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08-26-2005, 11:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Flower Mound, TX. USA | | | Unusual F holes
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08-27-2005, 02:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: soon to be Leysin, Switzerland | | I played a bass that looked exactly like that a Lemur the other day. I thought it was really cool, nice sound and everything. Course I thought about getting the bass just because of the badass F holes. The I realized that I needed to be more mature/professional 
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08-27-2005, 07:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Northern Virginia | | | Steve Koscica was selling a bass with an F-hole design like that a few years ago. I think he said it was Viennese, about 150-200 years old. |
08-27-2005, 08:12 AM
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Owner: Ken Smith Basses, Ltd. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perkasie, PA USA | |  Bat wings..
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08-27-2005, 09:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Austin, TX | | | Yeah the bass I got infatuated with among the basses that Roberstons brought to Austin a couple of years ago looked much like Ken's link.
If the dough was in hand I would have picked it up for the f-holes alone...but it sounded great and was very comfortable to play also. |
08-27-2005, 02:17 PM
|  | **** | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: west coast | | | Them's some interesting holes!!
!!!!!!Sorry ahead of time for the 'JACK!!!!!
Hey Ken,
With your vast knowledge, study and obvious passion for the double bass and it's design would you ever consider carving one from scratch? Not for sale, per say, but just for the experience? I would love to follow it's progress here, man what a great thread that would be.
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08-28-2005, 09:36 AM
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Owner: Ken Smith Basses, Ltd. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perkasie, PA USA | | Ouch!!
I have never played a new Bass that feels and sounds like a 200 year old Bass. So, I will continue to hunt down these old Basses, fix 'em up and play them with a smile.. Oh, and with an empty wallet as well..lol
I have no plans to make a Double Bass, now or in the future. I have played way too many old ones to want to even try. That's just my thing! |
08-31-2005, 07:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by EJ_Dad | Check out Bob Ross' version of these type F holes www.rossdoublebass.com
It's the very last bass on the site.
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08-31-2005, 08:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Austin, TX | | Sweet there's even a trapdoor to stash snacks and smokes!  |
08-31-2005, 12:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Astoria, OR | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Paul Warburton | That five string busetto at the top is bitchin'. Paul how do these basses sound since they are located in your neighborhood?
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08-31-2005, 05:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | | Bob and I had a partnership: Ross/Warburton Double Basses. If you'll notice, you'll see my name on a couple. Bob did all the work, I did some design and final set-up. Just as we were getting of the ground, my wife came down with ovarian cancer. I had to give it up to be her care-giver. I am still reeling from the loss. She passed about three years ago.
Anyway, these basses are excellent visually and musically!
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