lowlandtrees Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 The Contrabass Shoppe appear to be helpful. He gave me good info on my Hawkes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickA Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 So ..? Was it the missing Amati or firewood .... or more likely something in between.😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 Eventually it went to Samuel Wells im Manchester to go on a commission sale. He is doing some research before valuing it. I shall report back when we hear more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouBass Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Wondering if its for sale yet, I'm after a bass that hasn't been worked on - its going to get taken to bits and turned into a lefty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 I am not sure what the current state of play is but http://www.doublebassrepair.co.uk/contact/ will know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 Sam Wells liked enough to buy it to keep as his own. The bass has left the building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickA Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 On 16/07/2019 at 21:43, LouBass said: Wondering if its for sale yet, I'm after a bass that hasn't been worked on - its going to get taken to bits and turned into a lefty No no don't do it! The complicated stuff is all in the fingering hand so you south paws have an advantage over the rest of us! And swapping the bass bar over, fitting a new bridge and reprofiling the fingerboard is an expensive way to de-value a valuable instrument! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouBass Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 I wish I had a time machine, My grey matter and fingers wont let me change after 35 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickA Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 On 21/07/2019 at 23:58, LouBass said: I wish I had a time machine, My grey matter and fingers wont let me change after 35 years you're right; I tried playing left handed as an experiment and it was worse that starting all over again. Apparently, if you have a symmetrical fingerboard you can get away with swapping the strings around without moving the bassbar and sound post ... sounds dodgy to me, but I suppose if you're playing through a pickup it doesn't make much odds. Anyway .. way off topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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