anyone tell me what the value of this is likely to be?

[chrisd24]

I have been watching this on ebay and its local which is making me want to have a punt,i am clueless with double basses though and dont really want to go grab a lemon just because its just down the road!

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[jakenewmanbass]

It's a difficult one to tell, at the current bid (£200) any working bass is a bargain. If it's czech it could be a nice sounding bass. It looks quite well set up but it's hard to see whether it's laminate and whether it has an ebony board. ask those questions, and if you can get a chance to have a play. If it's carved/solid (unlikely) got an ebony board then anything under £1000 could be a nice buy.

Edited January 10, 2012 by jakenewmanbass

[bassace]

It looks quite interesting with those hat-peg tuners. Could have quite a bit of history. As Jake says, anything up to £1000 would be OK.

[geoffbassist]

I agree with bassace and jake. Shame the pictures are not better, but I think it looks like its worth considering.

[JakeBrownBass]

It may be just the pictures but it looks as if the bridge needs resetting, seems to have moved.

[BassBus]

Is that a crack behind the nut?

[sarah thomas]

When I bought my double bass, I sent the pictures to Pete Tyler to ask his opinion. He was really kind and helpful, so you might like to try him. I bought a copy of his book as a thankyou - and it's well worth it too. I changed the strings yesterday for the first time which I suspect saved me the cost of the book.