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I knew somebody who did this But several issues such as fret(less)board clearance for rockabilly playing. I guess if you stripped out the frets, jacked up the action, changed to flatwounds and added a click bug for the slap you might be able to approximate the the feel and sound. Most rockabilly...

Exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for. Psychobilly is the ultimate in amplified volume, instrument durability and customisation as opposed to acoustic sound and resale value. Love the Nekromatix and the Horrorpops

Exactly! Although you can't slap an electric bass in the same way.

I dream of a Blast Cult Bass, my mate has King bass and it's gorgeous. Unfortunately I dream of a detached house in the country too but unfortunately, like the blast cult bass, is only ever going to be a dream on my income I fear!

Thanks so much for all the advice given here. I'm going the hide glue route and think I'll try the linen and hide glue to strengthen it on top of the standard fix with cleats. Really appreciated all the advice given :)

Ha ha! Unfortunately it didn't end well without this stuff. I have firewood instead of bass!

Thank you, The broken off bits are a couple of parts of the carved wooden top (sides and back are ply). It's split in 5 places along the grain and a couple broke off. All the damage is at the bottom so the neck and top half are pretty sound. I will go the hide glue toute. That said it had an...

Hi, I'm really interested in any advice on fixing the disasterous collapse of my favourite upright bass after a good 15 years heavy gigging which included a lot of standing on (as you'd expect from a rockabilly band)! It's an Andreas Zeller (date unknown). It was old when I got it about 15 years...