Double Bass Endpin "repair"

[james condino]

This bass is currently on Facebook marketplace. Checkout the dandy "endpin repair"!!!!

 

[Ed Fuqua]

Well, you can't really weld stuff to wood, right?

 

[LaFaro01]

I'd like to see the inside...

 

[GretschWretch]

It's to combat neck dive.

 

[Don Hergert]

Hmmm, looks secure.

I wonder how many pieces the end block consists of...

I have a friend whose bass bar is loose, I wonder if that would work for him.

 

[Carl Hillman]

This bass is currently on Facebook marketplace. Checkout the dandy "endpin repair"!!!!

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[Greg Clinkingbeard]

Well, you can't really weld stuff to wood, right?

I’m not really sure those Crapatino basses are made from wood.

 

[misterbadger]

Simple. Elegant. Timeless. Cheap.

 

[RCWilliams]

do you suppose that the pipe is tuned to the appropriate pitch range?

 

[neddyrow]

only if it was a situation like that one guy who was stationed in the desert would this be an acceptable repair.

 

[Don Kasper]

Simple. Elegant. Timeless. Cheap.
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I need to see a pic of the soundpost, er, soundpipe.

 

[Don Hergert]

Simple. Elegant. Timeless. Cheap.
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Am I seeing threads there at the entry point, so it screws into place???

Very clever.

 

[Jim Dombrowski]

If it was fully threaded, it would be an adjustable sound post.

 

[jsf729]

Hmmm, looks secure.

I wonder how many pieces the end block consists of...

I have a friend whose bass bar is loose, I wonder if that would work for him.

Why go to all that trouble? Just drive a few drywall screws through the top. Remember- measure twice/ fasten once. Just remember to keep your impact on low so you don't drive all the way through the top. Or for a more permanent repair, some 3/16" toggle bolts with fender washers on the top. That sumbitch ain't going nowhere.....

 

[GretschWretch]

do you suppose that the pipe is tuned to the appropriate pitch range?

"Pipe a tune to dance to, lad."

A. E. Housman

 

[GretschWretch]

Now that I look at that pic again, I'm beginning to suspect that is not an endpin repair. It appears to me that there has been a glue failure on that bottom seam resulting in separation of the top lining and outer layer of veneer from the rib garland. Apparently gluing and clamping that seam was beyond the knowledge/skill of the owner.

Note there appears to be no damage around the endpin itself.

 

[neilG]

What would the effect be if you used brass instead of galvanized?

 

[Don Kasper]

 

[Keith Rawlings]

This bass is currently on Facebook marketplace. Checkout the dandy "endpin repair"!!!!

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I didn't know you could use an Erector set to repair a bass endpin? How ingenious!

 

[Don Hergert]

Hmmm, I better stop joking about this, it reminds me of some of the hardware that was installed on my Alcoa.