I want to list this instrument at $10000 Canadian Dollars.
So depending on how our respective economies go, USD is currently in the $7900 range.
This is a bit of a feeler add.
I'm still unsure I want to let this bass go, I do love it, but, I've been on the road a ton these last couple years, and this bass has remained at home mostly in it's bag during that time.
The next couple years are looking to remain the same, with the addition of a bunch of fly-out dates and overseas tours on the horizon, it's time to make a move for something a bit different.
I purchased it in Ottawa as an "Unkown German bass" from 1884, and was told that there were reasons to believe that it could be something else and left it at that.
The work done to the bass before I owned it was done by Mario Lamarre, including a new fingerboard, neck correction, and a "very" raised saddle.
After three hard Canadian prairie winters this bass needed some heavy work done to it. When my partner and I moved to the West Coast, I took it Gerard Samija, a tremendous luthier here in Vancouver, who brought this bass back to life.
Albert Krell Maker Cincinnati Ohio 1884. "It has been overwritten with '1900' and in smaller print possibly '1898' ".
The question is whether Albert Krell made the bass himself, or imported this bass from Europe. If the pencil markings are correct, this could have been one of the last instruments he made before his death in 1900, as stated here:
Information on Albert Krell, violin maker in Kelbra, Germany
The only other information I've found about Albert Krell is about his piano company here:
Krell | The Antique Piano Shop
Since owning it, I've added a Full-Circle pickup, and a Gotz end-pin.
Currently, the bass is wearing Innovation Braided strings (i believe, they have black silks). This bass sounds great with guts, spirocores (reds great, weichs not necessarily my fave) Animas, Olives, Belcantos (on the top). I was never too psyched on Obligatos or the D'Addario orchestral strings.
It bows really well.
Also included with the bass, is a Romanian made bow, German grip and a high quality well-padded case that came with the bass.
I am on the hunt for either a second American Standard, or a King Mortone late 30's - early 40's.
Sound clips can be heard here, click on the profile name for full playlist:
String Length : 42 1/4"
Rib Depth : 8" (6 1/2" at the neck)
Lower Bouts : 25 1/4"
Upper Bouts : 20 1/2"
Body Length (body to top of neck button) : 44"
So depending on how our respective economies go, USD is currently in the $7900 range.
This is a bit of a feeler add.
I'm still unsure I want to let this bass go, I do love it, but, I've been on the road a ton these last couple years, and this bass has remained at home mostly in it's bag during that time.
The next couple years are looking to remain the same, with the addition of a bunch of fly-out dates and overseas tours on the horizon, it's time to make a move for something a bit different.
I purchased it in Ottawa as an "Unkown German bass" from 1884, and was told that there were reasons to believe that it could be something else and left it at that.
The work done to the bass before I owned it was done by Mario Lamarre, including a new fingerboard, neck correction, and a "very" raised saddle.
After three hard Canadian prairie winters this bass needed some heavy work done to it. When my partner and I moved to the West Coast, I took it Gerard Samija, a tremendous luthier here in Vancouver, who brought this bass back to life.
Albert Krell Maker Cincinnati Ohio 1884. "It has been overwritten with '1900' and in smaller print possibly '1898' ".
The question is whether Albert Krell made the bass himself, or imported this bass from Europe. If the pencil markings are correct, this could have been one of the last instruments he made before his death in 1900, as stated here:
Information on Albert Krell, violin maker in Kelbra, Germany
The only other information I've found about Albert Krell is about his piano company here:
Krell | The Antique Piano Shop
Since owning it, I've added a Full-Circle pickup, and a Gotz end-pin.
Currently, the bass is wearing Innovation Braided strings (i believe, they have black silks). This bass sounds great with guts, spirocores (reds great, weichs not necessarily my fave) Animas, Olives, Belcantos (on the top). I was never too psyched on Obligatos or the D'Addario orchestral strings.
It bows really well.
Also included with the bass, is a Romanian made bow, German grip and a high quality well-padded case that came with the bass.
I am on the hunt for either a second American Standard, or a King Mortone late 30's - early 40's.
Sound clips can be heard here, click on the profile name for full playlist:
String Length : 42 1/4"
Rib Depth : 8" (6 1/2" at the neck)
Lower Bouts : 25 1/4"
Upper Bouts : 20 1/2"
Body Length (body to top of neck button) : 44"
