Double Bass Need Info please.......

[Whataboutbob]

I have a chance to purchase a DB. This is the info from the tag on the inside: Cremona Fecit Anno Domini Year: 1999 NO Model number but S/N 99050026. Any help to I.D. and what a used one would go for would be greatly appreciated. I am a drummer for the last 41 years and would really like to pick up the Bass. Thanks!

 

[bholder]

You want the DB / upright side of the house, this is Bass Guitars. A kindly mod can move it for you. Good luck. ('round here, we don't know our Cremonas from our Cremora or Remoras! lolz)

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

I have moved the thread to the DB side of the board. Welcome to Talkbass!

Here is an old thread on Cremona basses. I agree with the points made here: My Cremona adventure

And here is the sticky wiki on buying a first bass. It contains a ton of useful information put together by members of this site: Beginners Guide to Buying a Double Bass | TalkBass.com

Good luck on your journey!

 

[Brilee]

I have a chance to purchase a DB. This is the info from the tag on the inside: Cremona Fecit Anno Domini Year: 1999 NO Model number but S/N 99050026. Any help to I.D. and what a used one would go for would be greatly appreciated. I am a drummer for the last 41 years and would really like to pick up the Bass. Thanks!

"Cremona" instruments from the 90s were historically pretty horrible in my experience with student instruments as a school orchestra director.

 

[Bruce Calin]

I had some student parents who insisted on buying instruments on line. A few got Cremonas. One or two were actually okay. The rest weren't.

 

[eh_train]

Run, don't walk away from this! It's the old saying about buying expensive tools and crying once, buying cheap stuff and crying every time you use it...

 

[rantbot]

I always appreciate a bit of Latin in there. I recall hearing a woman describe a cheapo violin she had lying around; she thought FACIBAT ANNO was the name of Tony Stradivari's girlfriend.