Guest subaudio Posted September 4, 2008 Posted September 4, 2008 (edited) Hi All I am in need of a hard case for a month for my double bass but dont have £1000 + lying around to buy one, does anyone know how much rental would be and where these places are? Also I'm looking for a 4X10 and head for double bass, 5oo watts +, any sugestions on what to use? budget around a grand pending sale/trade of my NS Edited September 4, 2008 by subaudio Quote
daflewis Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 (edited) Hi Subaudio, Hope all's good with you - it's been a while, and it's good to see you getting on so well with the double bass! I have a couple of options which may be of help if you're interested.... It depends what you're after, but I have 2 cases believe it or not! One is a full flight case made by Alan Stevenson www.stevensoncases.co.uk Which I hire out for £50 per week (you must pick-up and return it, and it must be insured against loss or damage for £1500 whilst you're using it) The other is a very light case with a hard polystyrene shell and canvas covering which you can have for £10 a week. (this would be ok for say a van or truck where you're loadind/unloading it yourself but offers nowhere near as much protection as the stevenson (of course!) The other option is here: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-4-DOUBLE-BASS-HARD-CASE_W0QQitemZ200253136747QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200253136747&_trkparms=72%3A984|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-4-DOUBLE-BASS-HARD...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] This looks the same as the lighter case that i have and is currently 99p!! (8 days to go) Hope that's of some use, Cheers, Daf Edited September 10, 2008 by daflewis Quote
jakenewmanbass Posted September 10, 2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Thats very reasonable Daf. I would be surprised if you found a better deal than that. Jake Quote
Guest subaudio Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 [quote name='daflewis' post='281128' date='Sep 10 2008, 02:51 PM']Hi Subaudio, Hope all's good with you - it's been a while, and it's good to see you getting on so well with the double bass! I have a couple of options which may be of help if you're interested.... It depends what you're after, but I have 2 cases believe it or not! One is a full flight case made by Alan Stevenson www.stevensoncases.co.uk Which I hire out for £50 per week (you must pick-up and return it, and it must be insured against loss or damage for £1500 whilst you're using it) The other is a very light case with a hard polystyrene shell and canvas covering which you can have for £10 a week. (this would be ok for say a van or truck where you're loadind/unloading it yourself but offers nowhere near as much protection as the stevenson (of course!) The other option is here: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-4-DOUBLE-BASS-HARD-CASE_W0QQitemZ200253136747QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200253136747&_trkparms=72%3A984|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-4-DOUBLE-BASS-HARD...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] This looks the same as the lighter case that i have and is currently 99p!! (8 days to go) Hope that's of some use, Cheers, Daf[/quote] Hi Daf Nice to hear from you, thanks for this, I'm playing double bass exclusivley at the momment, I need to really, so much to learn I think I will take you up on the shell case, I will need it for three weeks in November if it's free. Cheers Marti Quote
daflewis Posted September 12, 2008 Posted September 12, 2008 [quote name='subaudio' post='282627' date='Sep 12 2008, 01:39 PM']Hi Daf Nice to hear from you, thanks for this, I'm playing double bass exclusivley at the momment, I need to really, so much to learn I think I will take you up on the shell case, I will need it for three weeks in November if it's free. Cheers Marti[/quote] Hi Marti, Yes, that's fine. What date will you need it from? (by shell, I assume you mean the stevenson?) I'll PM you my phone number. Jake, thanks for that, by the way! Cheers, Daf Quote
jimtavare Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 Hello I'm Jim Tavaré. I wanted to know if you can rent me your hard polystyrene, canvas covered bass case. I would need it 7th -14th April 2009. Hope you can help. What is your location? You can email me direct at [email protected] Thanks [quote name='daflewis' post='281128' date='Sep 10 2008, 02:51 PM']Hi Subaudio, Hope all's good with you - it's been a while, and it's good to see you getting on so well with the double bass! I have a couple of options which may be of help if you're interested.... It depends what you're after, but I have 2 cases believe it or not! One is a full flight case made by Alan Stevenson www.stevensoncases.co.uk Which I hire out for £50 per week (you must pick-up and return it, and it must be insured against loss or damage for £1500 whilst you're using it) The other is a very light case with a hard polystyrene shell and canvas covering which you can have for £10 a week. (this would be ok for say a van or truck where you're loadind/unloading it yourself but offers nowhere near as much protection as the stevenson (of course!) The other option is here: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-4-DOUBLE-BASS-HARD-CASE_W0QQitemZ200253136747QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200253136747&_trkparms=72%3A984|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-4-DOUBLE-BASS-HARD...id=p3286.c0.m14[/url] This looks the same as the lighter case that i have and is currently 99p!! (8 days to go) Hope that's of some use, Cheers, Daf[/quote] [indent][/indent] Quote
jimtavare Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 Hi, any chance you could let me know if you still have your polystyrene bass case for rent. I need it for a weel in April. Thanks, Jim Tavaré Quote
velvetkevorkian Posted January 23, 2009 Posted January 23, 2009 Jim, have you tried sending Daflewis a personal message? click on his username then click "send message", he might not be checking this thread. Quote
daflewis Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Hi Jim, Sorry, as Velvetkevorkian said, I haven't checked this thread for a week or so. PMs (private masseges) are the best bet for this sort of thing as you know that someone is trying to contact you. I'll e-mail you.... Quote
Mat Heighway Posted April 24, 2011 Posted April 24, 2011 Hi all. Obviously this post is pretty old now, but for future reference, I now have three Stevenson flight cases available for hire at £50 per week (each). You can find out more and contact me through my [url="http://www.meticulous.org.uk/marketplace/flightcasehire.html"]website[/url] if you need. Quote
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