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Unbelievable quality double bass mic. The best out there now. Practically new: used twice in studio. This is the red version, for studio use and live use, but not in a noisy band. i start this at a very low price, so there is not much room for manoeuvre here. RRP 748 euros!

PS - I have a red version available too: the 5400 (non LB which means live bass). Both are equally minty and spare, but I realise I don’t need them, so both up for sale. I may do a separate listing for the red version as soon as I can.

Price down to £400 because it’s Easter

Thank you very much; make me an offer if you feel like it. It’s a great piece of kit, as you know.

I got GAS for something I’ve seen... would be a good time to make me an offer I’d say. Have a lovely day anyway.

Part exchange for nice guitar effects.

Great mic for studio or live at a very interesting price. 2 Hours Use, practically as new.

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£400 or near offer This REMIC 5400lb (lb stands for Live bass) is quite simply the best microphone available for live applications. As such, it costs €748! (Including VAT). i have used mine on a bunch of theatre or small clubs gigs. Very civilised gigs so it’s reallynloke new. It has performed wonderfully well in them all. currently I’m blending the normal Remic microphone 5400 and a pickup so this one is sitting unused. Feedback suppression is really really good with this. I have done a gig with a loud acoustic band in a club with zero problems and a great tone. According to REMIC, the 5400lb is even suited to extreme live applications, but I’ve never tried that. requires +48v phantom

You have a friend who is a luthier?? Can he please be my friend too? I’m really nice!

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PS - I looked back at the emails from the guy I bought them from and it seems the set was one year old, but only used for a couple of weeks on his bass. So, if that is true, these strings are 1year and 3 months old and they had around 4 months of use in that time.

I bought this set used and I don’t have the E string because it arrived already unwound! I used the G-D-A strings on my “pub-gig” bass with a Spiro E and they did well for 3 months. I have changed them now because the bass stays at the gig to be used both my me and other bass players so I reverted it to a set of Spiros and a lower action. As you know, all Velvet strings are quite expensive (I think €260 for a new set). They do have their characteristic sound I guess, but they are also undeniably more fragile than every other double bass strings on the market. These 3 strings, for the little use they had, already show signs of weakening windings: the G is totally fine, the D and the A have weakened windings at the pegbox. Now, this may well be totally normal with Velvet, but it does not happen with Spiros, so I have no idea how long they will last for, to be honest. So I put them on sale at a ridiculous £50 for all 3 strings. I think this will suit the Velvet Garbo user who wants some spares in the gig bag, or the curious string enthusiast who wants to give them a try without breaking the bank. Postage is included.

Hi, if you want a new D gut string in the unexplainable colour red, a true piece of American bass string history from nineteen-oatcakes...this is it... never fitted, never played, unvarnished real gut. A special and specialist string for sure.

In fact, I’ll close this thread and open one just for the Artone red, which is easier.

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These are the Gerold Genssler Sonores boutique strings from I think 2016 (?). As you may know, a set of Gensslers is around €600, but that is for the wrapped gut version, whilst these are the synthetic wrapped. I bought them on this forum, apparently they were only on the original owner’s bass for a week and then changed because the owner had a C extension added to his bass. I have had them on my bass for a week (5 days of which I was actually abroad!!), so they are still brand new. I bought them for £180. Sound wise they have their own vibe: more responsive than gut and less sustaining than steel, with lower tension and the ability to make the bass sing with its own voice. Personally, after switching back from guts to steel, I wanted to try such a renowned string at a much lower price (I think even these were around €350 from the manufacturer). They sound amazing but for someone who never bows, I may as well stick to Spiro, which are easy to replace. There is no damage to the strings apart from slight fraying around the top silks (see Photos). any question please ask.

All sold apart from the Artone red gut: nobody fancying a little piece of history? Make me an offer...

Yes you can, pm me and it’s done. Thank you very much

Gamut’s, Dlugolecki and Oliv are now SOLD PENDING PAYMENT. The brand new Chordas and the Artone red are still available, as are the Spiros

Ok, I finally succumbed to my ethical dilemma in using gut strings and I am putting my collection for sale. so here goes Damian Dlugolecki G varnished - 4 months use - £50 (it’s the pure gut without the packet in the photos below) SOLD Gamut Lyon G - brand new - £80 SOLD Pirastro Chorda G - brand new - £70 SOLD Pirastro Oliv D - 4 months use - £50 (it’s the steel wrapped gut without packet in the photos below) SOLD Gamut Pistoy D - apparently days of use only (but never on my bass) - £60 SOLD Pirastro Chorda D - brand new - £80 SOLD Artone Red Gut D - this one is new-old-stock - unused but very old and a rarity indeed - a pure gut treated to be red (don’t ask me why) - £50