Nightingale Bass - early GB rarity

[Born 2B Mild]

Is this a Basschatter's instrument [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130264294925&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting"]on eBay?[/url]

Anyone know owt about these?

[bass_ferret]

Cant argue with the sellers description but it might be worth a google to check what he says. Does have some features still used on GB basses so may be credible. Bernie had some snakewood a while back but it was all spoken for or it would have been on my fretless.

[doctor_of_the_bass]

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='314118' date='Oct 24 2008, 08:21 PM']Cant argue with the sellers description but it might be worth a google to check what he says. Does have some features still used on GB basses so may be credible. Bernie had some snakewood a while back but it was all spoken for or it would have been on my fretless.[/quote]

He (the seller) is correct in what he is saying. I've owned two Nightingales in the past; one very similar to this one on Ebay and an incredible 6 string bass. I'm not sure of the exact `ins and outs' of the relationship that Bernie had with Neil but they (Nightingale) were featured in a number of magazine reviews in the early '90s.

[Born 2B Mild]

Well, I hope the vendor gets a decent price. It's always an uphill struggle to realise a price that matches with the actual quality of the bass. For new(ish) luthiers, it must be a Catch-22 situation to become recognised, as commissions are not so easy to get from those who have half a mind on resale value. But the world of art is littered with those that persevered and didn't make it when in time. "Starry, Starry night..."