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04-07-2007, 02:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Leeds, UK | | | Woooo! New bass!
Well, my parents just put a deposit on a double bass for me!
The list price was £5000, but the man at the shop gave it me for £4000.
It is a used Hungarian bass, probably from the mid 20th century. 4 strings, quite a slim neck. Some lovely flamed maple, that looks gorgeous in the right light.
Just thought I would let you guys know. 
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04-07-2007, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Happynoj  Well, my parents just put a deposit on a double bass for me!
The list price was £5000, but the man at the shop gave it me for £4000.
It is a used Hungarian bass, probably from the mid 20th century. 4 strings, quite a slim neck. Some lovely flamed maple, that looks gorgeous in the right light.
Just thought I would let you guys know. | Congrats!!! Pictures? |
04-07-2007, 03:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Leeds, UK | | | I will try and get some pics at some point. I'm not picking it up for another two weeks though, so I will get some then.
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08-28-2008, 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Darkstrike If I kicked my dog in time to the music his cries would be better 'singing'. | |
08-28-2008, 04:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Pennsylvania | | | Beautiful instrument! They are true works of art and I hope to own, and learn to play one someday. But extremely expensive. |
08-28-2008, 04:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Boston, MA | | A lovely bass! Thanks very much for sharing the photos  I especially like the tuning machines... |
08-28-2008, 04:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Minnesota | | Finally...That was the longest two weeks of my life.  Very sweet looking double bass...so how does it play....What style do you mostly play on it? |
08-28-2008, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by sound of bass Beautiful instrument! They are true works of art and I hope to own, and learn to play one someday. But extremely expensive. | Thanks You should definitely learn - you can have so much fun! Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric Swanson A lovely bass! Thanks very much for sharing the photos I especially like the tuning machines... | They are rather sexy, aren't they?! They are the main reason I bought it to be honest...  Quote:
Originally Posted by JacoLesFlea Finally...That was the longest two weeks of my life. Very sweet looking double bass...so how does it play....What style do you mostly play on it? | It plays beautifully - I am very much a classical double bassist, although I have used it for a couple of the quieter jazz gigs, and I did a recording session for an indie band with it as well - imagine Placebo, with a double bass playing a jazz-inspired walking bassline...
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08-28-2008, 08:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Haven, CT | | | I like the striping on the neck and scroll.
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08-28-2008, 09:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Leeds, UK | | | Yeah - it is a lovely bit of flamed maple. It looks even better in person!
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08-28-2008, 04:15 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Winston-Salem, NC | | | Wow, that is a beautiful bass!
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