Recent content by Forrest Ball

Here's another nice Conrad Violin Bass complete with the handrest/string mute. I'm still looking for one of these for my bass.

Would anyone have or know where a Conrad bass bridge cover/mute could be found? I need one for my bass. They look identical to the one on this Regent (Matsumoku) bass.

I bought one of these Nichimo model kits back in 1969. This is the Guyatone version of the Conrad. Ever since, I'd wanted the real thing!

Here's the eBay pic. You can see how filthy the finish was. I don't think the seller even knew what he had as it wasn't even listed as a Conrad. An identical Guyatone model existed as well.

Here are a few more pix of my bass.

Here is my 1967 Conrad 40177 violin bass. I got it off of eBay. It was kind of a Cinderella piece-filthy dirty, badly strung. It polished up beautifully and, after a new set of Rotosound medium scale flat wound strings, it turned out to be a beauty!

Hello, folks! I just found this thread while searching for a Conrad bass bridge cover/mute. I have a little info concerning Conrad. It was the house brand of Chicago musical merchandise distributor David Wexler and Company back in the 1960s-1970s. Here is a cool page from the Wexler catalog. I...