looks like a Prescott.

[kurt muroki]

Originally Posted by arnoldschnitzer

I recently restored and revarnished an Italian bass c. 1870. I consider revarnishing of a maker's bass an absolute last resort. In this case, the bass had already been revarnished horribly about 15-20 years ago. The original varnish was gone, and the replaced varnish was amateurish, uneven, and overly thick. The new varnish is in the realm of what you would expect to find on an Italian bass of its period (minus a lot of dings, scratches,etc). I was straight with the buyer and reduced the asking price by about 15% or so of what I would have asked had the varnish been original. Lou DiLeone revarnishes most of his restored instruments, and has done so for decades. No one can question his skill, but the practice is certainly controversial.

can i just say that I tried the bass at arnold's shop. It was amazing what you did with the bass Arnold. It sounded fantastic and played so easily.