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  1. gcbake

    Warmoth Medium Scale bass build

    Introducing my "Baker Bass" OK, I built this beauty during the pandemic for about $800.00 total, and now it would cost almost $1900.00. Crazy how much prices are up. This neck is either rift or quarter-sawn, and the body is a single piece of Swamp Ash with a Rosewood board. All other parts...
  2. Carved German 3/4 Upright Bass
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    For sale Carved German 3/4 Upright Bass

    A great deal on a fully carved post-WWII German upright flatback bass! In another life, this was a middle school band bass. This bass has definitely been used well, as it has checking all over, carved name of the school it was used in near the endpin, and some great mojo. Has had a heel repair...
    $2,000.00
  3. TheDellow

    SOLD Carved German 3/4 Upright Bass

    A great deal on a fully carved post-WWII German upright flatback bass! In another life, this was a middle school band bass. This bass has definitely been used well, as it has checking all over, carved name of the school it was used in near the endpin, and some great mojo. Has had a heel repair...
  4. Ca. 1920’s Hofner Czech Shop Bass (flatback)
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    For sale Ca. 1920’s Hofner Czech Shop Bass (flatback)

    A really nice sounding (but could be better looking), very lightweight flatback shop bass from the 1920’s via the Hofner world of basses in Czechoslovakia. Price reflects the condition. 42.5” scale, neck reset with generous over stand. Original ebonized maple fingerboard. A pretty mediocre...
    $2,000.00
  5. TheDellow

    SOLD Ca. 1920’s Hofner Czech Shop Bass (flatback)

    A really nice sounding (but could be better looking), very lightweight flatback shop bass from the 1920’s via the Hofner world of basses in Czechoslovakia. Price reflects the condition. 42.5” scale, neck reset with generous over stand. Original ebonized maple fingerboard. A pretty mediocre...
  6. TheDellow

    Double Bass Karl Knilling Bass ID and Value help.

    I’ve just received this old Knilling 3/4 bass. It has a solid top and solid sides, and what I think is a laminate back. The people I got it from said their grandfather played it over 50 years ago, so from that and the following info I surmise it is a prewar German bass? “Handmade in Germany” on...