Recent content by Dave Craig

Thanks again for all the advice - the bass is back in operational order. I managed to get the original screws out and re-adhere the block to the wood. Because the block was only partially detached, it was hard to get much glue in there, but because there were already holes, I used some more...

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I think they are at an appropriate level for a. the instrument, and b. my bodging skills... I've got an endoscope type camera which I will stick down inside the bass tonight to see if I can find out anything else about what's going on. Then I'll come up with a...

I just took a closer look, and I can just make out a brass philips screw head in one of the holes about 6mm deep. It may be that they used to be flush on top and just got pulled through, though I think I would have noticed them. My bodge would have been less aesthetic, but having a piece of...

That makes sense, thanks. I did wonder if the small holes originally had bolts to help hold the bottom block in place. Although the bass doesn't leave the house much, it did go to a music weekend in a van a month or so ago with some other basses and one of the others was apparently wrecked...

Hi all, My son was practising his 1/2 size bass this morning, when suddenly I heard a loud bang. Attached is the photo of what happened... The end pin is now at a slight angle, and as well as the wood around the end pin being stoved in there's a large crack where the back of the bass should be...