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04-23-2003, 06:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: NZ | |  Yep..The bridge broke off...
Yep my bridge just broke off. A family handled the bass wrong way and the bridge just popped off.
It came off clean so nothing was damaged and the bridge is still in one piece.Any ideas on how to get it back on?
There's aways the repair shop and I've been getting in touch with my teacher..
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If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it?
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04-23-2003, 07:26 PM
| | Jeff Bollbach Luthier, Inc. | | Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: freeport, ny | | | It's likely that the soundpost [in the bass]would have fallen down in this scenario. This is unfortunately something that would really necessitate a trip to a luthier to correct.
BTW, all the cats I know would claw the #@$% out of you if you tried to strap toast to their back. |
04-24-2003, 11:41 PM
| | Supporting Member/Luthier | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | | I like a good piece of toast. Not too much butter, either. Sometimes toast is good with Nutella, but rye bread doesn't taste good with Nutella. Rye bread tastes really good with mustard, but who has mustard for breakfast?
If yer soundpost hasn't fallen, and it isn't sitting skatty-wampus 'tween the top and the back, lay the bass down on your bed/futon/sofa. Tune the strings down three or four full turns. Place the bridge on the belly, making sure it is facing the right way. Put the A and D strings on first, centering the feet of the bridge with the imaginary (la, la, la) line that connects the ff hole notches. The A and D strings should also "sit" centered on the fingerboard.
If this all is still making sense, pull the E and G strings onto the bridge, and tune the bass up. Tune each string a little at a time, and keep an eye that no gaps appear 'tween the feet and the belly of the bass.
Or, find your car keys, load the bass into the car, start the engine, put the car in drive or first, and head over to the bass shop. Depending on how you live, you might need to raise the garage door before starting the engine and exiting the garage. Trust me... |
04-25-2003, 02:10 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Oslo, Norway | | Quote: Originally posted by nicklloyd
...and it isn't sitting skatty-wampus 'tween the top and the back... | isn't sitting... WHAT??  |
04-25-2003, 05:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: NZ | | Quote: Originally posted by nicklloyd
If yer soundpost hasn't fallen, and it isn't sitting skatty-wampus 'tween the top and the back, lay the bass down on your bed/futon/sofa. Tune the strings down three or four full turns. Place the bridge on the belly, making sure it is facing the right way. Put the A and D strings on first, centering the feet of the bridge with the imaginary (la, la, la) line that connects the ff hole notches. The A and D strings should also "sit" centered on the fingerboard.
If this all is still making sense, pull the E and G strings onto the bridge, and tune the bass up. Tune each string a little at a time, and keep an eye that no gaps appear 'tween the feet and the belly of the bass.
| Hmmm? I thought you actually glue the bridge in place.. maybe I think too much..
Cheda Bro for your delightfully insightful idea.
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04-25-2003, 12:25 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Kansas City, MO | | | catawampus
Quote: Originally posted by erik II
isn't sitting... WHAT?? | catawampus
Nickel alloy,
Thanks for reminding me of one of my mom's favorite words. Her mother grew up a few farms down from the James brothers, and you know how many of them border ruffians had roots in Ole Kentuk. |
04-26-2003, 09:28 AM
| | Supporting Member/Luthier | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | | skatty-wampus is just another name for cock-eyed
Bridges aren't glued in place on upright basses. At least, they shouldn't be... |
04-26-2003, 09:34 AM
|  | Student of Life Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisville, KY | | | Re: catawampus
Quote: Originally posted by mflaherty
...and you know how many of them border ruffians had roots in Ole Kentuk. |
What're yoo tryin' tuh say, BOAH? We's just as sivillized 's yoo cud evr wunt. |
05-08-2003, 12:18 PM
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Sales Manager, CSC Products Inc. | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Rochester, NY | | Q: You know why they built the Ohio River Bridge?
A: So the Kentuck's could swim in the shade. 
Sure, skatty-wampus, it's an industry term. Like saying your properly set plane blade is "balls-on".
Sorry, Nick brings out the worst in me. |
05-09-2003, 05:59 PM
| | Supporting Member/Luthier | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | | When a plane blade is real f*ckin' sharp, its "finer than an RCH"
pm me for the translation... |
05-10-2003, 11:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Southeast Michigan | | | No- RCH is a subdivision of CH, which is an engineering term. Like, "slide that puppy over just a CH..." or "I think you wanna mill that down just a CH...." |
05-11-2003, 10:10 AM
| | Supporting Member/Luthier | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio | | | Well, in my vast experience with the CH measurements, the RCH is the finest, hands down.
I've heard of a finish carpenter that carried around an RCH in a little clear tube. Just in case... |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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