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Double Bass Looking for a website about double basses

I'm looking for suggestions for where I can track down any kind of details about a "Gilga Andrea" or "Gliga Andrea" 3/4 double bass. In fact, I have no idea if Gliga or Gilga is the bass manufacturer's name. I cannot find either of those words anywhere on the front, back, neck, headstock, or inside of the bass. Attached is a photo of the only label of any kind I can find on the bass. Does there exist a website with double bass details? Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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I'm looking for suggestions for where I can track down any kind of details about a "Gilga Andrea" or "Gliga Andrea" 3/4 double bass. In fact, I have no idea if Gliga or Gilga is the bass manufacturer's name. I cannot find either of those words anywhere on the front, back, neck, headstock, or inside of the bass. Attached is a photo of the only label of any kind I can find on the bass. Does there exist a website with double bass details? Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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Pretty sure Gliga is a Romanian workshop for strings. Here's a little blurb I found about Gliga: Invalid Link Removed

Upton Bass and Bass Cellar list or have listed Gliga basses:
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https://basscellar.com/product/vasle-gliga-romania/

Quantum Bass Center currently lists an Andrea bass and describes it as a nice carved Romanian instrument of a model not usually seen. Not sure if this bass was made by Gliga or if Andrea is another Romanian instrument maker
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Gliga is a big stringed instrument manufacturer in Romania (Carpathian spruce!) They make a wide range of instruments from cheap to pretty good. In basses they make plywoods, hybrids, and fully carved. A very large number of mystery-name basses that aren't Chinese come out of the Gliga factory. If you order enough instruments they'll label them anything you want.