Recent content by keiranohara

Flat heads such as the screws that come supplied with rubners and slones. Here are the ones one a Jeff Bollbock bass.

Handsome looking tuners. Too bad about the Philips head screws, they make everything look tacky. Hard to tell in this pic/light, are they polished brass? Are the tuner shafts straight or tapered?

Invalid Link Removed Ray Ramirez has been a terrific participant in the VSA oberlin bass workshops over the years. You may know him for his electric uprights, but he has also been bringing impressive double bass restoration projects to the workshop.

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Delrin doesnt play well with adhesives. Another concern to keep aware of: once the holes are filled it can be difficult to drill the pilot for the threaded inline (co-axial) with the hole on the opposing side of the adjuster. I have in the past filled all holes with fine grained hardwood and...

Time to teach the little ones how to buff out metal...

Paul Hart is south of salt lake in Mt. Pleasant, ut. Has be one of the workmanship judges at the ISB makers competition.

Our friend Mr. Tucker is in a new workshop space in the Sydney area. Link Removed

Here's an example of a narrow margin (7mm) fading into a point where the margin is more like 11mm

I wouldnt do it exactly as he does. But something to fill the space between the two curves. Another idea would be have the points of the corners meet using the 15mm margin, have the upper, middle of the c, and lower bouts following the 10mm margins. Using a french curve, blend those two curve...

After a quick survey of the instruments in our shop everything seems to be purfled with between 7 and 10 millimeters from the finished Edge to the exterior of the purfling (examples of many different hand). That being said, how these margins flow into those large corners will make a great bit of...

I'll jump on to the foredom band wagon and add more to the shopping list with the Invalid Link Removed purfling attachment. We've modified ours to the maximum extent to optimize for basses and it will cut a channel about 10mm edge to center. The foredom is certainly more skookum tool, the...

If you are posting on this side of the forum, I suggest a fine hand made double bass from your local luthier.

OP: "I am seriously considering putting down the deposit for a Dan Hachez bass." Is there a reason you want one built for you? Some custom options you need (overall size or string length)? There is currently one for sale at Robertson (Hachez #49) along with a Schnitzer, a Lloyd, a Wiebe, and a...

Question for any with hands on experience: can it be adjusted in situ under tension?