How good are your luthier skills?

[Happy Jack]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DOUBLE-BASS-RESTORATION-PROJECT-1960S-ANTIQUE-BASS-/290637696951?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item43ab5b4fb7

[thisnameistaken]

Looks like an old ply B&H or something. I sometimes watch stuff like this on eBay but they don't usually go for a price that would make them worth a luthier's time. If you were to add the cost of a bridge, tailpiece and strings to the cost of the neck repair then it's going to have to go for peanuts to make it worthwhile. And that's assuming nothing less-obvious needs work (fingerboard, nut, etc.).

[bassace]

Those machines look just a bit interesting, but what's with that tailpiece?

[chrisd24]

At what price is it worth a punt? Surely ten minutes work and a litre of pva and it's a player?

[thisnameistaken]

[quote name='chrisd24' timestamp='1322318485' post='1449336']At what price is it worth a punt? Surely ten minutes work and a litre of pva and it's a player?[/quote]



Anywhere over £200 I reckon you would be taking a gamble - you'd be in the territory where if there's anything wrong with it beyond the obvious you'd lose money if you sold it. I wouldn't want to pay over £100 for it, personally. In top nick these type of basses won't fetch more than £6-700.

[chrisd24]

That's pretty much what I was thinking,although it's ended now so guessing someone made him an offer he couldn't refuse!