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12-25-2007, 08:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Trafalgar, Indiana | | | Electronics exposed through a new hole! (what would you do?)
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Whats going on everybody? Okay... gig last weekend. Got honked and threw the bass.
What would you do about a 6inch wide hole on the side of a bass where the out jack is? The electronics still work... but are entirely exposed and the cable jack is dangling!
Let me know!
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12-25-2007, 09:01 PM
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12-25-2007, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by bassteban Duct tape. | +1 Check here for help on using duct tape.
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12-25-2007, 09:53 PM
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12-25-2007, 09:54 PM
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12-25-2007, 11:40 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ohio | | | Ummm...stop acting like a 3 year old? |
12-25-2007, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by cheezewiz Ummm...stop acting like a 3 year old? | While correct, that goes far beyond the scope of the answer truly commensurate with the question.
Duct tape was the correct answer. |
12-26-2007, 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by cheezewiz Ummm...stop acting like a 3 year old? | Truth is this was the correct answer. 
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12-26-2007, 01:13 AM
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Originally Posted by bassbully Truth is this was the correct answer. | ...And don't you think the guy that smashes his bass like a 3-year-old deserves to have his cable duct taped to the face of his instrument?
As I said before. |
12-26-2007, 04:31 AM
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12-26-2007, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Basshole ...And don't you think the guy that smashes his bass like a 3-year-old deserves to have his cable duct taped to the face of his instrument?
As I said before. | No...leave as is...lession learned?
tapes a quick fix ....LOL
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12-26-2007, 08:00 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | Consider it relic'd and leave it the hell alone....or
Marine epoxy would work. The stuff can be sanded, painted, etc.
Riis |
12-26-2007, 09:25 AM
| | | | What make and model? Posting a few images would be helpful if it is advice about repair (rather than behavior) that you seek. |
12-26-2007, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by TFG_low_end Okay... gig last weekend. Got honked and threw the bass.
What would you do about a 6inch wide hole on the side of a bass where the out jack is? | two part answer is in order here:
* address the root of the absent self control problem first. dude, you need to get some counseling before you do some real damage to someone and they fold you in half in the back alley (or something even worse)
* if the bass isn't malfunctioning, leave it as is so you have a visual reminder that some serious lifestyle changes need to take place before your bass throwing activities (and other similar antics) result in someone else getting seriously injured
all the best,
R |
12-26-2007, 12:07 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | This must be a hollow-body instrument or I can't imagine how you could have knocked a hole in it. I haven't seen a solid-body this could have happened to. If hollow-body, my guess is that you must repair it or it will eventually come apart. If solid-body, it will be much easier to repair.
Long-term: more care in handling your instrument.
Short-term: disassemble bass, rout or otherwise clean out hole to get a repairable cavity, carefully build wood block to repair hole, refinish the body, re-assemble. This exercise will be an excellent reminder why you never want to do this again. If it's a hollow-body, take it to a luthier and pay the multiple hundreds of dollars required for him to do the repair. |
12-26-2007, 12:28 PM
|  | Please? | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cincinnati, OH | | | Or, get a wide jack plate (or piece of metal that covers the hole, drill hole to mount jack) and remount the jack over the hole. |
12-26-2007, 01:44 PM
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