Recent content by Mthakathi

I'm neither a physicist or a mechanical engineer so my response here is anecdotal, but I've owned several aluminum neck Kramer basses. The difference between them and Travis Beans is that the Kramer necks have wooden inserts on either side of the T- spine on the back of the neck. Over time...

FINAL UPDATE: well kids, it looks like my little campaign worked. One week and multiple posts later, and I’ve we’ve had numerous inquiries (literally from around the world!) and 7 actual participants from around the country - Richmond, VA, Chicago, Boston, LA, PA., Asbury Park 😉 - who have come...

UPDATE: OK so here we go. I talked to Paul this morning. His launch number to do this is 6 or more participants. once we have enough, we'll set a target date and he'll rearrange the shop and get his gigantipithicus arbor press (MotorCityMinion;)) setup over a weekend. The fee will be $100 per...

BTW, just as an update: I’ve already had four respondents who have expressed a keen interest in doing this and asked me to please keep them in the loop. So I think it’s a good start. The question everybody keeps asking is what the fee is going to be. I’ve been explaining that I wanted to see...

Well, he definitely did not want to go through all that just for one instrument (mine). But he was on board with me doing this. He suggested posting on his page, and I decided to take it a little bit more viral than that.

Yeah, Paul talked about doing that too. Back in the Kramer factory. But, he said it is neither as dependable or accurate as using the machine.

I don't know. I acquired it like this. I had a '76 that was lost in a fire many years ago (only the neck remained amongst the ashes!). I loved that bass and decided a while back I wanted to find another. I found this one reasonably cheap because of the condition of the neck.

I came to master luthier, Kramer/BC Rich builder Paul Unkert a couple weeks ago to see about straightening out the severely bowed neck on my beloved Kramer 350b bass. We all know, Paul’s the guy that can do this. But the only means for him to do so requires the dragging out and setup of an...