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Double Basses

Entry level Double Bass

Special Offer - the complete outfit of Doube Bass, Bow, padded cover for

£805 inc VAT

Student Double Bass
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)

C/E FOURTH STRING EXTENSION

£455 inc VAT

fully fitted to your double bass
complete with
C sharp, D and E locking catches
(please add about £55 to this price for Pirastro Flexocor E 2.10 m string, or £75 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)

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)

£3,000 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.

£6,500 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)

A fine French nineteenth century DOUBLE BASS by Georges Jacquet.
Jacquet

the back is typical of the maker, being flat but carved and with a raised edge.
Please contact Tony Alcock to look at this instrument
Price on application
+44 (0)1786 870753 or +44 (0)7990 548034 or email: tonybass@btinternet.com

We generally have more instruments coming through the workshops that we have not yet put on this site - please email or telephone for details.
Coming up shortly:
Interesting nineteenth century German flat back bass, probably mittenwald, lovely tone. Presently being restored.
Hawkes "Professor" circa 1905, currently awaiting restoration.

NEW!! AGENT FOR SCOTLAND APPOINTED - TONY ALCOCK
Tony is Principal Bass of the BBC Scottish S.O and proprietor of UpBow Strings and we are delighted that he is now acting as agent for all Timothy Batchelar's sales and repairs in SCOTLAND - you can contact him on
+44 (0)1786 870753 or +44 (0)7990 548034

or Email: tim@batchelar.com

LINKS
Leon Bosch Double Bass Virtuoso

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Double Basses		Home Page
	Contact us: Email: tim@batchelar.com Tel: +44 (0)116 2899798
	Entry level Double Bass Special Offer - the complete outfit of Doube Bass, Bow, padded cover for £805 inc VAT
	Student Double Bass 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)
	C/E FOURTH STRING EXTENSION £455 inc VAT fully fitted to your double bass complete with C sharp, D and E locking catches (please add about £55 to this price for Pirastro Flexocor E 2.10 m string, or £75 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)
	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) £3,000 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. £6,500 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)
	A fine French nineteenth century DOUBLE BASS by Georges Jacquet. the back is typical of the maker, being flat but carved and with a raised edge. Please contact Tony Alcock to look at this instrument Price on application +44 (0)1786 870753 or +44 (0)7990 548034 or email: tonybass@btinternet.com
	We generally have more instruments coming through the workshops that we have not yet put on this site - please email or telephone for details. Coming up shortly: Interesting nineteenth century German flat back bass, probably mittenwald, lovely tone. Presently being restored. Hawkes "Professor" circa 1905, currently awaiting restoration.	Contact us: tim@batchelar.com Tel: +44 (0)116 2899798
	NEW!! AGENT FOR SCOTLAND APPOINTED - TONY ALCOCK Tony is Principal Bass of the BBC Scottish S.O and proprietor of UpBow Strings and we are delighted that he is now acting as agent for all Timothy Batchelar's sales and repairs in SCOTLAND - you can contact him on +44 (0)1786 870753 or +44 (0)7990 548034 or Email: tim@batchelar.com
	LINKS Leon Bosch Double Bass Virtuoso
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