Double Bass Fingerboard dressing

[Jason Sypher]

I limit myself to, at most, swapping out fingerboards, and I do that very selectively. What I was referring to in my post was the "small stuff": sanding down what would be called "ski jumps" on an electric bass or filling in "low spots" on a DB fingerboard, which I also have done successfully. But I know my limits; there is no way I would try to plane an entire DB fingerboard.

The question is not about cheapness or affordability; it's about access. The closest double bass luthiers to me I have found are either in Nashville or up into the Carolinas. There are none in Alabama or Northwest Georgia that I have been able to find. Violin through cello, yes, but nothing for double bass. You live in NYC and therefore do not have this impediment to deal with.

I’m in Japan now five years but of course I hear you. I’ve always lived near a luthier. On tour I’m on my own which has taught me a lot about field repair. Any knowledge goes a long way.

 

[ccmorgan]

It's a better idea to try and flatten/plane the entire thing than to try and do a spot treatment.