ATTN: Chatham

[PaulThePlug]

Know nothing about DB other than they are expensive and string prices are unearthly... This? Project @ £350

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[JoeEvans]

I think it's plywood, looking at the grain pattern on the back, and the neck is painted black over some paler wood so not ebony. I think £350 is a fair price considering that someone appears to have worked it over with a rubber mallet then left it in the garden for a few weeks.

[Paddy Morris]

It looks to have a set of natural gut strings on it (£100 right there, if they're in decent condition) and the wear pattern in the fingerboard suggests some pretty full-on psychobilly hammering.  That finish looks like it had a lacquered coating applied that has been removed.

 

I think you should arrange to meet up and play it first, but it might sound amazing, who knows?

[Burns-bass]

In most cases, a cheap double bass means an expensive trip to a luthier (f you can find one). Personally, I'd recommend buying one on here that's been cared for and set up properly.