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1/2 juzek ply. finish a little chippy, but edges and arches are healthy, and the neck and pegbox are unbroken. spiro e,a,d and obligato g. meausrements coming soon...

so the shop just got a nice chubby jackson s-51 #10176, and its the first ive seen. the fingerboard over hangs by roughly 5mm on either side of the neck. was this how kay did the fivers, just put an extra wide board on a four string neck? the peg box hasnt been bushed, so i assume its originial...

yesterday a nice old kay came into the shop to have its neck reglued. the serial # is 6979, which according to kaybass.com, dates it at 1940. my question is about the model. its labeled as a M-1-W. kaybass.com had a few ideas as to what the W stood for ( in the white, made for the h.n. white...

fun project. i had an old ply body and a neck from a trashed ply. did the neck set and said now what? well, ive never converted a bass (3 to 4, much less 4 to 5) and ive never made an extension, so... the extension, nut, tailpiece, and fingerboard are beech cause thats all i had laying around...

i know its slab, but i thought everyone might get a kick out of this.

this was a fun project. not my extension!

so im elbow deep inside this old bass adressing oodles of previously but poorly repaired rib cracks when i see it... epoxy:eek:. ive got most of it scraped away and will soon be looking to reinforce this crack. now im proud to say that i have zero experience with epoxy. what glue can i use to...

to the luthiers out there, when replacing a fingerboard does scribing the glue surface of the f.b. and neck make for a better joint? i have done it both ways with great success, and was just wondering what other luthiers do.

hi all, this is a questions more for luthiers but players, your input is helpful as well. what are people using for bridges these days? i use despiau single trees the "6" model (as listed in howard core). i find that the price increase for higher quality(double and triple trees) bridges isnt...

hello to all, i am new to the site. i am luthier in mass. and just wanted to introduce myself. look forward to reading,posting, helping, confusing, etc. anyways, hello.