Recent content by Tonecraft

Sorry for the suspense! I got the neck on and then left for a 3 week work trip. I am back now and the last thing I have to do it drill the holes in the new hat pegs I turned on the lathe and fit the new adjustable bridge. Here's how it went: ***I used 315 gram strength hide glue for everything...

I went to both Kolacny Music and Bob Ross when I first got the bass to get it looked over and decide whether it was worth fixing up, or selling if it was a money pit. They both gave me the green light and said it was worth it to take care of the small issues it had - warped bridge, cracked...

Here is a photo of the glued in block removed. With some careful routing to fit an insert block to recut the mortise into, is saving this block still out of the question? It held up for at least 20 years with a cubic foot of airspace in the joint, 3 dowels, and a couple dabs of glue. I found a...

That’s what I feared. I’ve been doing woodworking and carpentry for over a decade and am currently in a mechanical engineering program, so I’m hoping my skills will allow me to do these repairs myself. I searched threads and found a reference to Tom Link being a potential supply for Kay...

I brought my bass to my uncle's house to turn some new hat pegs. I went inside for a drink and when I came back to the garage, he had used a dowel to punch out a hat peg from the opposite side while the machine was still in the head. The neck had a major wobble from side to side, so while I...

My luthier is James at Sol Vista Violins in Lafayette, he’s a 2 minute drive from my house and does good work. While I wait for my bridge and strings to arrive, I’ll be taking it to Bob Ross and Kolacny Music just to get a second opinion. For me, the collectibility of the the bass is less...

Here's the label, Steven. Over the weekend I'll blow the 1/2 pound of dust out of the body and see if I can get the label cleared up to read more clearly. It looks like 3090 or 3990. There is no written number on the body from what I saw.

I saw the ad first thing Tuesday morning and dropped all my plans to go buy it, I really am a lucky guy, for once! I just got back from my local luthier and he was really exited about its condition. From what he saw, the neck replacement was done very well, and everything is structurally sound...

My new-old 1938 Kay Orchestral 3/4 ply - The SN is hard to read but I think it is 3090, placing its date of manufacture around 1938. Picked it up off of Craigslist from a wonderful elderly man who developed neuropathy and could no longer play. He has been playing upright since he was a teen and...

I've been using the Vic's Model B for about 3 months now and have never been happy with the sound. I was about to buy a Full Circle to replace it but saw that others using the Model B and the K&K Bass Max, which the Model B is essentially a copy of, got the best results by mounting the pickup on...

What side did you mount your Model B on?

The ATM35 has a mini XLR in and XLR output from the power supply. The ATR3350 I received had a 3.5mm TRS male jack that I had to adapt to run through the amp. I may order another copy of this mic to try again, but I think a better investment for me at this point is to buy a hypercardiod capsule...

I play in a 5 piece bluegrass band and for the last two shows, I ran my pickup through my preamp and also wedged an SM57 between the bridge feet and sent both to FOH. I took a wedge monitor and put it on a stand at shoulder/ear level behind me and had my bass amp on a kickback stand fed with...

Ok, back with an update. I bought the $50 ATM35 and ran into the same issue as the clip on mic. The issue was an impedance issue like I suspected and the solution was a $20 impedance transformer. I bought a Hosa MIT-129 impedance transformer which allowed me to get useable volume out of my mic...

How does everyone like their Peavey Max 208's? I have been looking for a good upright amp for small gigs that will double as a stage monitor for the bigger venues with sound support. I'm currently using a Platinum Pro EQ pedal into a Crown XLS1002 power amp into an Epifani T112 cab and it sounds...