bass_dude Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Hi, Being brand new to the world of double basses, I am looking for a good quality, entry level/student bass which would be suitable for gigging (playing jazz) once I get up to speed. Preferably as low cost as possible without it sounding/looking/feeling like a cheap bass. I'd be interested to hear from anyone in Glasgow or surrounding areas who is selling a double bass which might be suitable... Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboom Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 [quote name='bass_dude' post='1344417' date='Aug 18 2011, 02:29 PM']Hi, Being brand new to the world of double basses, I am looking for a good quality, entry level/student bass which would be suitable for gigging (playing jazz) once I get up to speed. Preferably as low cost as possible without it sounding/looking/feeling like a cheap bass. I'd be interested to hear from anyone in Glasgow or surrounding areas who is selling a double bass which might be suitable... Thanks[/quote] Just a thought - Try Mev Taylors in Edinburgh, they do a hire-maybe-buy-it-later scheme. £150 for 4months, 15% discount on the remaining balance if you choose to buy. Typically a stentor 1950, which you can try on the Glasgow violin shop cos they've got one in stock ATM. Or you could pop round and see mine, charing cross/kelvingrove, although I've since upgraded the strings. Cheers Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboom Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Ps mine's not for sale though :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dude Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 Thanks for that - will take a look at Mev Taylors... Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cureswhatailsye Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I've got one on hire from Thwaites in Watford - it's £30 a month and is pretty good...I thought it was a bit too expensive an instrument to buy one straight away before I could play. Good luck with your hunt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dude Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Yeah I'm kind of thinking that if I can't get a second hand one then hiring one might be the way to go initially. It seems to be hard to find anyone with basses available to hire here in Scotland though. Mev Taylor's have theirs out for the Edinburgh festival. Will try Thwaites as they appear to do nationwide rental. Thanks! Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baboom Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 [quote name='bass_dude' post='1345161' date='Aug 19 2011, 10:07 AM']Mev Taylor's have theirs out for the Edinburgh festival.[/quote] Bummer. There was a guy here who offered private hire arrangements and am about to ping you his email address in case he can help. Never used him in the end because I found the Mev Taylor deal before we got a conversation going but it seemed like it was quite a decent bass from the recommendation I got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_dude Posted August 26, 2011 Author Share Posted August 26, 2011 [quote name='baboom' post='1352375' date='Aug 26 2011, 01:27 PM']Bummer. There was a guy here who offered private hire arrangements and am about to ping you his email address in case he can help. Never used him in the end because I found the Mev Taylor deal before we got a conversation going but it seemed like it was quite a decent bass from the recommendation I got.[/quote] Thanks for forwarding the email address Tim...an email has been sent. At this rate Mev Taylor will have their bases back from the Edinburgh festival soon so I can maybe still check them out. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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