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Dave Slight

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  1. Hahaha A few more of these, and there will be enough pictures to make a calendar for 2025
  2. Sometimes it seems amazing they even stay on the instrument, and no matter how much you explain to people the need to keep it straight, and also how to do it, many will not even try.
  3. Thank you It is quite interesting to play them side by side too, for each one is quite different to the other.
  4. You are welcome to come and run a bow over them. Just give me a call or email first, so we can set it up. They might not all be available to try at the same time, one is out on trial at the moment.
  5. I also think it is English, but not really Fendt, who was a very fine maker. Better pictures are needed, and OP can you confirm that the back varnish is red, and the top grey/brown in person? M. Alpert is correct, it looks like the graft has started to let go, or has been re-glued already, but misaligned
  6. Thank you! You do some really nice work too.
  7. It was more tongue in cheek. Original Guarneri corners, and especially the way the purfling meets at the tip, can be quite brutal in the later instruments. Before that, he was relatively neat, in comparison. So for my version, it is a more idealised concept. It is not the same instrument as the once posted on 29th September, which is why they looks different colours. Your question about antiquing is a good one, because it is true that in many cases, the antiquing process itself does take away, or subdue the colours, at least with the way I approach it. For this reason, the initial colour before antiquing may seem too bold and bright, but after it has undergone the various processes, starts to look correct. With a weaker colour, it can start to look bland, or have no intensity left by the end.
  8. Working on the antiquing. More to do, but it’s getting there.
  9. I have one word to describe this scroll, perfection.
  10. Another one born, just working on the final touches.
  11. 100% agreed. The buildup over time is a real pain to deal with.
  12. if you can make a double bass, you can build a boat. Sounds like a talented chap.
  13. I have not heard of Peter Clay before, and looking through the book on English makers yields nothing. Perhaps a hobby maker?
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