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1941 Gibson Upright

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Grog:

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Grog, you need this.

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I eyeballed it a couple times. It's too big & the few times I tried playing one should be more than enough of a deterrent. That being said, why would Gibson buy Epiphone in the middle fifties to get the tooling for it's upright double basses if they were already making them?

Dave W:

--- Quote from: Grog on February 12, 2018, 04:35:45 PM ---I eyeballed it a couple times. It's too big & the few times I tried playing one should be more than enough of a deterrent. That being said, why would Gibson buy Epiphone in the middle fifties to get the tooling for it's upright double basses if they were already making them?

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Good question. I suspect the real reason CMI bought Epi was because they got lots of parts and a name with a long history for peanuts. Something like $20K, IIRC.

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