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Gear4music Double Bass....Warning.


thebigyin
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Hi Basschatters back in July last year i purchased a Gear4music 3/4 Double Bass Carved Spruce top and Maple back and sides, i've played Electric Bass for many years on and off but always wanted a Double Bass i bought the mentioned Bass for £600 yes a budget bass but it came very poorly set up and more or less impossible to play i have since managed to get rid of it at a loss of £400
Anyone looking to purchase a Double Bass from Gear4music be warned of my mistake the bow it came with doesn't work, the stock strings sound bloody awful it was basically a pile of crap and an absolute waste of hard earned cash but been on cleaners wages was all i could afford it put me off Double Bass for life which is a shame as i had always wanted one and i will never know now if it's something i could of mastered?? So be warned don't buy a Double Bass from Gear4music cheers Bob

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We do our best in the double bass section to warn against them, basically they are only good as ornamental objects! Some people have spent another £600 getting them playable, £1200 will buy a decent Gedo or European built Thomann bass including branded strings.

It's a shame it's put you off the upright challenge.

Edited by stingrayPete1977
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[quote name='stingrayPete1977' timestamp='1484139841' post='3212949']
We do our best in the double bass section to warn against them, basically they are only good as ornamental objects! Some people have spent another £600 getting them playable, £1200 will buy a decent Gedo or European built Thomann bass including branded strings.

It's a shame it's put you off the upright challenge.

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Hi Pete yes indeed i know £600 isn't much to some folk but it was the most expensive Bass i have ever bought but you learn by your mistakes and the couple who bought it from me....came down to see the Bass first and got it for £225 so i lost almost £400 cheers

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[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1484144350' post='3213007']
Thanks for the warning but surely if it was unplayable, you could have returned it to G4M for a refund?
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That can be a difficult thing to judge when you're new to the double bass though. Everyone goes into it expecting it to be a bit more demanding than electric bass, but it can take a while to be sufficiently familiar with the instrument to know what a reasonable setup looks like.

Edited by Beer of the Bass
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[quote name='thebigyin' timestamp='1484141910' post='3212968']


Hi Pete yes indeed i know £600 isn't much to some folk but it was the most expensive Bass i have ever bought but you learn by your mistakes and the couple who bought it from me....came down to see the Bass first and got it for £225 so i lost almost £400 cheers
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It seams you need to spend just a little bit more (the far east Gedos might be ok for similar money to the G4M but I don't think anyone here has bought one to know?) or wait for a good used one to come up, usually just after you buy a new budget one like the stetnor in the fs section now!

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My personal opinion you buy something you would at least expect something playable and the mess about trying to return something within a set time ect
At least when i sold it on the people came to my house and they see what they was getting and the bloke reckoned he could sort it out plus they got nearly £400 off to what i payed they had the chance to take it or leave it

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