Rabbie

This is such a wonderful bass. It will become a pedigree bass and an investment in time, but for now, a thoroughly excellent sounding, easy to transport bass. For anyone wishing to upgrade their student bass, this is way better than anything else in the price range, because of sound and construction, but also because it is made in England by a wonderful man (Paul) and will increase its value in years to come. Good luck with the sale! (I wish I had the money!)

Sold elsewhere

Down to £50

I’ve listed these elsewhere, though frankly I’d much rather sell them to a lovely basschatter and lower the price to a nice offer, rather than paying fees on the other site. Thanks for reading.

Open to offers on these guys.

Reduced to £50. I am (marginally) better with German, so this carbon fibre French bow is up for grabs. I cannot remember a thing about it sadly, apart that it is carbon fibre and probably a student level (I.e. decent, but definitely not a sublime stick). Only used at home and very little at that, it has a couple of light scratches on the stick as per photo. I have a tube to post it and postage is free in the U.K.

Pm’d

Brilliant tool this! Tried and tested in many environments on double bass and it’s a dream.

Gold Spring Vintage G and D are now sold. The brand new pure gut G and D are still available.

Added the Gold Spring Vintage to the listing.

Both sets still available at the moment

Of course. I shall message you.

I have only only the fantastic Aquila pure guts D and G left. The Gold Spring D and G are now sold. * pure gut D and G (brand new in packet). I got these and never put them on my bass, and I’m realising now that probably I don’t need them. They cost € 170 + Vat = € 204 (the postage and import tax would cost you loads on top of that!), so you would be probably looking at 200GBP once you import them. I think £180 posted is a good price (U.K. postage I mean). here is the Aquila page https://aquilacorde.com/en/shop/modern-instrument-string-sets/double-bass-en/double-bass-g-d-set/double-bass-natural-gut-g-d-set/ * Aquila Golden Springs Vintage D and G SOLD! (gut wrapped in nylon, exact reproductions of the Golden Spirals of Scott LaFaro and Charlie Haden. The D has 3 months of use and the G is 4 months use on one bass. They go for €220 + Vat + shipping as above. I think £150 posted would be good). Happy to entertain offers! Thank you for looking and reading.

Great piece of gear: it’s serving me excellently well in every type of venue. Plus great seller!

Still available. In the unlikely scenario that anyone needs my opinion: Great low tension alternative to Spirocore. I liked that they have none of the harshness and yet they are still in that sonic ballpark. So they are very present in the mix without being a bit too much. If I were to ever go back to steels, I might well get another set of these. They are very easy on the hands, which is such a great advantage when using steels. I found them easy to bow, although I hardly ever bow, and Pirastro considers them pizz strings. Any question please ask.

Sold

Reserved pending

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Full set of Pirastro Perpetuals G and D were on my bass for 5 minutes (only to compare them with my guts). A and E were on my bass for 3 months, but did zero touring and only one recording session in that time, so they are in great condition. The best U.K. price for these strings at the moment is a heavily discounted £202 (Retail price is £278). so how about £150 posted?

G and D bought brand new on this forum and on my bass for literally 5 minutes (because sometimes I like to remind myself of how strings sound, see next post about Perpetuals). Best price new in the U.K. currently is £53 for the G and £56 for the D, so how about £80 posted for both?

Actually, I haven’t quite found anything that sounds as good as these, so I’ve had a change of heart and I’m taking these off marketplace just now. I shall list other strings I’m not using instead.

Photos added and post updated with strings still available. Aquila nylon-wrapped D&G £130 (would be over £200 new plus postage from Italy, tax etc…) New Old Stock Pirastro £50 (difficult to price this, but a pure gut D would be at the very least around £120 if at all decent).

The unbranded nylon wrapped G and one of the pure gut D strings are now sold. The Aquila D and G Gold Springs Vintage and one of the Pirastro Gut D strings are STILL AVAILABLE.

Hi guys, post updated with the gut string still available, having sold a couple yesterday. I’m selling some very interesting gut strings. - First up my Aquila Gold Springs vintage G and D. These are wonderful exact reproductions of the Golden Spirals used by Charlie Haden, Scott Lafaro etc…hence but strings wrapped in nylon. I have had them only on one bass, played for 6 months, in which I have only used the bass for recording sessions and home practice, so no sweat damage at all and excellent condition. Here is the web link https://aquilacorde.com/negozio/corde-musica-moderna/contrabbasso-corde-musica-moderna/g-d-set/contrabbasso-gold-springs-vintage-set-g-d/ £130 for both D and G - Finally, I have 1 x NEW OLD STOCK Pirastro pure gut D string “Gold Etikett”. I don’t know when it came out of the factory, but as you can see from the photos they don’t make this model any longer. It is a wonderful new pure gut string, never been on a bass, it feels varnished so it is in perfect new condition with no fraying whatsoever . £50

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