I am a bass guitarist and I turned on my adult daughter to Christian McBride. She wanted a doublebass as a set piece to decorate her house and I found her a non-playable but affortable 3/4 plywood bass. She loves it, but now she is moving cross country.
I would appreciate any ideas for moving this monster safely and for a reasonable price.
I am a bass guitarist and I turned on my adult daughter to Christian McBride. She wanted a doublebass as a set piece to decorate her house and I found her a non-playable but affortable 3/4 plywood bass. She loves it, but now she is moving cross country.
I would appreciate any ideas for moving this monster safely and for a reasonable price.
This might not be very practical advice but when I moved to Ottawa we shipped all of our belongings via a shipping company including our car. So I put my bass in the car and drove it into the moving van. The next morning I flew to Ottawa and waited for the movers to arrive
If you wanna truck it, you might call Kagan and Gaines or Sonksen Strings since you're in Chicago.. They usually have beefed up cardboard bass crates they like to get rid of that basses were sent to them in.
I'll tell Christian that he's now an interior decorating inspiration.
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I am a bass guitarist and I turned on my adult daughter to Christian McBride. She wanted a doublebass as a set piece to decorate her house and I found her a non-playable but affortable 3/4 plywood bass. She loves it, but now she is moving cross country.
I would appreciate any ideas for moving this monster safely and for a reasonable price.
She's just saying it's a decoration, so you won't know that she joined the dark side. Look for telltale clues. Is there rosin on the strings? A huge duffel bag under her bed? Front passenger seat folded all the way back in her car?
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Originally Posted by fdeck
She's just saying it's a decoration, so you won't know that she joined the dark side. Look for telltale clues. Is there rosin on the strings? A huge duffel bag under her bed? Front passenger seat folded all the way back in her car?
Chances are I'll be moving cross country with a bass I actually play in a couple months. If I can't find a carboard container made for this purpose, any other suggestions for packing a bass well, short of dropping $2k or more on a flight case?
