Double Bass 'Finding' great old basses etc

[KUNGfuSHERIFF]

I "just find myself" in string shops all the time. And eBay, and craigslist, and...

 

[MrPeel]

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So hypothetical... You find something like this and you take it to a luthier to have it professionally restored... What does a half a year restoration cost? (I know it can vary so much... Just a rough idea)

 

[LouisF]

Here's my own rescue - it's taken years... and several thousand... but... we tested the bass "in the white" a few weeks ago, with some old Permanent strings, and it was just a sweet, Italian sounding bass.

Don't do it without time, patience, money and a friendly luthier

Louis

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f3/duh-3-string-restoration-photos-286587/index3.html