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Hi, I'm looking to get myself a double bass and am struggling to find one for my very limited budget - under £500, ideally £400. Most second hand ones I find advertised seem to be in the region of 800 to 1500 pounds and extensive searching of gumtree and ebay hasn't yet come up trumps. From reading threads on here it seems the budget online ones (Thomann, Gear4Music etc) around the £400 mark rather divide peoples opinions, but may be my best option for the budget, particularly with an upgraded set of strings? I'm hopefully heading to London on Saturday so are there any shops which may have something around that price mark that I could have a look at? MJ Healey's website says their stock starts from about £1200. Also given that I don't have more than £500 to spend, what do people think of the [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_kontrabass_111.htm"]cheapest thomann one[/url]? NeonMig's post [topic="29794"]here[/topic] suggest it might be a decent buy to learn on. Any opinions gratefully received! Thanks James

Cheers, I'll have a look

Hi, I'm looking for a small portable combo, loud enough to rehearse with a drummer but small enough to carry around very easily (I don't have a car). The line6 studio 110 seems to fit the bill at 10kg, but has anyone used it against a drummer? Are there any alternatives at a similar size / weight / price (i.e. less than £170, preferably much less), ideally with headphone/cd input/maybe DI? Also can anyone reccommend me anywhere in Bristol (preferably central) to try and buy amps? Thanks in advance