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Yes, Jeff was interested in the idea, but the fingerboard does not appear to be a separate piece of wood from the neck itself. The only issue now is that the black stain comes off onto my fingers as I play. The wood grain is barely visible, it is some kind of hardwood with a grain similar to...

So I took my new Stagg bass to the Jeff Bollbach, in Freeport, NY, for those of you in the New York City area. (Check out his website.) He worried that the fingerboard is graphite or some kind of plastic. It is not, it is white wood. He determined that it was extremely poorly contoured...

Thank you. I don't know what the truss rod is, but that's OK, I'm going to take it to the famous luthier near where I live (Kolstein's) and whatever they tell me, I will let them do. I'm glad you like your instrument! My teacher, who had never before touched an electric double bass...

Hello, my EUB has a rattle/buzz and my teacher advises getting the fingerboard planed if necessary to correct this. Has anyone here taken their EDB to a luthier to improve the sound? How did it go? Advice for me? Mine is a Stagg EDB. Thanks everyone!

thank you, Francois! I am a little scared, it sounds like a major process and I'm sure it voids my warranty?, but even my teacher can't get rid of the rattle so it's not my lack of technique. By the way I use a vintage Fender bassman amp 4x10 with this instrument and the sound is really...

Less than a week ago I got a Stagg EDB and I am very happy with the sound. My teacher has advised me though to take it to a shop and have the fingerboard sanded down to eliminate the rattle of the E string (especially) against the fingerboard. He is an expert player of the acoustic double...

Well, I found a teacher! But only after posting multiple places, and I only received one response, but he's well-qualified.:hyper:

Can someone please tell me how to find a teacher of the double-bass in either New York City (Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan all good) or on Long Island?? I'm interested in jazz and folk mostly but what I really want is expert advice on hand position, posture, developing good intonation, etc...