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10-07-2009, 10:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | Bass backs made in NY in the 70's
My bass has a replaced back made of a particular ply of hardwoods made by a guy who replaced many backs in the 70's for guys in the orchestras and pit orchestras. I have come across a few in the last couple of years, most recently a gorgeous Prescott at Gage. What was his name and what do you know about him?
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10-07-2009, 11:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | wasn't that Lou DiLeone?
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10-07-2009, 11:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago | | | Why would so many basses need their backs replaced? |
10-07-2009, 08:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | No I'm not thinking of Lou. I don't think so many needed it, I just think it became a kind of trend. I shouldn't have said hundreds, lets say 20-30.
I thought his last name started with an S. |
10-07-2009, 09:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | I'll ask Joe, he might know.
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10-08-2009, 09:39 PM
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Vice President: Upton Bass String Instrument Co. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Warwick, RI & Stonington, CT | | I've seen three of them...all on good basses... one of them is this one...I don't remember the name from the repair labels though...but I think I remember one label saying from Massachusetts? Maybe this was a regional trend??? |
10-09-2009, 06:59 AM
| | AES Fine Instruments | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brewster, NY, USA | | | Around 15 years ago a gentleman from NJ brought me a magnificent Testore-attributed bass for repair. Many years previously, someone had replaced the original round back with a heavy plywood flat back. The bass sounded mediocre. Fortunately the owner had kept the original back which needed some cracks repaired. I fixed it up and reinstalled it, and the bass sounded great. Both the owner and I scratched our heads wondering why this "improvement" had been performed. |
10-10-2009, 10:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | The story was that people were getting tired of constantly repairing cracked basses due to harsh cold conditions. That's the story at least. No doubt a well carved back will sound better. I assume these backs were considered good sounding and economical for working bassists. These ply's that I speak of were atypical, made of thin hardwoods, not just some fat piece of plywood like a cheap Chinese bass or something. His work, as I understand it, was highly esteemed. I should just ask the folk who know. I thought I might get a broader amount of info here on TB. |
10-16-2009, 06:41 AM
| | AES Fine Instruments | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brewster, NY, USA | | | I got a message from Jeff Bollbach (remember him?) that his pal John Schaeffer says Peter Kalman was the guy around NYC who replaced all those backs. John was not certain that Peter was actually the correct first name. Does this ring a bell for anybody? |
10-16-2009, 09:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | That doesn't sound familiar, but Jeff has a reputation that spreads far and wide. The back he replaced on Geoff Morrows Yankee is impressive! |
10-27-2009, 01:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | I found out that the back for my bass was made by Joseph Cilecek. It is a maple back with two very thin veneers on either side. What can anyone tell me about Mr. Cilecek? |
10-27-2009, 02:13 PM
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Vice President: Upton Bass String Instrument Co. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Warwick, RI & Stonington, CT | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Sypher  The back he replaced on Geoff Morrows Yankee is impressive! | Jeff B. did that back? |
10-27-2009, 02:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | Yep! |
10-27-2009, 02:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by arnoldschnitzer ...I got a message from Jeff Bollbach (remember him?)... | Sure, I remember him! He used to post here until the Spring of 2007 or so. Around the same time Ken Smith opened up his own bass forum, if I'm not mistaken. It seems to me he's made about 17 posts on Ken's board but none here since that time.
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10-27-2009, 03:51 PM
| | | | Bollbach did all kinds of stuff on that Yankee Bass besides the back. Brought it back from dirt. It was on my short list when I bought the queen.
I really liked that bass. Nice E string. |
10-27-2009, 07:17 PM
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Vice President: Upton Bass String Instrument Co. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Warwick, RI & Stonington, CT | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jason Sypher Yep! | Cool...always good to know who did what. That type of stuff is often lost to time as instruments go on and on and on... |
10-27-2009, 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncletoad I really liked that bass. Nice E string. | The A, D & G ain't bad either... |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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