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11-30-2005, 11:40 PM
| | Jeff Bollbach Luthier, Inc. | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: freeport, ny | | | where's my truss
Cleaning shop today and before I threw this out I thought youse might like a peek at some db esoterica. A homemade truss on a db fingerboard.
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12-01-2005, 02:19 AM
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12-01-2005, 08:44 AM
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Owner: Ken Smith Basses, Ltd. | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Perkasie, PA USA | |  " In God we truss"
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Originally Posted by G-force as in " In God we truss" ??? | Yup.. But, "all others pay Cash!" |
12-01-2005, 09:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada | | | Damn, sure looks like a lotta work for no result...
When installed, did it actually affect the shape of the neck? I can't imagine a 5/16" or so rod bending a 5/8" thick ebony board.
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12-01-2005, 11:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | Gawd, I hope that dint come offa my bass...
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12-01-2005, 11:57 PM
| | Supporting Member/Luthier | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | | You didn't throw out that purty cutting board, didja? |
12-02-2005, 08:56 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Southeast Michigan | | | Must be a Fender Precision Double Bass. Don't see too many of those around... |
12-02-2005, 09:45 AM
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www.azola.com | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: San Diego, CA | | | Ampeg Baby Bass fingerboard truss
Jeff,
It looks like what Ampeg was doing in the late 60s to help support their thin boards. Don't throw it out, I'll hang it on my wall, sometimes I need these things for Ampeg restorations. Drop me a note if you still have it.
Steve www.azola.com |
12-02-2005, 10:04 AM
| | Jeff Bollbach Luthier, Inc. | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: freeport, ny | | | Uhh...Sorry Steve, It is history. I have a small shop and occasionally I just have to be ruthless or else I'll drown. Come to think of it that board may have indeed come off a baby bass. |
12-02-2005, 11:23 PM
| | Jeff Bollbach Luthier, Inc. | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: freeport, ny | | | Steve-
Well, I forgot to put one garbage pail out and I discovered that the
board in question is not 100% gone. I had cut off half of the board to salvage some wood and thrown out the truss portion. That is what I found. If you want that for parts I'd be happy to send it along. |
12-03-2005, 09:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Eric Jackson Damn, sure looks like a lotta work for no result...
When installed, did it actually affect the shape of the neck? I can't imagine a 5/16" or so rod bending a 5/8" thick ebony board. | I might be missing something in the photo, but it looks more like it would only adjust the camber in the portion of the board that overhangs beyond the neck. Sometimes that portion of a board will change shape with the weather and even though mine is thick, that part can be flexed a little bit. Definitely an odd looking device that one wouldn't imagine exists.
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12-04-2005, 01:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tennessee | | | Yup, my Baby Bass is right here and that's gotta be what it came from. |
12-05-2005, 12:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA USA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Aleph5 Yup, my Baby Bass is right here and that's gotta be what it came from. | Just curious but does it still have that toxic Ampeg plastic body odor????? 
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12-05-2005, 11:12 PM
|  | Journeyman Clam Artist Moderator | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, baby | | | I thought you only needed the truss when the nut was bust...
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12-05-2005, 11:48 PM
| | Jeff Bollbach Luthier, Inc. | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: freeport, ny | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Damon Rondeau I thought you only needed the truss when the nut was bust... | I was waiting for that one, Damon.  |
12-07-2005, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Silversorcerer Just curious but does it still have that toxic Ampeg plastic body odor????? | Oh yeah!! It comes and goes, but whoooo! And I still seem to forget the source when I wonder what the stink is in my room. Oh--THAT, again. I think it's haunted. Mine doesn't seem to have any structural problems, but I rarely move it (or play it  ). It's mostly a museum, conversation, and stink piece. For those who haven't had the pleasure, the plastic body is supposedly unstable and outgasses fumes that smell about like a soft cheese like Limburger (not that I'm intimately familiar with that!).
I've wondered if after so many years of chemical breakdown, whether it could explode like some BBs have said to. I guess I should also be concerned about a real health problem associated with the resultant air quality.  I've tried googling to learn more about Eastman Uvex, said to be the culprit material. Not gotten too far. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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