Double bass with tonsils removed

[Richard Jinman]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115545940513?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=TDioHgGRTc2&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=3y9rdxSdSHG&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
 

Seller cheerfully remarks that the previous owner had “done some work” to the front. Nature of said work appears alarming judging by the photos. Still, it’s only £4k (starting price). 

Edited September 30, 2022 by Richard Jinman

[yorks5stringer]

I say this from total ignorance but it looks as if it might need a new set of strings too...?

[Richard Jinman]

26 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said:

I say this from total ignorance but it looks as if it might need a new set of strings too...?

No, I think you’re right

[alyctes]

[Happy Jack]

On 30/09/2022 at 19:48, yorks5stringer said:

I say this from total ignorance but it looks as if it might need a new set of strings too...?

 

I think it needs a whole new bass, frankly.

 

[tauzero]

Sold, for a mere £4124.

 

I occasionally watch bits of those programmes where people sell stuff in auctions, and when something goes for about 20 times the estimate, I wish that the presenters would chase down the buyers and ask them what they knew that made them pay so much. Has somebody realised that this is a rare instrument made in Cremona in the 18th century, or are they just deluded?

[Happy Jack]

8 hours ago, tauzero said:

Has somebody realised that this is a rare instrument made in Cremona in the 18th century, or are they just deluded?

 

"It's old, so it's good."

 

"No, it's new, so it's better."

 

"No! It's old, so it's good."

 

"No, it's new, so it's better."

 

REPEAT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ps: They're delusional. All of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Richard Jinman]

8 hours ago, tauzero said:

Sold, for a mere £4124.

 

I occasionally watch bits of those programmes where people sell stuff in auctions, and when something goes for about 20 times the estimate, I wish that the presenters would chase down the buyers and ask them what they knew that made them pay so much. Has somebody realised that this is a rare instrument made in Cremona in the 18th century, or are they just deluded?

Extraordinary….