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02-13-2006, 11:20 PM
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hi, question... if i look up towards my scroll from the bridge, I see that the scroll is askew, rotated towards the g-str. the neck is not twisted, but i feel as though the curve of the fingerboard is geared toward the g as well. should i leave it alone or have it straightened?
kurt
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02-14-2006, 08:06 AM
| | Jeff Bollbach Luthier, Inc. | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: freeport, ny | | | Hi Kurt! It's rare to find a scroll dead-on and I think the board favoring is probably coincidental. One can't just "straighten" a scroll though. You could do a graft, but more than likely it's just the portion above the box that is twisted. A graft wouldn't cure that. Of course the board could be replaned but for what reason? |
02-14-2006, 10:46 AM
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Owner: Ken Smith Basses, Ltd. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perkasie, PA USA | |  Kurt's Bass
Kurt, if this is the Bajoni then it most likely has a Grafted neck. It is very possible that the Scroll was not grafted 100% straight to the new neck. I have seen this on many Basses. Today, many luthiers use a Lazer to assure as perfect alignment as possible. My Prescott is currently getting a Graft and will be aligned by Lazer. My Mystery Bass will also get a Graft by Paul but he doesn't use such modern things. It will be interesting to compare old and new schools of tools after both Jobs are done.
For now, just play your Bass as-is unless it has a problem. Then, go back and Audition somewhere. I wanna hear that you won the Job somewhere. You are too great a player to just hang around the city, do some subs and dwell on the Met experience. I wish I could play half as good as you. I also wish I had your Bass... lol |
02-14-2006, 11:36 AM
| | AES Fine Instruments | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brewster, NY, USA | | | Ken Smith wishing he had someone else's bass...now there's a switch! |
02-14-2006, 11:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Manchester UK | | | Not wishing to be smartar.. (it gets me in trouble) but it's laser BTW. It's an acronym for light amplification (by the) stimulated emission (of) radiation. This knowledge of course brings nothing to the thread :-( . I second all of Ken's last para!
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02-14-2006, 11:51 AM
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Owner: Ken Smith Basses, Ltd. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perkasie, PA USA | | Typo fixed..
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Originally Posted by Mike Crumpton Not wishing to be smartar.. (it gets me in trouble) but it's laser BTW. It's an acronym for light amplification (by the) stimulated emission (of) radiation. This knowledge of course brings nothing to the thread :-( . I second all of Ken's last para! | Ok Yoda, fixed it... |
02-14-2006, 11:55 AM
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Owner: Ken Smith Basses, Ltd. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perkasie, PA USA | | Wishing?
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Originally Posted by arnoldschnitzer Ken Smith wishing he had someone else's bass...now there's a switch! | Arnold, have you seen Kurt's Bajoni? I tried it out before he bought it. What a sound it has. Sweet, mellow, powerful and Italian. I also played 2 Guads that day as well as several others. I think Kurt was in negoations already when I tried it out the second time so it was too late to make an offer. I had already bought the Martini by then anyway so I was waiting for it to arrive from Italy. Kurt? Wanna trade? My Scroll is straight and has a C-Ext... Yes? |
02-14-2006, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Galactic Ahab ...This knowledge of course brings nothing to the thread... | Ah, but it does though. Anything that brings knowledge to the masses is worthwhile.
Spelling correction is a Good Thing too.
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02-15-2006, 04:34 PM
| | Supporting Member/Luthier | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | | Didn't someone produce a car called the Lazer? |
02-15-2006, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by nicklloyd Didn't someone produce a car called the Lazer? | lol yep, Google says it's plymouth.
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02-16-2006, 09:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Upstate, SC | | | Lazer RS Turbo
Hey-
I know it's off topic... but half this thread is already.
I had a Plymoth Lazer RS Turbo. The engines were manufactured by Mitsubishi. Man, would that thing fly.
PS- A bass stool and luggage fit in the hatchback quite nicely.
BG
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02-16-2006, 11:16 AM
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Owner: Ken Smith Basses, Ltd. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perkasie, PA USA | | Off topic?
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Originally Posted by Heifetzbass Hey-
I know it's off topic... but half this thread is already.
I had a Plymoth Lazer RS Turbo. The engines were manufactured by Mitsubishi. Man, would that thing fly.
PS- A bass stool and luggage fit in the hatchback quite nicely.
BG | Off topic you say?.. Man, that's 'Far East'!!*
*Hip Jazz cats used to say that insted of 'far out' in the late 60s and 70s.. If anyone here can remember that. What good is a joke when one has to explain the punch line? |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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