Double Bass Do you know this bass?

[Paps]

Some Chinese Basses use excellent quality wood. Brands such as Shen, Jay Haide and Xuechang Sun produce a range of Basses and their top quality Basses are the equal of many quality European Basses.

 

[Pjmbass]

I heard that my bass was made in Europe, how do you feel? I bought it secondhand in Korea. Made 1999year Did China have this technology in 1999?

 

[Paps]

The problem is that label or whatever with Beijing on it.
Is it a proper manufacturers label inside the Bass or an export sticker?
It is actually quite a nice looking Bass and is certainly an Italian style.

 

[Pjmbass]

The problem is that label or whatever with Beijing on it.
Is it a proper manufacturers label inside the Bass or an export sticker?
It is actually quite a nice looking Bass and is certainly an Italian style.

I bought this bass in Korea and now I live in Beijing. I brought this instrument from Korea to Beijing.i don’t know
About that label. How about Wood quality?

 

[Pjmbass]

The problem is that label or whatever with Beijing on it.
Is it a proper manufacturers label inside the Bass or an export sticker?
It is actually quite a nice looking Bass and is certainly an Italian style.

Inside bass

 

[bassmanbrent]

I heard that my bass was made in Europe, how do you feel?

Hard to say where it was made but the wood definitely looks like maple that many Chinese makers have used (Himalayan, I believe). The tuners are also pretty typical of many Chinese made instruments. Hopefully a luthier will chime in with some thoughts, but my guess is that it is Chinese made.

 

[Pjmbass]

Hard to say where it was made but the wood definitely looks like maple that many Chinese makers have used (Himalayan, I believe). The tuners are also pretty typical of many Chinese made instruments. Hopefully a luthier will chime in with some thoughts, but my guess is that it is Chinese made.

How about wood quality?

 

[Lee Moses]

How about the wood quality? Inside 1999year tag If it was made in China in 1999, it wouldn't be of this quality

I'm not sure why you keep repeated that line, that the tag (label) says "1999."

My eyes may not be what they used to be, but that sure looks like "1900" to me.

But it also looks like the original two digits may have been erased, and "00" put in their place.

 

[Jason Sypher]

Nothing about that bass looks like it was made in Europe.

 

[KUNGfuSHERIFF]

Yeah, it’s Chinese all day long. The descending flame figure on the back is the tell. Looks nice.

 

[Pjmbass]

Yeah, it’s Chinese all day long. The descending flame figure on the back is the tell. Looks nice.

What mean

 

[Geogio]

Early Chinese doubles had really fat necks. Almost unplayably fat.

And in a lot of cases (probably most) the ebony fingerboard was merely stained maple. The nuts were crude affairs. It looks like there's some kind of protecting film underneath the bridge feet. That's smells new to me plus the inside wood is not in any way, shape, or form yellowing which also indicates new.
Stick your nose inside does it smell like a fresh cut piece of wood in there?

 

[Pjmbass]

Early Chinese doubles had really fat necks. Almost unplayably fat.

And in a lot of cases (probably most) the ebony fingerboard was merely stained maple. The nuts were crude affairs. It looks like there's some kind of protecting film underneath the bridge feet. That's smells new to me plus the inside wood is not in any way, shape, or form yellowing which also indicates new.
Stick your nose inside does it smell like a fresh cut piece of wood in there?

It turns out that the fingerboard is black even with dressing.no stained maple. There's no film under the bridge. It is pick up.

 

[Paps]

From what I can see, the wood quality seems very good, especially the top.
Unfortunately the tuner plates cheapen the appearance of the bass.

 

[Pjmbass]

From what I can see, the wood quality seems very good, especially the top.
Unfortunately the tuner plates cheapen the appearance of the bass.

You mean front wood?

 

[Paps]

Yes

You mean front wood?

Yes. Fine and straight grained spruce.

 

[Papageno]

Can't say anything about the bass itself, but clearly the label tag was(poorly) faked:
It reads
"Gaetano Paresbi
Fece in Ferrara l , anno 19(99)"
(last 2 digits of the date handwritten), whereas a correctly written label would be
"Gaetano Pareschi
Fece in Ferrara l'anno 19(99)".
This very likely was written by someone who was unfamiliar not only with Italian names, but also with latin alphabet spelling and punctuation (confusing the apostrophe and comma).

Furthermore, Gaetano Pareschi was born in 1900 and deceased in 1987...

 

[Jason Sypher]

I’m assuming you looked up a real Pareschi to compare? Clearly that bass is nowhere near a real Pareschi.

 

[bassically_eli]

I used to play a "Stradivarius" bass as well as a "Stradivarius" trombone. All those violins he made were just to support his real passion, trombones.

Seriously though, those instruments weren't fraudulent, they just had silly model names.

 

[SAlcott]

If it sounds good, it sounds good. It's just not Italian.