Not mine, but close by me and very cool. Seller is asking $12k.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...7161589964687/
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Not mine, but close by me and very cool. Seller is asking $12k.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...7161589964687/
i could see paying as much as $5K for one of these. But not $12K.
I had one many years ago. Not the ideal bass instrument. Buy one if you like the oddity or collect. Better off with a decent upright bass. Better tone and projection.
What would you do for strings? And how is it tuned? Just curious.
D’Addario EJ79 - 43,63,79,130.
Tune ‘em to whatever sounds best!
Usually tuned to same as string bass: E, A, D, G
I remember the one Trevor had was priced at £7000 - largely because, at the time, he didn’t want to sell it.
The one I'm caretaking for my mandolin orchestra was bought maybe 12-20 years ago -well before my time- for around $6K; not sure if that includes the hefty shipping charge from the midwest. $4K - $5K estimates sound more reasonable, or maybe optomistic.
FWIW, it sat in storage for a long time, had some needed repairs done, and was used in the '18 East Coast Mandolin Orchestra performance, down near Philly. Then our bass player was bequethed a proper upright...
Spend $12k for this and you get a novelty item that gets pulled out for 15 minutes a few times a year.
Spend half that on a decent 3/4 upright bass and you'll make $100 a night anytime you want for the rest of your life and you'll get more gigs than you ever dreamed of.
I probably mentioned this years ago in other threads but when I joined the NY Mandolin Orchestra in the 1980s the bass player there played a balalaika 3string contrabass. I asked him why he didn’t play a mandobass and he said it just didn’t have the tone, volume or projection of the BCB.