Annoying Twit Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 (edited) I don't know anything about double basses, and am not likely to buy one any time soon. But, I see double basses occasionally and am curious about them. As an example, is the following a good instrument, and worth the asking price? Or is it a wildly overpriced thing? [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Great-1950-Belini-Double-bass-set-up-for-Jazz-playing-/251875693209?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3aa4f61299"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3aa4f61299[/url] EDIT: This http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Double-bass-upright-bass-/161633107434?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item25a2157dea should give an idea of the market price of an unbranded double bass. If it were closer, not in Southampton, I would have put a silly low bid on it. Edited March 12, 2015 by Annoying Twit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 It's a European (likely Czech or German) plywood bass, mid 20th century. They tend to be sturdily built, decent working instruments, assuming this one doesn't have any issues that they haven't mentioned. I'd say that the price of this one is on the high side, especially as this one doesn't have an ebony fingerboard. I'd expect that you would pay a fair bit less than £1000 for a similar instrument on the basschat classifieds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 [quote name='Annoying Twit' timestamp='1426156183' post='2714950'] EDIT: This [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Double-bass-upright-bass-/161633107434?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item25a2157dea"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item25a2157dea[/url] should give an idea of the market price of an unbranded double bass. If it were closer, not in Southampton, I would have put a silly low bid on it. [/quote] I'd be a little concerned by the lump of wood sat under the bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 It looks in decent enough condition and as BOTB says, these Eastern European basses are solid workhorses (I use one as my regular gigging bass) - but £1200 could buy you this: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/256863-for-saletrade-gedo-34-semi-solid-db-tom-will-gigbag-gage-pickup/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/256863-for-saletrade-gedo-34-semi-solid-db-tom-will-gigbag-gage-pickup/[/url] That's a lot of bass, pickup and excellent strings for yer money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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