Buying a double bass...

[Flint Buchanan]

I've been TERRIBLY over quoted on the Shen line if your Shen bass is in the 5k ballpark.

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Flint Buchanan

I've been TERRIBLY over quoted on the Shen line if your Shen bass is in the 5k ballpark.

Please tell me the models and prices we are talking about. My Shen 3/4 although the highest end Gamba I think they even made is not brand new but is still without any damage with the exception of minor cosmetics of a 10 year old Bass used on occasion. I think 9k-10k or so was it's list price in 1997 but I need to move it and can be very reasonable on the asking price which is currently 6k completely set-up, as-is. If it were new stock, slightly higher might be warranted but thus is not the case and I need to move the Bass out and make room for others as well as pay for some expensive restorations.

[Flint Buchanan]

I was not aware of your asking price when I wrote my comment.

I have been looking to upgrade my christopher hybrid, and had thought I would go with a shen willow (which is still overpriced in my geographic area). I will have to re-evaluate my position and see where I wind up after Uncle Sam gets his quarterly bite next week.

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Flint Buchanan

I was not aware of your asking price when I wrote my comment.

I have been looking to upgrade my christopher hybrid, and had thought I would go with a shen willow (which is still overpriced in my geographic area). I will have to re-evaluate my position and see where I wind up after Uncle Sam gets his quarterly bite next week.

I think the Shen Willow 3/4 Gamba runs about $3500 or so from the shops I know of unless things have jumped recently. This depending on the set-up and who you get it from. What prices have you heard and for what level of set-up?

[Flint Buchanan]

In your area that price sounds good. Around here they seem to be closer to 4500 or more for the 3/4.

[John Sprague]

details that the Shen Rogeri 800 is "european" made.. is that true?

Negative, all made in Suzhou, China, proudly.