Basses for Sale

Here we have a new Eastman fully carved bass made from spruce and maple  with antiqued reddish golden brown spirit varnish. The top has some nice bear claw figure, and the back and sides are slightly flamed. Some dimension: String length 41 1/8″ Upper bout width 20 1/4″ Lower bout

This instrument has a carved spruce top with laminated back and sides.  The upper bout width and upper rib depth are cut down a bit to facilitate ease of playing,  but the lower bout width and rib depth are expanded somewhat to compensate.  Some dimensions: string length 41 3/4″ upper

This new gamba shaped  bass has a spruce top,  laminated willow ribs and a round willow back with interesting rift sawn figure.  The golden brown spirit varnish sets off the wood figure. Some dimensions: String length 41 5/8″ upper bout width 20 1/4″ lower bout width 25 1/2″ rib depth

From the Rubner workshop in Saxony we have another Michael Glass design.   The flat back and sides are made from mildly flamed maple, and the top is made from straight grain German spruce free of defects.   Finished with maroon brown spirit varnish. Some dimensions: String length 41 1/2″ Lower bout

Here’s another traditional German design by Michael Glass.   Very well chosen wood was used with this bass, with even grained spruce and  flamed bookmatched maple for the round back, sides and neck. The dark golden brown spirit varnish is lightly antiqued and highly polished. Some dimensions: string length: 41 3/16″

We have another Michael Glass #30 model from the Rubner workshop in Saxony. The top is made from German spruce and the flat back, sides and neck  from flamed Bosnian maple.  The polished spirit varnish is a reddish golden brown with a bit of antiquing.  Gold Rubner French style tuners

A nice new bass from the German Rubner workshop made with European Spruce and mildly flamed maple. The finish is red spirit varnish with some antiquing. Some dimensions: string length 40 1/2″ upper bout width 19 3/8″ lower bout width 26 1/4″ rib depth tapers from 7 3/8″ to 6

A fully carved roundback bass from Gewa’s German workshop. This one has some nice wood figure with plenty of Bearclaw in the top and nice flame in the back. Very nice reddish golden brown varnish with antiquing. Some dimensions: string length 41 3/8″ lower bout width 26 1/2″ upper bout

We have another new Mirecourt model from Shen.  This is a fully carved 3/4 size bass with an outline inspired by French pear shaped basses.  The wide lower bout width is contrasted with sloping shoulders to give the bass a large sound combined with great access to the upper register.

We have a 2016 Rubner Model 68B. This is one of the Rubner workshop’s best instruments – essentially a handbuilt bass. Some dimensions: String length 41  1/4″ lower bout width 27″ upper bout width 19 3/8″ rib depth lower block 8 1/4 rib depth upper block 7″ length from bottom

Here we have a new, fully carved roundback 3/4  size bass from Rubner.  Made from spruce and  flamed maple with dark golden brown spirit varnish. The upper bout shoulders are sloped to increase upper access, including an area of  plate overhang that is trimmed flush where the left arm meets

With a solid carved top and plywood back and sides these instruments have a fuller sound than a plywood bass, but offer a more durable and affordable alternative to a fully carved bass.   Nice oil varnish finish with inlaid purfling. Set up with a Despiau bridge,  Ullsperger  10mm endpin, and

We have an outstanding Romanian bass for sale.  Visually the look is very appealing with ground prep,  glaze and golden brown spirit varnish giving the instrument a depth and “chatoyance” that is  deep and beautiful. The wood quality is rare as well with both the top and back being two

This is Shen’s oil varnished version of their “workhorse” laminated sb80 bass and we’ve had great luck with this model.   This instrument is well made and looks great. It has a good sounding “thump” and sustain for pizzicato playing,  and the bass is designed for comfortable arco playing as well.