Recent content by luisraulmunoz

the shop where this happened is Violin Shop Tampa I think to some degree I was wrong and blame myself as I should have been more insistent in that nothing be changed but after already four months of not doing the job the luthier called me insisting something “was wrong with the block where neck...

Thank you for your kind offer, if I’m able to go I will write you 🙏🏻

Thanks, that’s the exact description. t’s very odd that someone would confuse my bass with such different models when I’ve stated the facts, perhaps someone cross posted by mistake

Yes but it’s not a Shen and definitely not plywood, I’ve played plywood and carved Shen basses and I believe I can tell the difference

What’s a "ply Shen"? Not sure I understand what you’re referring to

I believe they copied the actual neck as such but altered the neck block quite a bit here’s photo before and after (sorry the before photo not good quality had to do a screenshot from a video) Also the fingerboard was altered very poorly, I have to raise the strings unusually high in order not...

I just wish I had an exact measurement of the angle and position before

I realize absolute exactitude may not be possible but some luthiers I spoken to since say you can get very close if the measurements are taken carefully

Other people gave told me the same thing after the fact. The cheaper and more logical solution was to do a new scroll since it’s not an old instrument

You are right, I didn’t realize at the moment how different the string length had changed, hard to describe the circumstances

They did it They did it by installing the neck differently in the block

Hello, last year my bass suffered an accident upon arriving from a flight from San Juan to Orlando, a crack developed on the lower scroll area. Was recommended a shop in Tampa where I was told I needed a neck graft (later some people have told me it would have been better and cheaper just to do...

While I dont think, nor have I suggested, that soundpost adjustment is "semiconductor physics" it is something that needs to be learned properly. Here in Talkbass, where I searched before deciding to open a thread, I have read people say anyone should do it, I have also read luthiers mentioning...

I understand and agree with what @Povl Carstensen says but my experience seems to match Traegers opinion. I feel the string offers more "resistance" when bowed and this is what I call "stiffer". Some what louder but less overall resonance and it's of course proportional to how much you move it...