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12-29-2008, 10:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boulder, Colorado | | | 3/4 1930's German Flatback Upright $1500 firm
I just picked this up from an old man who owned the bass for over 30 years. He gave me an appraisal that was done on the bass in 1976, which shows all the cracks and repairs that are still solid on the bass, the appraisal showed a value of $1,000 30 years ago. The bass sounds great, looks awesome, I have no clue how old it is. The gentleman I bought it from said he bought it from the bass player for some famous jazz cat, can't remember the name. Anyhow, I don't play upright. Looking for someone to come pick this up from me. Probably needs a setup, but still plays fine, sound post is in place. I'll be happy to take pictures.
1500 Dollars firm
NO SHIPPING
I am an hour and a half north of Sacramento
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12-29-2008, 10:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boulder, Colorado | | | More pics
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12-29-2008, 10:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boulder, Colorado | | | a few more
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12-29-2008, 11:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: dc | | | pm'd |
12-29-2008, 11:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Orange,NJ | | | Nice bass!!!PM Sent and ready to transact superman style!! |
12-30-2008, 12:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Rockledge, FL | | No PM sent, but I wish I was in the area and had cash because I would be ready to trump Mr. Bajo's Superman style transaction proposal with a little Chuck Norris type proposal of my own. 
With a bit of work that may turn out to be a pretty nice instrument. Good luck with the sale! |
12-30-2008, 12:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Atlanta | | | God lord this is awesome.
My faith in all things good is restored.
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12-30-2008, 01:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: northern nj | | looks like a great deal for some lucky californian!  |
01-01-2009, 03:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Francisco Bay Area | | | This is definitely a deal for someone! Perhaps you could post the dimensions and/or string length.
Personally, I'm looking for a larger (and probably louder bass), or I'd snap this one up. I've spoken to the seller, and he seems like a genuinely nice guy. He's not naive about the potential value of the instrument, but he's more of an slab EB player (as evidenced by all those axes hanging on the walls in his pictures).
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01-01-2009, 04:17 PM
|  | curiously looking back at what once was beautiful | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Oregon | | | I wish this was on the East coast.
... so I'd be safe from temptation!!! |
01-11-2009, 10:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boulder, Colorado | | | price drop, no one has made the trip yet!
First person with 1500 bucks and takes her from my house! |
01-11-2009, 11:53 AM
|  | Velvet Strings Customer Service | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: SWITZERLAND | | move your a** guys... i dont have time to take a plane
what a great deal
Nuno |
01-11-2009, 07:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Aomori Japan | | | I want this sooooo bad |
01-11-2009, 08:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Orange,NJ | | | Hey that bass is great!!! We should get photos of the neck to see if it is broken or not!! that will determine the cost of repairs |
01-11-2009, 09:31 PM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | | Could you post a couple of measurements?
String length from nut to bridge, length of back and width of lower bout?
Thanks |
01-11-2009, 10:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boulder, Colorado | | | will do, Steve swan came and inspected the bass. He is a San francisco/north california upright dealer. He offered me 1500 a month ago and I turned him down. Your price now |
01-12-2009, 12:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Washington DC | | | bass
pm sent |
01-20-2009, 06:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Detroit | | | gone?
Is this still available?
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01-20-2009, 10:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Boulder, Colorado | | | still available |
01-20-2009, 11:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Oregon | | Quote:
Originally Posted by portraitoftracy  will do, Steve swan came and inspected the bass. He is a San francisco/north california upright dealer. He offered me 1500 a month ago and I turned him down. Your price now | What does this imply? What's the price if not 1500? |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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