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Double Bass C-extension questions...

#21
The only drawback to the Barnaby extension is that it has made my bass top heavy, so when I put it down, it rests on the upper bouts and the scroll, rather than the upper and lower bouts. Maybe a heavier endpin fitting would cure this...
 
#22
Neil Pye said:
The only drawback to the Barnaby extension is that it has made my bass top heavy, so when I put it down, it rests on the upper bouts and the scroll, rather than the upper and lower bouts. Maybe a heavier endpin fitting would cure this...
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I'm afraid that that one needs to be extremely heavy to cure that. But is easy to find out by putting some weights at the endpin assembly until the neck gets up again.
A new endpin assembly might need a different endpin and that weight might differ to the old one. A heavier one might help but might change the sound as well.
 
#23
DoubleMIDI said:
I'm afraid that that one needs to be extremely heavy to cure that. But is easy to find out by putting some weights at the endpin assembly until the neck gets up again.
A new endpin assembly might need a different endpin and that weight might differ to the old one. A heavier one might help but might change the sound as well.
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Exactly right, although the amount of weight needed is quite small, and I have a very light, carbon fibre endpin currently. But I'm in love with the sound of my bass, so I really don't want to change it!
 
#24
You could always add a big collar clamp to the bottom of your pin - right near the point. That would probably have less impact than adding weight anywhere else.

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Neil Pye said:
The only drawback to the Barnaby extension is that it has made my bass top heavy, so when I put it down, it rests on the upper bouts and the scroll, rather than the upper and lower bouts. Maybe a heavier endpin fitting would cure this...
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I had a colleague with a Bernadel lion head bass-the same thing happened when he put the bass on its side. He didn't think it was a big deal.
 
#27
If you have a bass which does this, then be sure to mention it to anyone who handles the bass. I once borrowed a huge Hungarian 5-string. I set it on the stage from the floor, neck sticking out. As I was turning around to gather up the bag I detected movement in the corner of my eye. Caught the thing just as the heavy scroll was headed to the floor five feet below.
 

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