Super cheap double bass kit

[Burns-bass]

This came up as a served advertisement while I was shopping for new strings (don’t ask).

 

It seems like you can pick up a brand new Fazley DB kit for £200.

 

https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/double-bass/fazley-b-sb-900-4-4-double-bass-with-gig-bag-bow-and-rosin?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ADC_Bax_UK_NBD_Shopping_Own-Brand_bucket2&utm_id=23191023039&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23191023039&gclid=Cj0KCQiApL7KBhC7ARIsAD2Xq3AioZBKqiKZNwZrsYRae76SKQskh5g9HxzM_AoZY15DVkeyQSFswmMaAnwVEALw_wcB

[Burns-bass]

Wrong forum, soz.

[tauzero]

Although it's a 4/4 and the 3/4 variant is nearly £500.

[kodiakblair]

Seems there's a shipping problem.

 

Well that's the message showing on my payment page 🙁

[Delberthot]

Yeah that's annoying. I don't want or need one but £198 with 10% off that would be too good to miss. 

[Burns-bass]

It may be an error on the site, but I assumed it was a stock clearance item. Given a 4/4 case would cost you £100 it seems like a good deal.

 

Hope it works out for you guys!

[binky_bass]

Doesn't let you get past the shipping page...

[kodiakblair]

1 hour ago, Burns-bass said:

It may be an error on the site, but I assumed it was a stock clearance item.

That was my impression.

 

3/4 sales must outnumber 4/4 sales by a fairly large margin. Better to shift 4/4 to make room for stock that sells.

[ossyrocks]

Forgive my ignorance of these matters, but I am curious about double basses.

 

I have always assumed the 3/4 is the one to get. Even though the 3/4 is more money on this site, they are offering a 10% discount too, and free delivery. So once it's in the basket, and the code applied, the total price is just £428.40.

 

This seems outrageously cheap for a 3/4 double bass. What am I missing, is it made of matchwood?

 

Thanks,

Rob

[HeadlessBassist]

If you look at the specs, it's a cheap laminate ply bass. Strings will probably be utterly terrible and watch out for the tail wire explosively failing. Those are the good parts it'll be missing. Guaranteed. Fazley are the same people that sell brand new higher-tier Precision-style basses for about £140 brand new. (With roasted neck and gig bag!)

 

https://www.bax-shop.co.uk/electric-bass-guitars/fazley-outlaw-series-peacemaker-plus-red-electric-bass-guitar-with-gig-bag

 

 

 

[Paddy777]

16 hours ago, tauzero said:

Although it's a 4/4 and the 3/4 variant is nearly £500.

That’s what I noticed - I would have bought the 3/4 size if that was reduced, I might still buy this full size one although I suspect it’s going to be too tall for my summer house/man cave where all my music stuff lives 

[Burns-bass]

2 hours ago, ossyrocks said:

Forgive my ignorance of these matters, but I am curious about double basses.

 

I have always assumed the 3/4 is the one to get. Even though the 3/4 is more money on this site, they are offering a 10% discount too, and free delivery. So once it's in the basket, and the code applied, the total price is just £428.40.

 

This seems outrageously cheap for a 3/4 double bass. What am I missing, is it made of matchwood?

 

Thanks,

Rob

These are Chinese made and, as people have said here, will need new strings and a setup. At £200 that’s doable.

 

I usually recommend buying a bass that has been sorted (like the one I sold).

 

A 4/4 is marginally bigger than a 3/4 but there’s no real set size for DB (I have two very large 3/4s, I’ve owned a 7/8 and a 4/4 and there’s little in it).

 

 

[Maude]

To be fair to these Fazley basses (I haven't seen or played one), a thousand pound bass will probably come will strings that you'll want to change and in need of a set up. 

I'd have no qualms in buying one of the 4/4s  if I needed it as a bass I just don't need to worry about. If something started to fail then you don't have to worry about professional repairs as it will have virtually no resale value, just glue it or screw it yourself and carry on playing. They probably won't sound the best but for live playing you'll most likely be using a pickup and it won't matter anyway. 

It'll have 12 months warranty anyway so play the hell out of it and any major issues, if any, should arise in that time and you can get a refund or replacement. 

[ossyrocks]

Well, I've had "the discussion" with Mrs Rocks. "Our house isn't big enough for a double bass."

 

We do live in a very small 2 bed bungalow, and I have already crammed 6 electric basses, 3 electric guitars, 2 acoustic guitars, 5 GK amps, 2 Barefaced cabs, and a vintage Fender Bassman 50 head and 15^ cab into it. I can see her point.

 

Rob

Edited December 28, 2025 by ossyrocks

[Owen]

1 hour ago, ossyrocks said:

Well, I've had "the discussion" with Mrs Rocks. "Our house isn't big enough for a double bass."

 

We do live in a very small 2 bed bungalow, and I have already crammed 6 electric basses, 3 electric guitars, 2 acoustic guitars, 5 GK amps, 2 Barefaced cabs, and a vintage Fender Bassman 50 head and 15^ cab into it. I can see her point.

 

Rob

There is no denying that they are spacehogs. 

[Geek99]

I’d like one but think I’ll have to go EUB for space reasons 

[itu]

2 hours ago, ossyrocks said:

...I have already crammed 6 electric basses, 3 electric guitars, 2 acoustic guitars, 5 GK amps, 2 Barefaced cabs, and a vintage Fender Bassman 50 head and 15^ cab into it.

Toss those g-words, and you have plenty of room for a DB. You shouldn't play them anyway. 

[Geek99]

3 hours ago, itu said:

BURN those g-words, and you have plenty of room for a DB. You shouldn't play them anyway. 

FTFY

edit: and you’ll save on heating costs 

Edited December 28, 2025 by Geek99

[Maude]

A doublebass is a beautiful piece of furniture in the corner of a room, a conversation starter, social status elevator, somewhere to hang decorations at this festive time of year, you can even play it if you're that way inclined. The reasons to own one far away outweigh the reasons not to. 😉

[Burns-bass]

24 minutes ago, Maude said:

A doublebass is a beautiful piece of furniture in the corner of a room, a conversation starter, social status elevator, somewhere to hang decorations at this festive time of year, you can even play it if you're that way inclined. The reasons to own one far away outweigh the reasons not to. 😉

This works if you have one. When you have three they’re often a source of discussion and disagreement, particularly when someone comes to stay. 

[Maude]

It's back up to £475 now. I assume it was a mistake that took a while to rectify over the Christmas period. 

I remember a similar thing with, I think, an EUB and amp package a few years back. I ordered one of them but it never came through. 

Cynical me wonders if it's done on purpose to get folks looking at the site over Christmas and New Year. 

Although the Fazley Jazzes down from £175 to £63 (with the 10%) came through OK.