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03-07-2013, 02:51 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Aurora, Indiana | | | NBD 1943 Kay m1
Well some of you witnessed the saga of my upright decision. Now enjoy the fruits of it!
1943 Kay M1 Her name is Fate  
Interesting thing about the bass. Apon cleaning it at the shop they started finding signatures all over the bass. On the top and both ribs. Some are very bold but most are very fant. Some were damaged by rash. One was dated 1949 but it is very hard to read. This week end we are going to try and figure out as many as we can.
2 most defined writen names are
Tex Moose
Paul pierce
I would say there are close to 30 names on it.
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03-07-2013, 02:52 PM
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03-07-2013, 02:53 PM
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03-07-2013, 02:53 PM
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03-07-2013, 04:08 PM
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Great looking bass, have fun! I see you've already got a fiddle player for your BG band. |
03-07-2013, 04:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY | | | Man, that's a nice Kay. Play her in good health!
Mine's a '56 and in worse cosmetic condition than yours. You got a cool toy!
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03-07-2013, 07:40 PM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | Nice looking bass, Mike - well done. And your fiddle player is super cute, too!  |
03-07-2013, 07:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Aurora, Indiana | | | Thanks! That's a big smile for a little girl who just lost 2 front teeth. Lol |
03-07-2013, 07:48 PM
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Midtown Guitars | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 810, Michigan | | | very cool! |
03-07-2013, 07:50 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Traverse City, MI | | | Very nice bass! Congratulations! |
03-08-2013, 07:29 AM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur; Mem. #1, EPC | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | | Congrats! Enjoy.
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03-08-2013, 08:51 AM
| | | | Looking good! I love the nice thick fingerboard. Enjoy!
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03-08-2013, 09:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Aurora, Indiana | | | Ya that's a thick piece of ebony. Makes the neck thicker than the rest of the more expensive kays they had there. But thinner than the shen and other more classical uprights I tried. I like it its a middle ground between the 2 norms and it feels good! Also they said it should have a long life. A lot of meat there if ever needed to be planned in the future. |
03-09-2013, 08:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Aurora, Indiana | | | Dieing waiting on my Missy Rains DVD to get here so I can get started! Found another bluegrass jam on Thursday went to look around. Not a single upright there! Told them I had one and wanted to learn and there eyes light up like lanterns. |
03-09-2013, 08:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Burlington, Vermont | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fuzzy beard  Told them I had one and wanted to learn and there eyes light up like lanterns. | ...as they thought to themselves, "Ah, somebody to drive us to gigs!" |
03-09-2013, 08:47 AM
| | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur; Mem. #1, EPC | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tyb507 ...as they thought to themselves, "Ah, somebody to drive us to gigs!" | LOL! 
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03-09-2013, 09:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Aurora, Indiana | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tyb507 ...as they thought to themselves, "Ah, somebody to drive us to gigs!" | LOL Ahh man i thought they liked me ;( |
03-09-2013, 09:45 AM
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03-09-2013, 11:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Aurora, Indiana | | | Thanks |
03-11-2013, 12:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Aurora, Indiana | | One of the decisions I had to make when getting this upright was to upgrade to a adjustable endpin. I choose to leave the old style none adjustable wooden pin. But this soon became a problem with the pin that came with the bass there was no way to add a rubber foot. So it wanted to skate on wooden floors. So today I fashioned a new hickory endpin. I left more tapered area on this one to achieve maximum contact area. Since the only thing that holds it in is tension. And that's a crutch tip to supply my skid proof end. 
New on left old on right. Still have to put in bass and figure out how tall I want it. But I also come to find when you have a non adjustable endpin set up just for you. It cuts down on others wanting to play your bass!
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