Hello All! Man, is this a terrific forum. I recently started playing bass again after many, many years away. Took my bass in to my local luthier (also a bass player) for a checkup and appraisal. I also got a new camera recently, so I thought I'd use it to document the current state of several rib cracks that I've been watching over the years. It's a
Czech factory bass from the 1920s or so that underwent a complete restoration about 12 years ago.
These were checked in person by my luthier, so I'm not concerned about them. The sound of the instrument is as good as it's ever been. Still, I thought it might be a good idea to make a record of what the cracks look like now, so I made this
very boring video with an HD camera. I realize that people can't really assess the instrument from a video like this, but it will serve as a record for me about the current state of the cracks. If one starts to move or open up, I can dial up this video and check it out. Again, this isn't anything exciting--just a document of where the cracks are in 2011.
At any rate, I thought I'd post the idea and see what people thought. With digital cameras, it's getting easier to document stuff like this.
And again, great forum...
--Steve
