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For starters, this thread is not about a DB; it's about a large mandobass. Sorry about the image size; I'm pretty much having to take the resolution my Photos folder will give me. Anyway, some years ago the mandobass took a fall which snapped the neck in three places: at the heel, at the...

There is absolutely nothing remarkable about this bass that would make it worthy of its own thread, except what is in the title: it is a long-scale Beatle bass and is offered as documentation that such things do exist. I eBayed it a little over two decades ago from a seller in Dallas who...

I recently plugged in my 1971 Precision, a bass I have not played in decades due to being all acoustic in the interim, only to find a hum I do not recall having before. The hum is at a low enough level I can practice, but it is totally not acceptable for gigging out. When I switch on the amp...

After a seeming eternity of filling, sanding, and scraping to bring a few low spots in a DB fingerboard up to flush, I think the FB is now gig-worthy. My question: what is the recommended sandpaper grit for the final sanding? Right now I am at 220, but I don't know if that is "fine" enough. I...

I am in the situation of having to cut/file the string notches on a double bass bridge. I have done my due diligence online and have found several references to the c-2c distance between strings, which appears to be anywhere from 5/8" to 1 1/4". What I have not been able to find is the place...

The Guitar Shop in Brooklyn in re-launching the line. I hope they do well enough that they will bring back Multivox as well.

I've been using my amps after leaving them dormant for far too long, and one of my BLOC80Bs has developed "rogue noises," specifically a sustained hum (not buzz) and a continuous pop-pop-pop-pop-pop. The amp still works, but it cannot be used in performance until these noises are removed. Any...

Last night I unboxed (which took me forty-five minutes and aged me at least five years) what I hope will be my last-purchased electric bass, as in Finis. Without going into lengthy details, let me just say it brings me a closure I desperately need. I got it from Southside Guitars in Brooklyn...

While trying to remove the nut off a 1971 Fender P to size and thread compare with a nut on a different make and model of bass, I discovered that as the nut was being backed out the rod itself was being backed with it. I stopped as soon as I saw this. While I am sure there are ways the nut can...

https://www.premierguitar.com/gear/guitars/vintage-guitars-chicago The thing I fine most interesting about this article, other than the text, is that the photos are by Chris McMahon. Back in the Jurassic days of The Bottom Line we had a Chris McMahon, a fellow out of Atlanta who played with...

https://www.madeinchicagomuseum.com/single-post/harmony-company/

I was surollong the web and came upon this: Invalid Link Removed It seems to be the compete catalog and probably is the last one to come for this brand. (RE "surollong": I think I meant to type "surfing," but "surollong" is such a good word I decided to leave it in.)

Nearly all my amps have one grip for lifting, centered on the top and running parallel the the face/back of the amp. For the amps I am likely to continue to use (and leaving out of the thread those that are now far too heavy for me to attempt to move), what I wish to do is add grips that run...

I've already done my due diligence on researching TalkBass and did not see this particular thing addressed, so I am starting this thread. I have a recently-purchased a32" scale neck. The first twelve frets are dressed very well; action is suitably low. But above the octave all the frets seem...

As I continue with my "great declutter" I am finding more than a few basses -- and a couple of guitars -- that would bring in so little sale value that they aren't even worth the trouble of putting on the market. The reward would be reclaiming the space they are taking. My original plan was to...

I was doing some background research for a post to another thread when I was stunned and saddened to learn that luthier Harry Fleishman passed in 2024. Harry was very adventuresome in his designs and an active participant in the GAL, and was always gracious and humorous in his writings. He and...

I've been experimenting (as usual), currently with scale length(s). I've got a new Chinese 32" scale neck paired with a mid-nineties Fender road-worn body, and so far the results are promising. One problem though: the neck is displaying some forward bow with the strings at pitch. I already...

While searching AI for Multivox Marvel Bass just to see what it had to say, I blundered into this: This documents a version of the Marvel which I knew of from eBay auctions dating back about twenty years, but which I both failed to buy or even document the existence of. Things to note...

I am revisiting and trying to complete some too-long neglected Fender projects. So far things have gone pretty smoothly but I am having a problem with one particular aspect, and it is probably the simplest thing in the whole deal. For some reason, the grommets don't want to go back into their...

Because I met the woman when I was not quite into my teens, I've always had a back of my mind curiosity about Mira/Myra Smith, pioneering female guitarist, songwriter, and recording studio owner. (And if I had to make a money bet, I'd have to say that except for me probably nobody else on...

