Double Bass My Cremona adventure

[IvoK]

Hi All, I was struggling hard and browsing these forums to find any relevant information on "Cremona Luby" basses from 1960's and 1970's. Can anyone provide their experience with basses holding the "actual brand" of the Czechoslovakian bass (not the Chinese Adidas-Adiads style of brand recycling)? How do they sound and what is the overall quality? Example pic attached.

Thank you.

 

[Stuart.C]

My guess is your Czechoslovakian bass made in Luby, is from the Strunal factory. even has the same model number scheme '50/3' likely similar to the 50/4 Ply basses branded as josef jan dvorak.

With regards to quality I can attest these are ply work horses, mine has seen rainy humid outdoor gigs, late night load outs, cramped stages... and is solid as a rock.
It is decent in sound department as well, in so much as it is a loud boomy ply wood box, with a full low E, which more than I can say for many ply basses I have tried.
Of course setup is critical, and just because my Strunal is decent doesn't mean they all are YMMV