Thomann Double Bass - Starter Package - £499 £499 Bristol

[Burns-bass]

This is a Thomann laminate bass that has been set up and is ready to play!

 

The story is that I picked up recently from someone who had tried DB and failed. Not from a lack of effort and skill but a terribly set up bass. (I actually went there to buy his bass buggy and ended up with the whole bass.)

 

I’ve had it professionally set up and the action lowered so it’s now a great starter bass. (Bridge fit isn’t perfect, but it’s much better than it was.)

 

The action is low, it sounds good (in a thumpy plywood way). I was going to use this to teach with but I don’t have the space, skill or time to teach so it’s here. It’s a really well built bass that simply needs playing. 

 

Personally I’d find a used set of Spiro Weichs and add those and it’ll be a whole new beast.

 

For £499 you get:

 

Bass

Case

Few books

 

For £35 more I can add a magnetic pickup.

 

This reflects pretty much what I paid, but if you’re stuck for cash and want to try DB we can always work something out. I’m quite proud we’ve fixed up another double bass and it’ll get to be used again.

 

(Hettie used for scale.)

 

[Burns-bass]

The model is this one:

 

https://www.thomann.co.uk/thomann_111sn_3_4_double_bass.htm
 

I’ll politely suggest the “experts” at Thomann didn’t do a great job of setting it up. 

[Rosie C]

1 hour ago, Burns-bass said:

I’ll politely suggest the “experts” at Thomann didn’t do a great job of setting it up. 

I've bought mandolins, double bass and viola from Thomann. They sell some very good value instruments but my experience is that you need to budget for a decent setup. 
 

Good luck with the sale! I have a Thomann double bass and it's excellent.

[Burns-bass]

48 minutes ago, Rosie C said:

I've bought mandolins, double bass and viola from Thomann. They sell some very good value instruments but my experience is that you need to budget for a decent setup. 
 

Good luck with the sale! I have a Thomann double bass and it's excellent.

 

Yes, I quite agree. The person I bought it from struggled with it, but ultimately gave up. All it needed was some time with a specialist and now it's a good value entry level bass. More suitable than the bass I started with!