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12-15-2009, 11:10 AM
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12-15-2009, 11:19 AM
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Funkiest bridge ever. |
12-15-2009, 11:46 AM
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bass luthier, johnson string inst. | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: waltham, mass. | | | looks like you may have a neck projection issue. maybe the previous owner made it to accomodate the low projection?
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12-15-2009, 11:51 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Los Angeles | | | What is a neck projection issue?
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Originally Posted by kurt ratering  looks like you may have a neck projection issue. maybe the previous owner made it to accomodate the low projection? | Forgive my ignorance. What exactly is a "neck projection" issue? From what I can decipher, that suggests a less than optimal neck angle. Is this ballpark? |
12-15-2009, 11:55 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Glasgow | | | At the risk of sounding like a crazy person - isn't that just a picture of a black violin?
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12-15-2009, 12:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Los Angeles | | | Nope...not a black violin.
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Originally Posted by roysloco At the risk of sounding like a crazy person - isn't that just a picture of a black violin? | Here's a pic of the body of the bass. I have a lot of close-ups, but not much of the "overview" stuff. 
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12-15-2009, 12:08 PM
| | | | Jaco Pastorious, "Come On, Come Over" from his self titled debut |
12-15-2009, 12:10 PM
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bass luthier, johnson string inst. | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: waltham, mass. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by rusag2 Forgive my ignorance. What exactly is a "neck projection" issue? From what I can decipher, that suggests a less than optimal neck angle. Is this ballpark? | yup, if you were to extend the fingerboard to the bridge and measure the distance from the top of the inst. to the extended imaginary line of the fingerboard it should be, for a 3/4, approx. 150mm. yours looks like alot less, and my guess is that you are losing alot of volume because of it. but if its solid and feels good to you so far, id leave it alone. a luthier might have trouble finding a bridge that squat, and it sucks cutting a bridge down that much to make it work.
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12-15-2009, 12:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Glasgow | | OMG I'm in the wrong thread!!!! That'll teach me not to check the header on the page  !
Apologies - I actually am that stupid, and I'm sure that earns me some sort of 'TB-dork-of-the-year' award!! ... aye thank you!
(... skuttles away to his grubby electric bass corner hoping no-one noticed he just did that ...  )
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12-15-2009, 12:33 PM
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12-15-2009, 12:34 PM
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Luthier: Bresque Basses, rep: Paulin EUB | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | I think it looks lower than normal because the feet are so funkily widespread!
The feet on a standard bridge are about 150mm outside edge to outside edge and this should correspond more or less with the separation of the inner eyes of the FFs |
12-15-2009, 12:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Syracuse N.Y. | | | The tailpiece is pretty cool... the bridge looks like a cob job. |
12-15-2009, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by roysloco I'm sure that earns me some sort of 'TB-dork-of-the-year' award!! ... aye thank you! | I don't know, it's been a long year and the competition has been keen!  |
12-15-2009, 12:55 PM
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bass luthier, johnson string inst. | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: waltham, mass. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Matthew Tucker I think it looks lower than normal because the feet are so funkily widespread!
The feet on a standard bridge are about 150mm outside edge to outside edge and this should correspond more or less with the separation of the inner eyes of the FFs | good eye! didnt notice that before. maybe its not so low after all.
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12-15-2009, 12:58 PM
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12-15-2009, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by ctregan The tailpiece is pretty cool... the bridge looks like a cob job. | Here's a closeup of the tailpiece.
That's a "4" stamped in the badge, with no "B". 
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12-15-2009, 01:28 PM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | | What is the height of the bridge from the centre of the top to the highest point? |
12-15-2009, 01:31 PM
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Luthier: Bresque Basses, rep: Paulin EUB | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | And yes, I think you should get the bridge changed to a standard one, if you are going to try to learn to play it properly. |
12-15-2009, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by adbass Jaco Pastorious, "Come On, Come Over" from his self titled debut | Another best thing about that track is that it marked the reunion of Sam and Dave. Yeah, the funkiest bridge ever with very soulful vocals....it actually lays very nicely on the bass if you try to mimic it!
Obviously, the bridge on this old Epi is homemade. A little trip to the luthier should make the bass sound and play 100% better. |
12-15-2009, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by adbass Jaco Pastorious, "Come On, Come Over" from his self titled debut | I just now got it. Yikes. Pathetic. But you're right...100% funky.
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