We always have a good selection of student double basses - Old, new, Englaish, German, French, Chinese, Hungarian and so on. Brand s include Hawkes, Stentor, Zeller, The Sound Post, Cellini, Graziani, Ivrogny etc.
Entry level Double Bass
Special Offer - the complete outfit of Doube Bass, Bow, padded cover for
£805 inc VAT
By Andreas Zeller
All the basses in this range are hand crafted in Rumania exclusively using ebony fittings throughout. Individually setup and voiced by Timothy Batchelar in his Leicester workshop to his own exacting standards. These instruments come in three specifications:
Laminated front, swell back and ribs £800 inc VAT
Solid European spruce top with laminated swell back and ribs £950 inc VAT
Solid European spruce and solid maple flat back and ribs £1350 inc VAT
(This price is for the double bass only - padded bag, French or German style bow, rosin and so on at available at extra cost. We always have a good selection in stock)
£455 inc VAT
plus cost of E 2.10 string (up to £100 depending on type)
fully fitted to your double bass complete with C sharp, D and E and E flat locking catches
(please add about £71 to this price for Pirastro Flexocor E 2.10 m string, or £91.42 for Pirastro Flat Chrom Original, which we recommend as the most reliable and decent sounding low E/C strings, here fitted to "A" peg, but which can sometimes be fitted to "E" peg depending on shape of scroll and peg-box)
We specialise in "awkward" necks. This old German bass has a very long neck which has been shortened, putting the "E" catch about an inch along the neck.
This bass has a sweet tone and
a lightly figgured back in two pieces
of well quartered sycamore that is very attractive. It benefits from
the usual high standard of Timothy Batchelar set up including D@Addario
Helicore strings, Despiau bridge, ebony tail-piece and fingerboard, and
has of course been
"voiced" by Timothy Batchelar personally.
Jaroslav Krehbiel swell back Double
Bass
£2,500 including VAT
£2,500 including VAT
(Please not that this is just for the bass - we would be delighted to show you our range of cases and bows, but these are available at extra cost)
Francesco Graziani swell back Double Bass
Figured sycamore carved, solid swell back, ribs of similar wood, selected straight grained pine belly, ebony fingerboard , German solid brass tuning machines, boxwood tail-piece, antiqued finish, Despiau French bridge, German sound-post all individually fitted and voiced by Timothy Batchelar to give that unique sound that we are so well known for, and your choice of Pirastro, Thomastik, D'Addario or Jargar Strings (up to £150 value)
Also available in viol outline, without "violin" style corners.
£3,500 inc VAT
(This price is for the double bass only - we would be delighted to supply padded bag, French or German style bow, rosin and so on at extra cost. We always have a good selection in stock)
Matthias IVROGNY swell back DOUBLE BASS
Made in Hungary and finished by Timothy Batchelar in England, this superb instrument has a wonderful sound and the beautifully figured sycamore back is intricately carved at the top. Fitted with Rubner tuning machines, Indian ebony fingerboard and tail-piece, Peter Bain hand-made cocabola and brass spike, Despiau bridge and Pirastro/D'Addario strings.
£6,000
(This price is for the double bass only - we would be delighted to supply padded bag, French or German style bow, rosin and so on at extra cost. We always have a good selection in stock)
the back is typical of the maker, being flat but carved and with a raised edge.
SOLD
A very fine
DOUBLE BASS
by
Hawkes & Son
the "Concert" model
circa 1907
swell back, in superb restored condition
£20,000
(This price is for the double bass only - we would be delighted to supply padded bag, French or German style bow, rosin and so on at extra cost. We always have a good selection in stock)
Coming up shortly:
Interesting nineteenth century German flat back bass, probably mittenwald, lovely tone. Presently being restored.
Hawkes "Professor" circa 1905, currently awaiting restoration.
tim@batchelar.com
Leon Bosch Double Bass Virtuoso