Stompbox

Hey just traded my double bass with Steve for his WAV upright electric. Great bloke - good to meet you Steve & a pleasure to do business with. He's a top man - I'd recommend him. Geoff

Well hello TPJ, Thanks for the enquiry - I find the tension OK - not too tight & they feel good under the fingers. Much better than the steel/ tape wounds that were on it. They have a good "deep" feel to the tone - they do play OK with the bow, but I'm a pizz player myself...... All the best, Stompbox

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Hey - why not buy mine - then you have all the work already done on it - new adjustable bridge, new strings, pickup fitted, nut height already reduced to ease playing - and for less than the price of the bass you are looking at....... See in this section - Stentor 3/4 bass for sale £600.

Hi - good evening - of course, I'm biased - BUT..... You could always have a look at mine! It's a carved top bass with various improvements I've had done to it, a really good padded gig bag & bow - there's a sound clip on the ad as well. See "Stentor 3/4 Bass for Sale £600" in this part of the site!

[attachment=65708:rec1204_173012.mp3][attachment=65710:rec1204_173050.mp3] Well now - after trying several free downloads of software & a bit of experimentation, you can now hear the bass ( & my c**p playing!).

Oh - OK - I don't have any recordings at the mo. I'll see if I can find the mini disc recorder & charge its internal battery up - I've got a small mixing desk somewhere to hook up to the recorder. If I can find all the bits & leads I might have a go. I'll put it on my "list of things to do"................................. (that's nearly as good as having done it, but not quite).

I'll see what I can do in the way of recording the bass. Once I've done a recording & MP3'd it (I'll record onto a minidisc player & upload it onto my PC Music library) - what then???? How do I post it to this site - or do I have to email it as an attachment to whoever wants a copy??

Well thanks Phil, I feel the same when I see stuff for sale that I want - it always seems to be on the South Coast or up in Scotland. Cheers.

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[attachment=64550:Double_Bass_001.jpg][attachment=64551:Double_Bass_005.jpg][attachment=64552:Double _Bass_002.jpg][attachment=64559:Double_Bass_007.jpg][attachment=64557:Double_Bass_011.jpg] Well here’s my Stentor ¾ double bass for sale – it has a solid carved spruce top and laminated back & sides - the fingerboard is an "ebonised" stained/painted on finish – not ebony. I’ve agonised about selling this but I really don’t use it enough to warrant keeping it plus it’s a large item to have standing about in the house (and I’ll use the money to try an upright electric instead!) I got the bass about a year or so ago for about £600, and I had various jobs done to it & extras fitted, so I think it is a really nice playable instrument. I got the nut re-cut to reduce the height of it to make the bass easier to play in the first position and to improve the string spacing, and had a new adjustable bridge fitted. The next thing was to get the strings changed to a really good set – these are Innovation 90140 Ultra Black nylon flatwounds – they have a big, mellow sound. Last I got a piezo pickup – it’s a SixRounds “Double Barrel” one from the States & the two transducers fit into the bridge slots. The output socket is mounted in a rubber lined aluminium holder that grips on to the strings below the bridge. The work & the extras cost about another £250 (Bridge £35, Strings £75, Pickup £50, plus labour charges), so I reckon that £600 would be a fair price. It comes with a nice big padded Stentor gig bag, a decent bow, the original flatwound steel strings, rosin and I’ll throw in a clip on digital tuner. The bass is in good condition – there are a couple of small marks on the front which I have tried to show in the pictures and a little wear around the edges. I’m up here in sunny Morecambe, near Lancaster - cash on collection please, or I could deliver it within reason by arrangement. You’re welcome to come up & have a play on it.