A seriously Screwed up bass

[Andy Marshman]

good quality firewood now

 

[Eli_Kyiv]

It's a cheap bass with a cheap fix that makes it playable. I wouldn't spend much if anything to fix it.

Bass is not that cheap, could easily cost $500 new.

 

[Alivefor5]

Even a cheap bass deserves a better fix than that. A good challenge for someone.

 

[WarwickE36]

Phillips inlays are all the rage now

 

[mongo2]

Ha!...Now that's something completely different.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

Phillips inlays are all the rage now

Jockomo sells stickers of screw heads, no joke.

 

[smarthound]

If it was in my country I'd rescue it.

 

[PWRL]

I'm no luthier, but here's what I think happened. The repairer probably didn't have or want to spend the money to do a proper fix at a qualified shop. A clamp system would have meant planning for the fretboard radius, so the broken section would not rock off level from the rest of the neck. Thus, this person used screws. Now, if this process worked, and they used good quality glue, then I guess that's great. But what I would have done (aside from letting a pro do it) would have been to use a good quality adhesive (used to use Hxtal for glass work) and a shorter screw to countersink in. There are some great, small squarehead screws now which would have not gone through the neck and which would have been easily filled in.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

I'm no luthier, but here's what I think happened. The repairer probably didn't have or want to spend the money to do a proper fix at a qualified shop. A clamp system would have meant planning for the fretboard radius, so the broken section would not rock off level from the rest of the neck. Thus, this person used screws. Now, if this process worked, and they used good quality glue, then I guess that's great. But what I would have done (aside from letting a pro do it) would have been to use a good quality adhesive (used to use Hxtal for glass work) and a shorter screw to countersink in. There are some great, small squarehead screws now which would have not gone through the neck and which would have been easily filled in.

I guessnit's better than roofing nails or Slot head screws

 

[Thumpin6string]

Sad part about it, is that it should have been an easy fix. I've fixed worse without using screws through the fretboard. That said, it could still be fixed better than it is.

 

[/\/\3phist0]

I guess he couldn't find sandpaper .
Were the body not also severely damaged it could be worth saving.

 

[Ellery]

Hey, the only thing stronger than wood glue... is wood glue with metal screws!! Am I right?

 

[Ellery]

You gotta message this guy and ask what kind of alloy those screws are made of... makes a big difference in tone!

 

[klejst]

Says repaired...did not say with the utmost wood working skills. However, to the credit, I see that holding well...

 

[bolophonic]

I like bodged-together repair jobs that cause as much damage as they solve — as long as the results are playable.

 

[Horseflesh]

Player: "I want to look like I saved money by getting a meth head to repair it".

As usual the Custom Shop has its finger on the pulse of the player.

 

[Lowendtech]

Ugh. There’s a nasty sliver coming off the back of one of those screw holes.

 

[fdeck]

Happens to the best of us. Here's a Stradivarius violin that's had the pegbox and scroll grafted onto a new neck. Also, the peg holes have been shimmed.

Stradivarius Scroll by Endre Balogh

 

[bikemusic]

Happens to the best of us. Here's a Stradivarius violin that's had the pegbox and scroll grafted onto a new neck. Also, the peg holes have been shimmed.

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Stradivarius Scroll by Endre Balogh

That's not a mistake. Almost all violins made before 1714 have grafted necks because the fingerboard standard used to be shorter. When the official scale length and fingerboard angle changed everybody took their valuable violins back to get them extended.

 

[Ross W. Lovell]

Cort Artisan 5 string bass guitar,made in Korea,Wenge neck, project,repaired | eBay
Says it's repaired !
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Greetings All,

First off, love Corts. Repaired more than a few at the headstock, cleaving along grain and tuner placement that was not optimum.

Still, it's a Cort, though it is a rare one as it has the screw head fret markers.

Did this sell this way?