2001 Gagnon double bass (5 strings)

[domgi]

Very good looking and sounding Italian Ruggieri model.
Complete, authentic and in good condition.
Fully carved 7/8 (violin shape) with sitka spruce top.
Nice curly maple 2 pieces round back.
Original Gagnon C1 extension and fully padded blue cover.
Beautiful golden brown vernish.
Full scale string lenght (41,5").
Wood adjusters on bridge, quality ebony fingerboard (no slapcut) and tailpiece.
Very good golden brass machine heads, solid ajustable endpin with screw-in rubber, spare sound post and bridge.
Numerous pro recordings both in jazz and classical.
Fits all needs from solo to orchestra and bands.
All repairs and insurance papers in hand, pictures and more info on request.
Located near Montreal Qc.
Will let go for 12 000$ USD, negociable.

[Jason Sypher]

Let's see those pics! Some of those instruments are a great value...

[Jason Sypher]

You might want to add that it's a five string to draw the right buyer to your post. Looks like a beautiful bass. I find these basses very appealing since I played Ray Brown's at Gage.

[Eric Hochberg]

It's a 5 stringer with an extension? Is that a tuner on the tailpiece?

[Bijoux]

seems like the A string is on the tuner. maybe it only has 4 tuners on the scroll...

[pat1151]

That seems to be right. It must be a 4 string converted to a 5 string... Interesting way to mount the extra sting.

[domgi]

Actually my bass is a 4 string with extension but I used it in a 5 five strings setup mounting the A string in the center on a electric bass peg screwed on the tailpiece. This way I did not have to dig any holes in the scroll head (just one on the tailpiece), changing the top part of my bridge and the nut for a fiver. Finally the extra string is mounted upside down on a kind of hook inserted in an existing peg.
Everything else is the same !
I can say that I used this setup for a while with no problem at all but I switched it back to a four so it would be easier to sell... and it takes less than half an hour to do !!!
I will make new pictures so there is no more doubt...

[Peredur]

Mmmmmm ............... extension on the B=bottom G.

Nice

[domgi]

Sorry to disapoint you but I should have said that I took off the extension for my 5 strings setup, also changing the nut for a fiver... In fact you could always keep the extension, put another custom nut for five strings with a space left open for the bottom string meaning you would have a high C or D string if you want but I never seen a LONG low B to put on an extension !

[Eric Hochberg]

Domgi, this is some confusing stuff. You ought to start over with current pictures of the bass as it is now set up. 4 string, 5 string, extension, no extension...Huh?