Fully carved Double Bass (Poller) £1100 Cardiff

[Bloopdad1]

Michael Poller fully carved double bass. Made around 1992.
Slightly bigger than a 3/4 size bass but still with the standard and easy 41“ string length. Gamba style. 
Neck solid with no repairs or cracks, back button perfect with no cracks. 
Flat back - no splits or repairs, fine straight grained spruce front (very even tone). 
Solid geared tuners, no slippage.
Adjustable bridge and for the full price I'll leave £220 worth of Evah Pirazzi Pirastro strings on it.
Sturdy end pin, solid saddle and good quality nut. Fingerboard straight. Great overstand for no issues when playing arco. 
Very loud pizz, great for jazz etc. It's lived most of it's life in theatre pits and on Elvis tours! 
Takes amplification well and has great stage presence. 

Dimensions -
String stop - 41" (standard 3/4)
LOB - 42.5"
Bottom bout - 26"
Top bout - 20.5"
Inside to C bouts - 14"
Rib depth - 8"
Overstand - 1.5"
Standard D neck.

The bad bits - if you intend to play solo Bottesini or Mahler 2 or 6 (or some beefy Bruchner) I'd reccomend getting a better bridge and fingerboard! The bottom bouts have had a glued repair, the end pin has some light rust when fully extended.

Decent honest professional gigging bass.
£1100 (including the £220 strings).

Collection only (too nice to risk a courier).
Based in S Wales 

[TorturedSaints]

Lovely bass (don’t think I’m in the market and probably too far away though).

 

Sorry for the incidental newbie question Bloop, but what’s so special about Mahler 2/6/Bruckner that would need a new bridge and fingerboard? If you were playing those, wouldn’t you be well into the “professional” 5 string/C extension bass territory anyway?  

[Bloopdad1]

6 hours ago, TorturedSaints said:

Lovely bass (don’t think I’m in the market and probably too far away though).

 

Sorry for the incidental newbie question Bloop, but what’s so special about Mahler 2/6/Bruckner that would need a new bridge and fingerboard? If you were playing those, wouldn’t you be well into the “professional” 5 string/C extension bass territory anyway?  

Ha! 

Don't get me wrong, you can play those works on any bass but I regard those as "the gold standard" synphonies (plus Walton 1, Brahms 2 and Prokofiev 2nd fiddle Concerto) and need respect.

Yes, the Poller would do a great job, but for a SUPERB job it would need to be the best it could - hence the new bridge and fingerboard comment. 

A fellow player had his Fent bass in for crack repairs and was using his backup - this then got dropped so he actually finished the season on a borrowed cheapo Chinese laminate - it did surprisingly well. 

 

So yes, the Poller is good to go for 90% of bass work out there but for the last 10% I'd be sticking on a new bridge and have a look at the board - then I'd stick the price up as well! 😂 

[TorturedSaints]

Thanks Bloop. As I’m nowhere near the standard of playing those symphonies, I’ll stick with my Andreas Zeller. As your story suggests, it’s the player, not the bass! Thanks for the information 😀 and it is a pity I’m not closer. Good luck with your sale. 

[3below]

Great bass, what is the current fingerboard wood? 

[Bloopdad1]

Don't know exactly, if indeed it is ebony it's not pure black. 

Although it is hard (unlike the painted boards you find on new Chinese basses) 

[Bass Wielder]

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