Double Bass Calros testori bass

[Adrian Neacsu]

Can anyone tell me anything about this, I am about to buy this bass and really don't know anything about it.
I can only find Carlo Testore on the internet, not Carlos

 

[Gothic]

Well, I know absolutely nothing about DB but first off, the name CarloS is Spanish, I believe, in origin. Italians use Carlo, without the s. Secondly, the Carlo Testore you can find online has Invalid Link Removed inside every instrument in all the pictures I could find. So that's not him. Can't help more, sorry.

 

[Nathan Eskridge]

Perhaps some photos of the bass itself might help?

 

[bassmanbrent]

The label isn't genuine and might be a red flag that the buyer is trying to up sell the bass. If you can provide more pictures and information re price/location etc., you'll get more opinions about the instrument.

 

[LouisF]

Your location would help, too.

The was a flood of fake "name" Italian basses about twenty years ago (mostly coming from Hungary, if I remember correctly) and they fooled some pretty reputable dealers. The sad thing was these were actually pretty good basses in the end - like $10,000 good European basses, not $100,000 real Italian basses. This is obviously a fake label, but doesn't have to mean it's a bad bass -- especially if the price is very, very right (under $10K)

 

[groooooove]

op, let us know if you are expecting an old Italian pedigree instrument OR just curious if we've heard of this (clearly fake) label before?

fake labels mean nothing, as others have stated some really nice instruments have fake labels. as long as you aren't getting ripped off.

 

[Carl Hillman]

Yeah...I don't think that wood looks 245 years old.

 

[eh_train]

If you believe that label is 245 years old, I have a bridge you may be interested in buying.