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05-26-2004, 07:09 PM
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So Jerry (hughindigo) and I were installing a new endpin in a Suzuki Laminate bass owned by a local school district. We found what seems to be a small broom handle attached to the top of the pin. We have pulled all sorts of strange things out of basses at our shop (fast food wrappers, candy, dead rodents, etc...), but this one had to be strategically placed. The only way it could found its way in is through the lower eye of the F-Hole. We got a good laugh out of this one and wanted to share it with y'all. Any ideas as to why someone would have done this? Has anyone seen something like this before? Thanks guys.
Matt
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05-26-2004, 07:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | | Perhaps it's a tool for clearing a path through a crowded subway train. |
05-26-2004, 08:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: self banned from talkbass.... | | maybe there were afraid that the pin would fall out  |
05-26-2004, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by mxr255 So Jerry (hughindigo) and I were installing a new endpin in a Suzuki Laminate bass owned by a local school district. We found what seems to be a small broom handle attached to the top of the pin. We have pulled all sorts of strange things out of basses at our shop (fast food wrappers, candy, dead rodents, etc...), but this one had to be strategically placed. The only way it could found its way in is through the lower eye of the F-Hole. We got a good laugh out of this one and wanted to share it with y'all. Any ideas as to why someone would have done this? Has anyone seen something like this before? Thanks guys.
Matt |
maybe the endpin got stuck in and they tried to stick it out with the broomhandle? wow crazy ppl |
05-26-2004, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by A M N maybe there were afraid that the pin would fall out |
The end pin was/is fully functional (aside from not being properly fit to the bass). The end of the rod was peened over and will not allow the rod to slip out of the collar. The inside end of the rod was just inserted into the white "dowel thiny." We were curious if this was some sort of homespun "tone enhancer." I have seen many homemade devices on the inside of violins, but never in basses. It was funny as hell to look in through the f holes and see it there.
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05-26-2004, 10:09 PM
| | | | maybe a Tibetan Shiva symbol ? ;-) |
05-26-2004, 10:18 PM
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05-29-2004, 09:57 PM
| | | | Speaking of end pins, I am not sure if mine is well fitted or not. It is slanted slightly towards the front kind of like this: \ but not that severe. I have had conflicting opinions on if it should be fixed or not, reputable opinions too.
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05-30-2004, 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by mxr255 …snip
The only way it could found its way in is through the lower eye of the F-Hole.
snip… | From your second picture, it looks like it would fit through the end-pin-block hole, so perhaps someone put it on the end of the end-pin to (1) stop it from falling out (2) enhance the tone (!!!!) (3) provide a topic of conversation on various bass-related BBSs for people who have nothing better to do than speculate  - you must have heard of people who bury really odd items in foundations (bridges/walls/buildings) just to fool the archæologists of the future…
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05-30-2004, 11:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: North Central Pennsylvania | | | The broom handle definetly wouldn't fit through the endpin hole... it was way too big.
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05-31-2004, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by hughindigo The broom handle definetly wouldn't fit through the endpin hole... it was way too big. |
maybe the player was trying to get a "cleaner" sound.......get it..... |
05-31-2004, 12:10 PM
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Sales Manager, CSC Products Inc. | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Rochester, NY | | So the other day, Tyler, one of MXR's co-workers, calls me to see what endpins I have in stock. I said "Well we've got some of those new endpins with the long wooden dowel that looks like a broom handle attached to the end of the rod".  |
05-31-2004, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by mxr255 maybe the player was trying to get a "cleaner" sound.......get it..... | Now that's the last straw. Try to get a handle on it before we whisk you away.
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05-31-2004, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Don Higdon Now that's the last straw. Try to get a handle on it before we whisk you away. | That was a sweeping indictment!
sorry...
Tim
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05-31-2004, 11:25 PM
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06-01-2004, 04:59 AM
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Originally Posted by tarmadilo That was a sweeping indictment!
sorry...
Tim |
I was thinking that maybe the teacher wanted him to use nice big sweeping bow strokes... |
09-13-2007, 09:28 PM
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09-14-2007, 07:40 PM
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09-18-2007, 07:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Haven | | | ... A microphone mount? I've heard of endpin mounted mics. Maybe the dowel was there to get the mic to a "good" sounding spot in the bass?
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