Double Bass bass vs. motor vehicle

[Mike Goodbar]

This bass looks similar to what happened to my first carved bass when a tree jumped in front of me and my car at 45 mph. I didn't have a scratch, but the car and bass were both totaled.

The repairs would've costed more than I payed for the bass, and insurance wouldn't cover it. I stopped playing upright altogther for several years after that.

 

[gruffpuppy]

Originally posted by Jeff Bollbach
Pupp-daddy-where ye been? Need more Gruff on TB. Thanks for the r'nr' sentiment- I'll be catchin' me some Bass. and not the double variety!

I have been here, just to busy with work to have a personality.

Fry up a big bass for me.
He's waiting for you.

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[Jeff Bollbach]

Mike- what happened to the remains?

 

[Mike Goodbar]

Jeff:

I sold that bass (along with the bushel basket it came in) to a guy who said he wanted to try fixing it up himself. I don't know what became of it.

Even before it got busted up, though, the bass was scorned by luthiers in the area. I don't know much about its history except that it was made in Brazil by a violin maker sometime in the 1950s. It was all wrong to begin with -- wrong woods, wrong measurements, bad workmanship. Basically, I was naive and got ripped off. So I wasn't too saddened to see it go. I just switched my focus to electric bass for a few years.

BTW: Beautiful work on the casuality. If you had been around here fixing basses back in the early 80s, my Brazilian bass might have had a chance.