Adememoire

Lots of carbon fibre bows about now, but this is one of the better-reviewed ones: it comes complete with case. I've been using it for several years and it was salt and pepper rehaired by Lily Verguson just before I swapped over to a German bow (weird double-jointed thumb became too painful with the French bow hold, sadly). Will post within UK at cost. https://www.stringemporium.com/finale-bass-bows.htm

Built up photograph here, Chris (stand not included in the sale, it seemed to cost nearly as much as the bass...) and another showing some more cosmetic damage. Electrics survived the fall without damage, yes. Another interested party has asked about the possibility of having it sent: I do have the original Yamaha shipping box so it's at least theoretically possible. I had a quick look at what it might cost and if one adds the insurance to cover the value, it would probably be around £80-£100. It was shipped to me via DPD and they would do it uninsured for about £15, I guess the original shipment was covered by the shop's insurance.

Yamaha SLB300 Silent Bass bought new at the beginning of lockdown and played extensively since: you'll know what you are looking at! However, I was playing it with a (lovely) swing band in an overheated venue when I fainted, coming to a couple of minutes later with the bass on top me. It survived remarkably well, still fully functional though the fall took out a set of Evah Pirazzi Weich strings and bent a tuning machine, both now replaced so fitted with a set of new as originally supplied Helicore Hybrid Lights. However, the fingerboard did strike the edge of the stage on the way down and this has left some denting (see photograph) - fortunately, it lies midway between the fourth and fifth finger positions so it has no impact on tuning and negligible impact on playability and is barely visible on a stage. However, the bass is priced accordingly. Only selling because getting a replacement tuning machine from Yamaha took so long that I had to buy a second SLB300 to be able to keep playing... Any questions, just ask!

Still interested, Gary, yes, but everything has got a bit more challenging logistically since Saturday evening and plan A definitely isn't going to work out for the foreseeable future, sorry. I'll try and get a plan B in place, but as Burns-bass says, everything has gone a bit mad, so if he or anyone else can get to you first then that will be a great result too - in the meantime, I hope you have a safe and restorative time over Christmas - Adrian

Hi there - if you still have the bass, could I buy it please?!? I don't know quite when I'll be able to get down to Essex to collect it (I'm in Leeds) but if you don't need the space, I'm happy to pay some or all of the asking price now and we can arrange pickup or whatever in the new year/when things calm down a bit? Thanks, Adrian