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Originally Posted by BenChuy
I foolishly played an upright this weekend and discovered that I loved the sound, the feel and the difficulty of the double bass and am now in the market. Does anyone have any rules of thumb for buying one?
any recommendations for the sub-2k market (or approximately around there)?
Any cautionary tails?
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Hi:
Typically laminate (plywood) Double Basses only sell less than $2000.US. The better basses typically needed to get a good sound for classical or jazz are the carved ones. These basses usually start above $3k and go way on up from there, unfortunately. Beware of plywoods less than $1k. They tend not to function very well. For a beginner classical or Jazz, you might be able to find a descent plywood for around $2K (but probably a little above~$2300). I just sold a plywood Meisel for that price. It was not a bad bass for a plywood. A good link for finding basses is:
http://www.gollihurmusic.com/luthiers.cfm
or
lemurmusic.com
Bluegrass or rockabilly Basses selling around $2k or a little under are okay.