Recent content by Victor Ruiz

After quite a bit of time, fitting the actual ebony piece on and off while I have been putting on the old extension back on when I need to gig, the extension is just about done. Still need to get a steel rod for the pulley dowel and then make 3 more gates(I am short on wood so I can only make...

Well for those of you interested, here is the progress on the extension. Been working on this for the last 3 days I think. This is currently the rough version made out of poplar so I can figure out what to expect and what tools/methods to use. All the shaping for the scroll section has been...

The fingerboard itself on my bass is pretty flat length-wise. Is was very well set up by a talented luthier in my area before I bought it. The step reccomendation is very helpful. Haven't understood why the step is on mine. I'll upload some pictures later of my bass setup as well as pictures of...

Also Matthew, I took inspiration of your extension designs. The photos online have been very valuable. I have one question. In Chuck Traeger's book of bass building, he mentions the angle of the C extension fingerboard should be straight parallel with the main fingerboard. Or at least that's...

Awesome. And definitely will not be cutting it. I love the shape of my scroll too much :)

Hello all! Hope you are doing well. I've recently had the interest in making a C extension for my double bass. I've been taking measurements and studying a few different extensions I am able to find in my area as well as whatever dimensions or drawings I can find online and am fairly confident...