Jezyorkshire Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Bought this double bass early last year here on basschat and have had quite a bit of work done to it to bring it into great playing condition by Jan at Chapel Allerton Stringed Instruments in Leeds. March 2011 following work was done : shoot and finish fingerboard, shape and respace top nut, remove/refit and ease tuning machines,fit new soundpost,fit new Sure-Lock tailwire,fit new Aubert Deluxe adjustable bridge, reposition endpin, setup with Spiro weich strings, revive varnish, total invoice £350 I then played it for a bit to make sure i was happy before having more work done and in April 2011 the following work was done: fit Full Circle pickup, glue loose seam, cosmetic work to fill and colour edges and ebonise fingerboard (putting blackstuff on fingerboard to you and me) plus one of them ball end things on end of endpin. total invoice £145 Invoice for Full circle pickup £185 Also in April bought Westbury Plus padded Double Bass case (22mm padding) invoice £124 Altogether with original purchase price of doublebass of £400 plus price of Spiros comes to about £1300 also in sale is doublebass stand and Ed Friedland doublebass jazz upright bass dvd Selling for £1100 cash, its in great condition, sounds and looks like a proper doublebass , its laminate back and sides and solid wood top, only blemish is the fingerboard finish( not the fingerboard !) has started to wear in couple of places with quite a bit of use which is easily touched up if you want it to look blemish free . Also have Acoustic Image contra3 with mooradian gig bag which is between 3-4 years old, perfect working condition, bought it off basschat about a year ago and was told it was 2 and half years old, paid £675 for it, selling for £575 cash. havent taken any photos yet, but will very soon, if anyone wants to speak about items my home is 01977 780818, mob 07760444339 items are located in Pontefract , West Yorkshire, Jez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbassist Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 These are good deals and jez is a great guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJ Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 [quote name='geoffbassist' timestamp='1327485070' post='1511905'] These are good deals and jez is a great guy. [/quote] +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I thought golden strads were all laminate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walplayer Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 [quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1327489681' post='1512037'] I thought golden strads were all laminate? [/quote] +1 thought they were all Czech too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezyorkshire Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 Label inside on back says Golden Strad, imported by Boosey and Hawkes London , made in Hungary, definetly has a solid top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Interesting. If it's still around next month when the tax man's had my hand off I might give you a buzz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezyorkshire Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 avin a problem getting photos from camera onto laptop , cant find lead, may av to see if can borrow another camera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2wheeler Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) SMS sent. Thanks for the recommendation, Geoff and Tom. Edited January 28, 2012 by 2wheeler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulKing Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Golden Strads definitely solid top, Hungarian (Excelsior is Plywood Czech), very distinctive, and good full sound. Had one once, very light and small for a 3/4, but maybe mine was smaller size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezyorkshire Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 Sale pending, on hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezyorkshire Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Gone to a good home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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