rorysmith Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) Up for sale is my ply 3/4. It's been in my possession for about 3 years. I don't know all that much about it as there's no label inside although I have been told it was probably made in the 60s in either Germany or Eastern Europe. Unfortunately around 2 years ago when I took it to my local luthier I was told that the bass bar had come unglued and was coming away from the inside front of the bass. In the photos you can see the bass side f-hole is sagging at one side. This is affecting the sustain on that side, particularly the low E. The price obviously reflects this. It would definitely be worth taking to a luthier to get a quote as I believe there is many years left in the old girl yet, I just couldn't afford to be without an instrument for an extended period of time and have had to upgrade recently. You can also see where the neck was repaired at some point in the past in the photos. The pickup included is the Shadow SH950. Please get in touch if you have any questions or want to come round for a look. I'm in Bristol and this is collection only. Cheers [url="http://postimg.org/image/wyhmlew3b/"][/url] [url="http://postimg.org/image/oey8nnnqv/"][/url] [url="http://postimg.org/image/e8ytw5i47/"][/url] [url="http://postimg.org/image/ab6yt05x3/"][/url] [url="http://postimg.org/image/ruqcx7kzb/"][/url] [url="http://postimg.org/image/e7ow2qgaf/"][/url] Edited May 22, 2016 by rorysmith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeydee Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Hi rorysmith, I am in Bristol too and am thinking of entering the world of double bass. I was wondering if you could tell me who looked at the instrument before and whether there was any idea of cost of repair mentioned. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorysmith Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorysmith Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 I was playing this over the weekend and it still sounds great strung with spiros. Also amplified it has a very usable sound, viewings and offers welcomed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorysmith Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 Open to offers on this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1127 Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Hi have pm'd you about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris1127 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 ignore pm, bought another one now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorysmith Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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