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Hello all, I am thinking about spicing up the double bass sound with some wah / fuzzwah. For funk music or synth tones. Can anyone recommend a good effect for this? Morley? Thanks in advance!

Thanks! Yes, I thought about a shim but all other strings have a perfect small gap. Seems like the notch of the D-string was too low as indicated by a groove in the fingerboard. So shimming would also change all other strings...

Hello All, mission accomplished. I drilled 2 4mm holes with different angles, filled with epoxy and introduced 2 3.5mm CF-rods. After cleaning up I glued back the nut and installed strings and bridge. Seems to be stable so far and I am glad to be able to play again ! So far I only noticed a...

Thanks for your valuable input. I just ordered a long 4mm drill and a 3.5mm rod and will see how this turns out. Have a nice week, Alex

Yes thats exactly what I thought. I will put 2 Yes, that is exactly what I thought after measuring. I will have to find a drill long enough and then order 1/8" or 1/6" CF rod. I will put 2 pieces pointing slightly downwards. But how does the air come out while glueing the rods in? Is this a...

Yes, I was thinking about drilling a centered hole slighty downwards and putting a CF rod there. But there is not much place at all and I do not want to destabilize anything. I will have to measure again after declamping in some hours. Do you really think a 1/8" CF rod would be thick enough...

Hello, I closed the larger cracks with hide glue. No problem. The very thin cracks could only be filled using superglue. I then tried to remove the nut with no success. Then I heated with a hairdrier and it came off. It smelled and had insoluble residues, I suspect epoxy... (also epoxy is...

Dear Paul, thanks for the information on how to reinforce with a carbon fibre rod. Interestingly, this post here Wirbelkastenbruch | Kontrabass-Blog inserts two rods both on every side, laterally and not from front to back. Can you explain why you would prefer the rod from front to back? How...

Hello folks, thank you for your help so far! I started glueing the scrollbox with hide glue - looks good. One question: I would like to remove the nut from the neck. What would be the best method: wetten with water, heating with a hairdryer and lift off with a hot knife? Any recommendations...

Hello all, thanks for your responses. From your posts it seems it is about 1:1 hide glue:epoxy. I tend to using epoxy for... reasons. My gut feeling. Another question is: I disassembeld the pegbox. By softly twisting by hand I can see that the cracks goe throuth the side walls. Concerning...

Interesting to hear they use formaldehyde to preserve the Titebond. This would not be allowed / is regulated by REACH here in europe. I will contact this guy, they seem to know what they do. Hasenleim, hohe Klebkraft And yes, if this repair fails I will let it be renewed completely.

Hello All, thanks for your valuable input! in the past I was working with some type of hide glue. It was brown barrels that I dissolved at about 25% in a hot water bath and used it to restore an old secretary cabinet. I remember that I had problems with the glue cooling too fast and not...

Hi, yes I wondered that it completely broke off by just a slow skipping move... I am sure I will take more care in the future... I will try to contact Rober McIntosh, thanks for the tip. Do you think I should clean with some white spirit before glueing the parts? Thanks, Alex

Thank you David for your input. Regards, Alex

Ok, will search for a luthier or alternatively do it myself using epoxy. Regarding my question/image above: at what position would you introduce a pin to strengthen the construction?