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Looks great. Where did you get it from? Provenance is a big thing, of course.

We’re all different and beauty is in the eye of the beholder but I can’t see the appeal here.

Personally, I’d divorce you if you bought something so horrid! A Hawkes double bass is a different matter…

If say 60% of the value after a rehair.

Yep. Sterling work! This thread should hopefully inspire others, too, which is great.

Wonderful to bring such a cool bass back to life.

Good advice. If you look like you’re having fun, they’ll have fun.

Remember every person in the venue wants you to do well…! I don’t really get nerves anymore because over time you realise that confidence is a veneer. Enjoy every minute and play the best you can and you’ll be fine.

This is great advice. The amount of hassle removed by consulting an expert is great. We recently played a new venue that the owner had spent thousands of pounds doing up. Alas he hadn’t spoken to a sound expert and the room was boomy and horrid. A few hundred would have made a world of difference.

Problem is you don’t know what’s causing it. I had a bass rattle yesterday on stage. Turned out to be a loose tuning key. Could equally have been the end pin, pickup or, well, lots of things. I once had a rattle one a gig and it stopped after sort of banged the bass on the side. Didn’t return and I thought it better to leave it that way.

This makes all sense. You’ll never get rich selling a used DB. It may be worth £1000 when fixed up, but factor that it when considering the space needed to store the thing too!

This sounds ace.

Just played to 400 or so Swedish Bluegrass fanatics at a festival by a lake. I’m taking the photo, not in it!

I would loved to have seen this!