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yo paul That was no fair and bad taste and i know it, i am very sorry "That paul dude is a menace, just rubbish and no help."

hold da kæft hvor ham paul er en plage, kun sludder ingen hjælp..

hey Jsn Thank you very much, also for the history lesson;) im a little surpriced that it could be that old, because it is in pretty good shape, exept the crooked scroll due to earlier reparation, and a repaired crack in one side, the bass is intakt. I have replaced the finger board with one in...

thanks:) yes i was leaning towards that end of the century too..

I will ask here also..please does anybody know how old this bass is im working on ? 40, 50, 60, 70`s ?

not much to be said really..its old and crooked. well ok then.

im now finished with the FB: this is getting hide glue just a little too hot(should be 145 farenheit).. here is the FB fitted and glued. this is a new nut i made, the old one was too low. i made it with a block of grenadil wood, which original purpose was to be a joint for a clarinet:) yes i...

Hey Im not sure i know what you mean, do you mean the lenght from nut to bridge? Because the photos of DB in full size is sent to me by the former owner, before i laid my hands on it. I have done this so far: 1# I pulled the old FB off:bassist: real easy i was lucky 2# cleaned up and...

yes i can see that, i have been looking at that, and there is a crack going all around the neck..if you look at pic. nr. 1, just below the tuning mec. thats the crack. But it also looks like it has been "repaired"..But not very good job. i post one more pic. just to show the repair job where i...

this is the bass im working on:

this is an old ply wood bass, it says on a sticker inside: made in Czechoslovakia. Anybody got an idea on its age? The former owner boght it in 1970, looking like this:

I remowed the Clamps a little earlier and the result was amazing! the FB ran almost perfectly down the neck..with a tiny overbend in the middle part, and i were pretty exited i must say. But an hour later, the wood had pulled a bit together so that the bow came back..but not nearly as much as...