Warped back

[NC Violone]

Hello Folks,

I'm trying to resurrect a carved Bohemian something or other. Tbe top and the back are both off. The top looks decent enough, but on the backside there are a few issues (I think that happens when we get older).

1. Crack down the middle. Clean crack along the seam until right at the button where it jumps off of the seam and gets squigly.

2. Braces have started lifting off; either allowing the crack in the back, or caused by the crack I guess.

3. Some of the edges are curling up.

I'm assuming it all needs to come apart, but I'm not sure what to do about the curling. Heat, moisture, both? Any advice about the order in which the repairs should be made would be greatly appreciated.

This bass has been stored, evidently poorly, for quite a while and I'm kind of bumbed that these issues have come up, but I'm willing to give it a shot to get it back together.

Lastly, if anyone has a slide show or steps to making a false button, I'll have to do that as well.

Thanks,

Bill Graham

[Matthew Tucker]

I have a bellyache. Should I

1. do nothing
2. take aspirin
3. Amputate below the right knee
4. have some lunch
5. Remove 20kg bag concrete from on top of belly, and stand up.

where are the diagnostic tools?

[NC Violone]

Tough one. I'd say, #3. It would make for an interesting story, and there are too few swashbucklers in the world these days.