Is this an Earthwood?

[dlloyd]

The late, great Carl Radle, playing a very large abg...

 

[roballanson]

OMG - that is a huge bass. I have only seen one earthwood in the flesh before and it looked similar ish....cannot really remember. I am bracing myself for being very wrong and foolish to be the first to answer you dave.

 

[dlloyd]

Found another, looks similar...

More...

There was a thread on them before...

 

[roballanson]

Its that bridge....they look similar....must be. I expect BP or Bovine will set us straight at some point.

 

[dlloyd]

I forgot I found this picture a few months ago...

 

[Big Poppa]

That is an original earthwood acoustic mass. My dad started earthwood I think in around
1971 with George Fullerton The idea was to make acoustic basses first and acoustic guitars. George and my dad clashed and my dad locked the factory up. Later reopening it with dan Norton and Ron Saul with a shallower depth model and some interesting 1/2 scale acoustics. Dan is still with us and maybe i can convince him to post some of this.

 

[Dargin]

Dan Norton just told me this is an early Earthwood. He says it was a '71 design, and a '72 production model. It looks like is an 8" body instead of a 6" one.

 

[Urwordsbreakmed]

The late, great Carl Radle, playing a very large abg...

Naw its not earthwood its a huge bass. lol. I dont know if its earthwood or not. In fact i dont even know what earthwood is i just know that bass would eat me if i tried to play it

 

[roballanson]

Yeah BP that would be pretty cool....shame they are so hard to come by these days, they are a stunning acoustic - and from what I remember had a decent tone to them too. (could be nostalgia though)

 

[Big Poppa]

Hey rookie
did you read dargin and my post's? IT is an earthwood and they are pretty cool.

 

[roballanson]

Looking at the size of that body its a surprise the blood did not pool in the hands or the elbow!!!

So many questions BP.....how long was it made for? Why did it stop being made? (obviously apart from the amount of wood - a small forest - it looks like it needed)

 

[Mobay45]

Naw its not earthwood its a huge bass. lol. I dont know if its earthwood or not. In fact i dont even know what earthwood is i just know that bass would eat me if i tried to play it

We should be so lucky.

 

[roballanson]

We should be so lucky.

chances and fine things Mo

 

[roballanson]

Atually it reminds me of those Mexican basses - cannot remember the name though

 

[bovinehost]

There were still a few Earthwoods in music stores when I moved to Houston - maybe 1975 or 1976. They were tremendous beasts, to be sure.

Like most ABGs, they weren't terribly loud but they did have tone for days.

A friend of mine had one for a while in the 70s...it was like carrying around a tuba.

Fun basses, though.

 

[Fuzzy Dustmite]

Atually it reminds me of those Mexican basses - cannot remember the name though

Guitarron?

 

[roballanson]

Thats the bunny - check out the size of that.......magnificent work

 

[Urwordsbreakmed]

thats intense

 

[Dargin]

The Earthwood is the loudest acoustic bass I've ever heard.....hey that reminds me, which Earthwood should I take home with me tonight Father?

 

[dlloyd]

The Earthwood is the loudest acoustic bass I've ever heard.....hey that reminds me, which Earthwood should I take home with me tonight Father?

I'd love to try one out, never seen one in the flesh.

Here's another cool photo, of Carl Radle playing a Stingray and some bloke using Musicman amps...