I have had this bass for some years, mostly with it being a wall-hanger with intervals of me taking it down; and when I take it down it is hard for me to put it down. There are things I like about it and things I just will have to learn to accept. But the accepting part is growing on me. This...

News of the death of Brian Wilson rekindled my interest in the Beach Boys and, not wanting to check out books from a library at the moment, I instead delved into Google Books Advanced Search to see what it had to offer...

Not exactly BG, but this will resonate with a lot of us oldsters. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/bobby-sherman-former-teen-idol-and-here-come-the-brides-star-dies-aged-81-john-stamos-announces/ar-AA1Hlb8W?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=e420d3d939764d479b271e2d330412f7&ei=43

I recently took delivery of some nylon DB tailpiece cables (needed more than one), only to discover they are too long. The narrow end of the tailpiece rides about 3" above the saddle with tension on the strings, and there is no way to try to reduce that distance and get the tailpiece to set...

After a long layoff I am getting more immersed into gigging and acoustic music, which means (after too long) getting back into DB. And I am finding it hard to maintain control of the blamed things when I carry them. Except for the quarter-sizers all my DBs are viol-shaped, and there just isn't...

My Bulgarian Plovdiv basses in some ways are turning out better than I had dared hope, but they all seem to have one fatal flaw, which is that the guitar-type tuners with their plastic capstans cannot take the torque of tuning bass strings up to pitch. On one the D capstan broke off, while on a...

I'm taking another stab at re-attaching the fingerboard of my 1/2 size Framus DB. The previous attempt I slathered a lot of hide glue on both the neck and fingerboard, in the hopes of the join being robust enough to withstand bump or jolt without the 'board getting knocked loose. Problem was...

I ask because last year or maybe the year before I bought what was claimed to be one, which seller claimed he had used to record. Once I got the bass I knew either he was Superman or he was blowing smoke, because both the action and dead spots were miserable. The neck had that vintage patina...

As I pursue a slow, more intensive migration from electric music to FAR, I'm systematically benching my acoustics to make sure they are gig ready. Most of the DBs have not been used in years and even are lacking strings. So I go to my box of (now used) strings (because at the time I could not...

I am in the process of re-assembling a parts bass I had taken apart to have stripped and refinished. It is a fretless PJ, with VV controls (no tone) and a three-way toggle. Taking the instrument apart was no problem, except that the wires for the toggle are so fine that when I was removing the...

People have asked for pics and an NBD on my Orfeus Plovdiv bass, so we will see how this goes. This may be a long thread-starter, so y'all may want to pop some popcorn and get a couple of Barq's out of the fridge now. Before getting to the bass itself I want to give a shout-out to musicimysoul...

My postal carrier just dropped off a box -- a big heavy box -- from Ukraine. Darn thing is so heavy I'm surprised she got it up the seven steps and onto the front porch. I'm going to have to wrestle it into the house to unbox. Now I know how my evening will be spent. Watch this space.

I have and will continue to be taking some bass pics for upload to TB. But I am encountering some difficulties that I am not sure quite how to correct. While some of my snaps come out crystal clear, others are blurry and I don't know the cause. Most of these are close-ups, with a few distance...

The Plovdiv bass has arrived! Closed the deal back on 4 March, and the UPS man was pulling away from my house just as I was arriving with cheesesticks from the local pizzaria. No discernable damage to the box, which was liberally secured with "Security Checked" tape. I'm glad the seller got...

L to R: Kalamazoo, Lyon and Healy, Gibson

Thirty-four pages before it got locked down. Even had a moderator participating. Things start getting wobbly on page 5 and really start going off the rails on page 9. I referenced this thread in a post a few days ago...

While trying to find a version of the Who and "The Kids are Alright" that has the shorter instrumental break, I blundered into a 45 mono site that is very top-heavy in B side singles, most of which I never recall hearing. A few am radio hits but it was mostly, "Who are these guys?" And among...

I know I have afflicted TalkBass many time with this link I like the music, but I have been enchanted by those images -- those cards -- especially since someone keeps updating and making changes to the line-up even though Joe Bethancourt died almost a decade ago. I wanted those images to...

For a long time I have been looking to buy an Orfeus bass guitar. Not just any Orfeus bass guitar, but the one(s) whose pickups are inscribed with both "Orfeus" and "Plovdiv" in Cyrillic script. No others will do. There are a couple on eBay right now which would meet my standard. Cost plus...