Let's see the guts of some basses, any basses

[toman]

It seems like with so many fascinating old basses being superbly restored these days, or even opened up for relatively minor repairs along with all the new basses being made, that everybody should be taking photos of the insides of basses. Sure there some great resources like many of the pages on K. Smith's site and others, but for all the photos of the outsides of the instruments, the insides are just as interesting. Anybody want to post some links we may not have seen, or some of their own photos?

Maybe we can just have a "dismembered bass" thread. Old, new, good bad ugly... Post away!

[Eric Swanson]

If you don't already own it, Chuck Traeger's book has several "money shots" of open older instruments...

[Matthew Tucker]

plenty pics of bassguts on www.stringrepair.com

[ctregan]

This is a newish bass that I am rebuilding, not as fascinating as a 100 year old bass, but it is interesting to see how this import was assembled.

[ctregan]

Notice the fit of the linings and end block.
I believe this bass was made in China and retails for $999.00.

[sXeMike]

The inside(top) of the aluminum bass that I'm rebuilding(refinishing)

outside before pic:

[mjt0229]

I've posted this before, but here you go:

http://marktomko.smugmug.com/

I took these photos of my Kai Arvi while repairs were in progress. My luthier fixed a very small rib crack (caught very early) and a top crack, and checked on a number of other top cracks before deciding they were most likely very secure.

[Gearhead43]

Here ya go!

[drurb]

Originally Posted by Gearhead43

Here ya go! D

Excellent! Two points!

[JKoehler]

This is my mid 20`s Juzek that I fully restored. That`s our cat Mitzi caught taking a nap. I`m just now finishing the bass, and no, Mitzi was not left in the bass.

[Uncletoad]

Ahh excellent.

True Catgut.

[Matthew Tucker]

goatgut

[Cody Sisk]

I want to see if someone in these forums recognizes his bass..



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Here I made the cleats look pretty..

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[Cody Sisk]

I can't get this forum to recognize basic friggin html, is there a secret to getting pics to show here?

[dchan]

^ Click on 'post reply' instead of going directly to the 'Quick Reply' box at the bottom of the thread. This will bring you to the 'Reply to Topic' page.

There, above the reply space, you will see a lot of editing functions. On the left, you have your Bold, Italics, and Underline. Towards the right, two slots before the 'number sign' or 'pound sign', you will see a square with what looks like a couple of mountains and a moon. You can hover over this symbol, and it will say 'Insert Image'. Click on it.

A pop-up will appear with the message "Please enter the URL of your image:". Just copy and paste the link, and that's it.

[Nathan Parker]

Originally Posted by mjt0229

I've posted this before, but here you go:

http://marktomko.smugmug.com/

I took these photos of my Kai Arvi while repairs were in progress. My luthier fixed a very small rib crack (caught very early) and a top crack, and checked on a number of other top cracks before deciding they were most likely very secure.

That's the Balmforth's shop isn't it? She is such a great luthier. I was pretty stoked about her work as compared to other shops around there. I took my bass to a different luthier, and they missed a soundpost crack in the top. She found it, put some glue in there, and it's still holding. If I wouldn't have caught it when it was so small, it would have gotten quite large I'm guessing. Nice bass, by the way.

Sorry for the thread derailment

[Uncletoad]

Originally Posted by DallasStrings

I can't get this forum to recognize basic friggin html, is there a secret to getting pics to show here?

Forum syntax is not HTML. It's a watered down thing that is a bunch easier.

Look at the little edit boxes above the box your write in. The picture one looks like a little mountain. Copy and paste your URL in that box and you're done.


If you want to write it you'll have to view the thing in text rather than wysiwyg. I'd write it here but you'd never see it cause it would process it like an image.

[Uncletoad]

Originally Posted by Matthew Tucker

goatgut

Looks like a cat inside the guts of that bass to me.

Or maybe just a damn attractive goat.

[Matthew Tucker]

Originally Posted by DallasStrings

I want to see if someone in these forums recognizes his bass..



Here I made the cleats look pretty..

use it like:

[ img ]http://yourdomain.com/imagename.jpg[ /img ]

[Cody Sisk]

Thanks for the info everyone! And thanks Matthew for reposting for me!