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    Double Bass Fixing a banana neck

    Bssist I used west systems epoxy awesome stuff. Tonaly I noticed no real change maybe a slight clarity over before but it would have been so fractional, but even in electric necks I can't tell the difference between one with the rods and one without But I would have though that the point...
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    Double Bass Fixing a banana neck

    Cool Idea David will have to try this method. I have found in most (not all) occations the necks that do this are not great to start with either cheap timber or wrongly cut pieces some have been thined down so much that they can't hold the pressure of the strings anymore I have done the...
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    Double Bass A message from Chuck Traeger

    Totally agree Mathew. When I started repairing Chuck’s book really gave me a deeper insight into the sound part of the bass as well as the repairing. Although I don’t refer to it as much as I did back then it is still apart of the collection of books and personal notes I keep right near my...
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    Double Bass How do you tell if a bass is blockless?

    One of the best basses I have heard was a little Blockless bass it had a really focused sound. And as Mathew said the ribs sometimes join into the neck.
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    Double Bass 2009: A (Chinese) Bass Odyssey...

    Hi Guys I'am a little late to the party but considering what I have been reading I thought I had better chime in and have my say I'm not sure what has been said about the shop over the last year but I can assure you we are open and doing the same buisness we have always done the only...