Recent content by bbass408

It turns out that Matt did the set up on the West Valley College 1970s awesome carved bass with lots of curly everything. The set up on that thing is unbelievable. It plays like a Les Paul. Buttery… Unfortunately, I am lefty so I can’t play it.

Sacramento is Sahs. I did not use him, but I did talk to him for a while on the phone and I think he would do a great job. He said his shop is pretty busy for the next couple of months. I ended up going to Alex Friedman of the Acoustic Bass Shop in South San Francisco. I think he’s great. He...

I was able to get Alex Friedman to take my bas into his shop. I waited a while but I am excited. Last summer it went to Kamimoto Strings in San Jose. They are local and at the time I was only able to transport my base in the back of a pick up truck so I had no choice. I think they tried, but...

Matt is indeed an enigma. I used to live 2 miles up the road from Felton. In talking to people who have met him, I think you gotta just go stop by his shop. From everything I’ve heard his work is exactly what I want. He did an extensive restoration on one of the basses at my school West...

Matt’s fb page is back alive with a recent pic where he looks happy in his shop. I definitely need a bass luthier for work on or replacing the fingerboard. I’m sure I will be able to reach Steve Swan.

I wish Matt would work on my fingerboard.

Tharp: Aridzona. Olivola: Seattle. Tough commute.

I need some work done on my double bass and I am at a loss for bass shop. Most of them don’t even have working voicemail. Here is all the info I came up with as of today. Matt The Bass Doctor Bohn has a dead FB page and his phone rolls to vm in one ring. No return phone calls to me or...

To Robobass: I should have looked at your pics more closely. I now notice that two cable widths can go into the cylinder -- in the same direction if necessary and can tuck behind the tailpiece if there's a cavity there. I also found these "tiller rope clamps" to be an interesting alternative...

The Crosby clamps are standard in the world of cable as are aluminum crimps. The Crosby is kinda large so I do wonder about buzz. Another possibility is a "Tiller Rope Clamp" (Google it). All of these are available at Home D. Total string tension on a 3/4 bass with normal tuning is almost...

Q: How many amps do I need? A: Just one more.

Lest we not forget "Date Stamp" and "4 Ever 2 Gether..." When I was learning bass in the early 80's I was just getting into Jaco (a referenced Lickey influence) while playing "The Number of the Beast" in my metal band (Sheehan is another referenced influence) when my bass teacher told me to buy...