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06-11-2009, 04:57 PM
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Luthier, Dallas Strings | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas | | | sigh..
The picture says it all, best neck joint ever.. 
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06-11-2009, 06:00 PM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | There are a lot of those hot glue neck joints coming from China. They can be a lot of work to re-build but the basses always sound twice as good afterwards...  |
06-11-2009, 07:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: emmitsburg, maryland | | lets get busy... 
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06-11-2009, 08:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Seattle, WA | | | Both of those images are tragic. It's a shame to see such a noble instrument crafted and treated in this fashion.
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06-11-2009, 10:06 PM
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Luthier, Dallas Strings | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers  There are a lot of those hot glue neck joints coming from China. They can be a lot of work to re-build but the basses always sound twice as good afterwards... | PLEASE tell me you're joking.. I have this joint soaking in De-Glue-Goo all night. I'm really want to bag it up and tell the customer my normal disclaimer spill for not working on junk..
"This instrument is constructed with materials and methods that I'm unfamiliar with, thus I'm not qualified to work on it."
It's too bad I already decapitated it..  |
06-12-2009, 07:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: emmitsburg, maryland | | a) you can not tell your customer it is junk..(even if it is a school)
b) you are familiar w/wood and glue
c) you will see more..
d) it's not ea$y money..if it was.. everyone would be doing it.
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06-12-2009, 07:31 PM
|  | Official Forum Flunkee | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: San Francisco, CA | | I think this thread (or at least the pic) needs to be pinned at the top of every DB forum warning against buying $<800 basses. Or better yet, put the words on it with some skull & crossbones saying "This is what $500 buys you."  |
06-22-2009, 01:00 PM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by hdiddy I think this thread (or at least the pic) needs to be pinned at the top of every DB forum warning against buying $<800 basses. Or better yet, put the words on it with some skull & crossbones saying "This is what $500 buys you." | Good idea! Maybe a one-post sticky with that title.
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06-22-2009, 04:38 PM
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Luthier: Bresque Basses, rep: Paulin EUB | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia | | Those pics are going up on my wall, with this one. 
I have the top off a CCB right now. The bass bar was a slab-cut piece of rubbish and bent like a banana. Thankfully there's not too much edge ply damage, and I'm not looking at the neck joint at all. But I weighed the top last night ... 2500 grams!!! That's a kilo heaver than any of the other tops I've seen! |
06-22-2009, 05:09 PM
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Luthier, Dallas Strings | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Dallas, Texas | | | finished product
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Much better!  This pic is prior to dry-fitting the neck.
I used "orange box" cedar for the shim. I'm not using my good spruce on this project. Besides, the bass has a nice aroma now. 
Here's the finished product after applying touchup varnish using an airbrush. I revarnished the entire heel. The color's a little off, but who caaaaares..   flickr |
06-23-2009, 09:27 AM
| | Bangin' out the bottom end for 44 years! | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Connecticut | | | I think your customer is going to be very pleased. I would be. Nice work.
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06-23-2009, 10:58 AM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | That looks good and I bet it sounds way better too! Nothing like wood to wood contact to transmit vibrations. |
06-23-2009, 02:55 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Maynard MA | | | Amazing!
Kind of hard to believe it's the same bass. You luthiers do some great work! You must love your job. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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