German flat back DB circa 1900 - SOLD

[Grambo]

Reluctantly for sale due to shortage of space (and gigs!) My lovely old 3/4 bass
Believed to have been made in Germany around the turn of the century, she has a silky action (set up for jazz) and a great sound.
Last valued at £3.5 to £4k I'm open to offers.....
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Can be viewed near Yeovil, Somerset.

Edited October 17, 2011 by Grambo

[Grambo]

[quote name='Grambo' post='570664' date='Aug 16 2009, 02:33 PM']Reluctantly for sale due to shortage of space (and gigs!) My lovely old 3/4 bass
Believed to have been made in Germany around the turn of the century, she has a silky action (set up for jazz) and a great sound.
Last valued at £3.5 to £4k I'm open to offers.....
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Can be viewed near Yeovil, Somerset.[/quote]
[size=2]By the way - I should have mentioned that I'm not expecting any offers to be more than the valuation![/size]

This is a really nice instrument - don't miss out, basses of this quality are getting difficult to find....

[Grambo]

What is happening here?
Someone will just adore this bass - just like I have for the last 20 odd years.
All you have to do is offer me £3K (Oh, and pass the interview - I won't sell her to just anybody :snob:)

[Sibob]

Hey mate, is £3000 your price?
Just because marketplace adverts require a set price to be listed.

Cheers
Si

[Grambo]

[quote name='Sibob' post='736980' date='Feb 6 2010, 10:23 AM']Hey mate, is £3000 your price?
Just because marketplace adverts require a set price to be listed.

Cheers
Si[/quote]
Errr - Yes

I thought that was fairly obvious - but it obviously wasn't!

Sorry.

[geoffbassist]

Bump for a nice looking bass

[Grambo]

[quote name='geoffbassist' post='744627' date='Feb 14 2010, 10:54 AM']Bump for a nice looking bass[/quote]

Why, thank you kind sir

[Grambo]

[quote name='Grambo' post='744665' date='Feb 14 2010, 12:55 PM']Why, thank you kind sir [/quote]
BUMP! - as it's nearly 2011....

[Grambo]

Still available,
and open to a trade....may accept P/X with high-end bass guitar

[Grambo]

OK, Massive reduction in price!
Electric gigs gone silly, and must re-equip in a hurry so I'll take £2000.00 for a limited period (i.e. until I can raise money from another source!)
This has got to be a bargain!!

[thisnameistaken]

Oh bum bags I totally don't have two grand sitting around. :/

That is a pretty bass.

[Grambo]

It IS a pretty bass - and she plays beautifully!

BTW, Thanks to whoever moved this to the correct section!

[fretless]

condition looking good from photos but please confirm any past repairs ?

thanks

fretless

[Grambo]

[quote name='fretless' timestamp='1318262474' post='1399847']
condition looking good from photos but please confirm any past repairs ?

thanks

fretless
[/quote]
Hi Fretless

She's had a number of past repairs - can't tell you how many, she's considerably older than me!
What I can say is that the repairs made have all been to a high standard. It seems mostly that there has been attention to areas where the wood has dried/cracked,
these areas appear to have been secured using stiches or parchment, and animal glue - so are likely to be very old, and obviously sound. My bowmaker fitted a new ebony fingerboard and gave her the "once-over" some years ago, at which time he approved the repairs and found no problems.

Edited October 11, 2011 by Grambo

[Grambo]

....Going on EBay soon....

[supabock]

Hi All,
i have played this bass albeit sometime ago now but within a year i guess, and it is a great player. Yes its had some repairs over the years but lest face it what bass hasn't for that age. I would recommend interested parties to actually try it out as i think you will be surprised.