steviedee

If you fancy the prog and beer of course

[quote]Stevie, you could try Paul Hyland in Anniesland College on the Great Western Road - he's the main tutor there in the violin/guitar making course. If he won't do it himself I'm sure he'll recommend some one else who will. He might even have a student willing to tackle it as a repair project which would save you a lot of money if you have the patience...[/quote] Cheers that's a really great idea my neighbor works at Anniesland I'll try them. The guys I saw wouldn't give me a price but thought it would be expensive, I've spoke to another bloke though and he seemed pretty reasonable and has a good rep. [quote]What market in Glasgow did you get that great deal from?? Please dont say the barra's, cos im down that side of the toon all the time!![/quote] It was the Barras sorry mate!

Off to see a Luthier today keep you posted.

[quote]You planning on getting into the wonderful world of double bass?[/quote] Yeah I've been looking at forums emailing people and pricing various basses so it was total luck that I stumbled on these guys.

Cheers mate that's what I was hoping to hear!

Hi folks here are the pics of the cracks so any advice or idea of costs would be much appreciated. Selmer pretty nasty looking crack The B+H doesn't look as bad but reckon it might be in more serious position Any help would be appreciated!

I'll take some pics when I nip home at lunch I reckon the 3/4 might be more worrying than the smaller one even though it has one almighty crack it's nowhere near the soundposts. But I reckon the 3/4 has cracks in more critical places

I got the lot for £75, the cracks in the two DBs will cost I think but I reckon they'll be worth it

Just bought two double basses and a cello for next to nothing at a local market the guy wanted rid of them Selmer 1/2: Czech made everything intact but has a crack in the body. Boosey And Hawkes 3/4 : has a foreign sticker in it violin bloke I know, reckons it's Czech, cracked as well and needs everything tuning pegs etc Musima Cello: East German in great nick beginners instrument needs all the bits. Anybody got an idea how much it would cost to fix a crack in the body of a bass, in all honestly they were so cheap it would have to be really pricey for it not to be worthwhile.. The Selmer is really lovely actually looks hand made. What a day! Thats my bass back from the luthier I have to say the guy was brilliant and he has done a fantastic job here is a pic Over the moon!

Yeah Allan Campbell lovely bloke not saw him for centuries.

My mate from school was in the UK Subs if there is a big tall Scottish bloke playing guitar called Allan say hello from Stevie! Cheers mate.

A six hour with the prog band cos the songs are long and the, everyone keeps forgetting their bits, age I reckon. Three hours with my new funny instrument, folk outfit with two hours trying to tune the guitarron

Just heard the bass is an Antoni which has negative and positive reviews. I've seen the bass brand new for a similar price online as this one and it is second hand, looks new tho. I reckon the shop would have given it a good setup worth a go? Sorry dlloyd if I've hijacked your thread mate.

Hi guys been watching this thread closely as I'm thinking of taken the plunge into the world of double basses anyhoo tried my first one today and I was really sh*te however it was great to try one.... I reckon it'll take a lot of practice. The bass in question was Chinese, which I've heard the odd bad thing about chinese basses but it seemed great to me admittedly I know nothing and it was a good price second hand, and the shop in question has a very good reputation so I don't think they would sell me a pup. Obviously its not gonna be the best bass in the world for under 500 but they will have professionally set the bass up. Are there any good no name chinese basses out there?

Yeah it was brand spanking. One of these. [url="http://www.trace-elliot.co.uk/product.php?flag=GB&lan=UK&lvl=5&key=222"]http://www.trace-elliot.co.uk/product.php?...l=5&key=222[/url]

Just had a rehearsal and I borrowed a mates Trace Elliot 1215 500w Combo, brand new never used, he has an endorsement so it has been sitting in his lockup for a year or something . I had trace stuff back in the day but its funny how you kinda associate gear with an era Trace is a bit eighties to me a bit uncool. Anyhoo the upshot being I gave it a blast and it was [b]awesome[/b] just absolutely fantastic, really punchy. I didn't take my effects with me and the bass just sounded amazing, I loved it. Dunno if anyone has one of these bad boys but if you do yer a lucky person.

I'm much better than I was at keeping things in proper nick. My 4 string is beat up, I've had it since the late 80's but it sounds and plays so good I'll just never sell it so it's probably irrelevant value wise.

waaahay!

Man I'm jealous!

I think I've found someone selling them. Definitely gonna buy one, keep you guys posted!

Yeah he did (fairground attraction guy). Cheers for the info FG I saw Lucida Guitarrons quite cheap but I'll mail the lone star guys\1 And Aargh who is Hobgoblin?? Any info appreciated! cheers S

I saw those guys man looks great I think, guy has probably been playing all his life tho

That's the very chap.... I like the look of it could be a waste of cash tho You get them much cheaper by the way, just don't know if you could get one in the uk tho.

Anyone ever tried one of these mexican bad boys? I have a notion to buy one to play and this acoustic band that may be starting, be good for a laugh and no-one will know if your sh*te (I hope)!