binky_bass Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Firewood or useable? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/electric-bass-viol-/165056438972?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 I saw this....too confusing for me. Ad says "very good condition" yet it's filthy - check the nut. Also if it's in such good condition why only one photo which hardly shows it at it's best. Suggests to me that it isn't something I should "invest" in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pst62 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 I know someone who could make that a real player by converting it into a wide necked 4 string. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 The seller managed to take 3 photos of their other auctions, so why only 1 photo of what might be the higher value item? Red flags everywhere! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Is it my eyes, or are the "frets" just a bit of wire wrapped around the neck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 I think it's really a fretless, err, thing... that someone has attempted to fret with some kind of chicken wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 They say it is 'never played', can't think why...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 It looks like it's fretted in the way that medieval instruments were fretted, by wrapping gut or string round the neck. I recognise the maker - it's an Ergo bass. I had a 5-string Ergo EUB - sold it as I couldn't cope with 5 strings and 41" scale (I can do one or the other, not both). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 It's a typical Viola da Gamba, a late medieval contender of the double bass, the cello, the violin and also the guitar... The frets were made out of gut and movable to tune accordingly to the piece to play, like on a sitar. There's indeed an Ergo look here, but no sure it is one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Here's Jordi Savall, the master of medieval music playing a short piece with an acoustic one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 12 minutes ago, Hellzero said: There's indeed an Ergo look here, but no sure it is one. This was my Ergo EUB. I'm pretty sure it is an Ergo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 I had an Ergo 6 strings too, and it is indeed very similar, except that this Viola da Gamba doesn't seem to have been made by a 5 years child pretending to be a luthier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 @Hellzero, @tauzero, There is only one way to resolve this... BATTLE OF THE ZEROS!!! (Spock vs Kirk rules). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 He made one, at least, that seemed to "work". Here is the Ergo Viola da Gamba. That said the band name couldn't be more well chosen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 I realise that descending to factual solutions is disapproved of, but I felt that desperate times call for desperate measures. So I messaged the seller. Me: Is it an Ergo instrument? Seller: Yes, it is. Case closed without having to play rock paper scissors lizard Spock. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Collection from: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 So who bought this for £103 then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 A shrewd person (not me). It'll be back up for sale next week for £200 - you watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 Just now, TheGreek said: A shrewd person (not me). It'll be back up for sale next week for £200 - you watch. I was tempted to do just that myself if I'm honest... Hoping it's gone to someone who will genuinely play it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyctes Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 I'd have had it if it had been within range. Ah well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 I was thinking about it, but a 6 hour round trip isn't that great a prospect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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