Recent content by zevv

Right, that's some elaborate answer there, thank you!

If you aspire building an acoustic guitar, why not just bite the bullet, what's the worst that could happen? If you are as lucky as I was you might end up with a playable instrument with maybe some blemishes and you can be super proud of yourself. If you botch it up, you'll learn from the...

Sure, I wouldn't dare forcing the rod to move the neck itself, it already requires enough force as it is now. The thing is: my neck is perfectly straight now, it's even about one mm higher around the middle. The problem is simply that I put the neck joint on dead straight: the fingerboard is...

Hi all, I've owned this Yamaha fretless for the last 25 years and I'm trying to get rid of it. I'm not sure how to advertise the bass though: on the back of the headstock is a little sticker saying "BB350F", but a lot of pictures I look up for this model show a bass with different pickup...

The bending was actually a very fun process, it's a wonderful experience to feel the wood suddenly give way and bend under your fingers when heating up! Also I loved the smell of the heat and steam on the wood, an excellent job for a January day in a cold shed! I learned that the walnut and...

Oh, I just read up on what "resetting the neck" means - that's quite an operation! Injecting steam into the dovetail joint and the end of the fingerboard to dissolve the glue, removing the neck, cleaning up and reglueing at the right angle. I wonder if I would be able to do that without causing...

Yes, it's my first build indeed! I decided to just dive in and see what would happen - I half expected to end up with bass-shaped firewood, but the result definitely surprised and pleased me. Like I mentioned, I got a lot of inspiration and help from Kinkead's book, which I *highly* recommend...

Aw, it seems I missed my chance for the "Two makes it better" winter build, as I don't have the obligatory picture with parts and note! Still posting this here, just because I can. Over the month of January I created my first instrument; I'm pretty new to woodworking in general, but with...

Right, I was thinking of hardware, but a strap is as simple as it gets - thanks!

I have this compact PJB combo with the amp on top and cabinet on the bottom. I keep the top in my living room for daily practice, while the bottom only comes out to practice or gigs. My new practice location comes with lousy parking, so I need to walk about a 100m from car to door. I'd like to...

Oops - I just got corrected, I'm not allowed to ask the question about monetary value - please ignore that part. I'm still interested in any background or history about the instrument though!

Apologies, I was not aware; I'm not able to edit the post anymore since it's over one hour old, so can't take the question out. Still interested in more background info about the instrument though!

(Crosspost, same message also in EUB, sorry for that) Hi all, I've got the offer to buy a Hoffner electric upright, probably from the 70's or 80's, but I'm not able to find anything substantial about this instrument on the internets. Does anyone recognize this bass, and in what ballpark...

Hi all, I've got the offer to buy a Hoffner electric upright, probably from the 70's or 80's, but I'm not able to find anything substantial about this instrument on the internets. Does anyone recognize this bass, and in what ballpark should I think for a reasonable price for this instrument...

Piezo orientation & location Hi, I recently started bowing on my Stagg, and I've noticed some behaviour that seems to be related to the way the piezos pick up the vibrations. These were never a problem for playing pizzicat, but for bowing this kind of takes the fun out of the instrument: - The...