Recent content by Rocky Landing

Does anyone know how to estimate the age of a German made Anton Schroetter Bass?

Wow, Tumbao. That's an ALCOA I assume? It's incredible. How's it sound? An update on my own beast. I emailed my brother a pic. He had more or less stolen the bass from me for about twelve years and I finally got it back from him last year. He emailed back and told me that the original label...

I read from what seemed like a reliable source (The Upton String Instrument Co.) that the WWII story is a that the Ford Motor Co. made some aluminum basses for the Navy. It's generally considered a myth as there are no records from Ford that they ever made such a thing. ALCOA made about 500...

Here's a pic. If anyone's ever seen something like this, I'd love to hear about it.

I've owned an aluminum upright bass for about 25 years. My main bass has been a 60s Anton Schroeder but it's been slowly losing it's sound- too many cracks and repairs. I just recently refinished the aluminum bass which has a wonderful, if odd, bright sound. And loud! It's also a nice gig bass...