Beer of the Bass Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Yes, I find those perplexing. If they can turn out serviceable carved basses from small workshops in Europe at that price, surely there must be a better business model than applying fake antiquing and selling them unseen on eBay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 This one looks promising at first, but then there's the soundpost crack (a costly top-off repair), the epoxy in the seams (making repairs more difficult and costly) and the fingerboard shim that you'd really want to inspect in person. Whoever bid £1080 is braver than I am... [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antique-Double-Bass-/201062117034?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=true&si=m8BC2WIi1c%252FoY9WpklZzLKOW7Eg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antique-Double-Bass-/201062117034?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=true&si=m8BC2WIi1c%252FoY9WpklZzLKOW7Eg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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