Who made this bass??

[Gabero]

It was bought in Germany as new, is not labeled. Carved, spruce top and maple back & sides.
Upper Bout 21
Lower Bout 27
Total Lenght 75 1/2
Rib Depth 8 1/2
Total Depth 17 3/4
Body Length 46
String Length 44

Here are some pict

[crowsmengegus]

Looks like a chinese factory bass. See for example this bass on ebay; very similar.



This factory may make basses for known brands, or they may not, I don't know. Also, these basses look pretty similar to the ones from "Song Violin", but look to be sold by a different ebay user (also with "song" in their name).

[Gabero]

Thanks, its very useful

[MIKMAN]

Actually the Chinese bass has narrow, sloped shoulders and the perceived "made in Germany" bass broad ones. Usually the Chinese basses have rich, beautiful flame (and this fact leads to a serious wastage of excellent tonewoods, as the final product usually is POS) but the disputed one has plain tonewoods. IMHO the bass came from Eastern Europe either unvarnished or finished. The scroll and the upper bouts hint towards this direction.
This is my $0.02
Mike

[Gabero]

This bass has great tonewood, specialy in lower register (from C to E, w/Evah´s)
Thanks, Mike
Gabe

[Steve Swan]

The bass does look chinese to me. The tuners look like what has been used on the middle line of Shen basses.

[crowsmengegus]

Originally Posted by MIKMAN

Actually the Chinese bass has narrow, sloped shoulders and the perceived "made in Germany" bass broad ones.
Mike

I totally disagree. The patterns are almost exactly the same, down to the "lip" around the edge of the top. Look at the pic I posted versus the one on the top left that Gabe posted.

As for the wood, you are referring to lack of flame? I think the back on Gabe's might not be maple, hence no flame.

[Matt Ides]

But how does it play and sound?

[Gabero]

It's easy to play and has a deep sound. With D'addario it sounded a little "metalic" but with Evah's sound pretty good.