Double Bass Danger!!

[loend68]

I'm thinking this could be a ticking time bomb to someone who tries to play it? I know very little about DB's but when I researched an inexpensive one, I learned enough to know the mess this thing is in:



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[Nathan Parker]

That's hard to look at and read. What a shame.

 

[Joe Gress]

Frankenstein!

 

[Jazzcat]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

 

[Kaden]

I think i died a little...

 

[Andrew McGregor]

Well, it's not actually that bad. I think there might be a nice bass hiding in there, once it's fixed up.

 

[Uncletoad]

Ouch. That's a huge mess.

What an ignorant...I can't believe he'd even publish how enormously bad he .....that bass got exponentially worse when he was "fixing" it.

It's just sad.

That is not easy to come back from.

 

[MollyKay]

I’m gonna go hug my blockless wonder and tell him some day he is going to be a beautiful bass again …I wonder if this bass wants to join the family? What a shame.

 

[JtheJazzMan]

Hmm a prima bass doesnt look so bad anymore.

 

[MollyKay]

Oh heck…somebody go get the dang thing for $200 and I’ll send my case to you by bus. We don’t have the time to drive up there this weekend and adopt it.

Anybody close to Boston and up for a bass rescue? Swoop in and save it now!

Paul…I can resist anything but temptation…and an abused bass.

 

[MDEbass]

"please note the nailed in soundpost, and chopped up bridge. also the funny stitches."

I just cringed

This is terrible....this could have been a quality 100 year old German flatback, but instead its covered with chemical paint stripper, epoxy, wood putty, nails, and staples. What a shame.

 

[Jesse Rosenburg]

Frankenstein!

I thought Frankenbass myself. I don't have enough knowledge for an opinion really.

 

[forester]

true to form...thoroughly documented repairs.
spent a whole month on it.
blue ribbon ineptitude.

 

[SAlcott]

You can fix a bass, but you can't fix stupid.....

 

[Phil Rowan]

good lord

 

[tomshepp]

I'm close by, maybe a 40 minute drive. If anyone wants me to check it out, I could contact the seller. I don't have either the time or money to put into it. I wonder what Kurt thinks?

 

[TheSuzie]

I sent the link to John Styklunas over in Malden to see what he thinks. Maybe I'll give him a ring tomorrow.

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[phatbass]

So much stupid,

So little ammo...

 

[kurt ratering]

I'm close by, maybe a 40 minute drive. If anyone wants me to check it out, I could contact the seller. I don't have either the time or money to put into it. I wonder what Kurt thinks?

maybe if it had real purfling id think about it, but...

 

[bejoyous]

Spend $200 now, spend $3000 later and it would still cause a world of headaches. It might have been fixable if he hadn't use chemical strippers, epoxy, lacquer, silicone, nails and industrial staples to "fix" it! Grrr.

Remember that video of the Southern jerks smashing a bass to smithereens? I think this is that bass!