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Double Bass First EUB Build

Michael Drost

Michael Drost

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Oct 16, 2009
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Grand Haven, MI
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Folks,

Over the past month, I started and finished my first EUB build. It turned out great by my expectations and sounds really good! I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Body: Laminated Soft Maple from a local lumber yard.
Neck: D Neck. Maple purchased on the bay.
Fingerboard: Ebony. Purchased on the bay.
Bridge: Maple.
String Length: 41"
Nut: Ebony
Hardware: Typical Pearl Hardware modified for my preferred playing position(seated).
Pickup: KNA DB-1
Strings: Perpetuals
Finish: Enduro-Var Water Based Varnish with Stew-Mac pigment.

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Francois Blais said:
Wow, congrats!
Very nice looking, and the string holder at the bottom is a great idea!
There are two separate supports?
Is it very heavy?

Cheers!
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Thanks! The faux endpin is connected to the body and I put a little piece of triangular mahogany in front of the assembly. Just in case. You never know, haha!

It is a bit heavy. I haven’t weighed it yet. My next one will be chambered.
 
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Michael,
You are the shizz with wood working, your bass looks kind of like my EUB, a Clevenger Keyhole EUB from 1980. My guess is that yours sounds way better. It's very significant that

you had the foresight to use a heel on the neck. IME it's the critical design flaw in a whole group of EUB's. Here's a couple of pictures of what Martin Clevenger did with mine. His luthier

had me take measurements with a feeler gage on the back and front of my Mirecourt Bass so it matches the neck and fingerboard profiles on my good bass.

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Ric Vice said:
Michael,
You are the shizz with wood working, your bass looks kind of like my EUB, a Clevenger Keyhole EUB from 1980. My guess is that yours sounds way better. It's very significant that

you had the foresight to use a heel on the neck. IME it's the critical design flaw in a whole group of EUB's. Here's a couple of pictures of what Martin Clevenger did with mine. His luthier

had me take measurements with a feeler gage on the back and front of my Mirecourt Bass so it matches the neck and fingerboard profiles on my good bass.

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Ric,

Thanks! I remember seeing a faculty member at Birch Creek Music Camp play one of those Clevengers. I thought it was the coolest looking instruments. I can still see the black gloss finish. It was too cool.

I totally agree with you! The neck heel or rather lack thereof is a huge design flaw. I wanted the neck, fingerboard, and setup to feel like my bass. It was a fun project! Thanks for chiming in. Always great to hear from you. I hope all is well!
 
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Wow, you went to Birch Creek! A musical friend of mine, guitarist Rick Hayden has been a instructor their for years along with pianist Reggie Thomas

who was the jazz piano teacher here at SIUE. Happy Holidays. Most of the Clevenger’s from the 1980’s were black, which is a terrible color when your playing outdoors because it absorbs heat!
 
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Ric Vice said:
Wow, you went to Birch Creek! A musical friend of mine, guitarist Rick Hayden has been a instructor their for years along with pianist Reggie Thomas

who was the jazz piano teacher here at SIUE. Happy Holidays. Most of the Clevenger’s from the 1980’s were black, which is a terrible color when your playing outdoors because it absorbs heat!
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I wish I could remember the instructors name. It was in the early 90’s. He passed away sadly. That is all I can recall. I was there for guitar, however. A beautiful place to focus on music.

Birch Creek was formative in more ways than one!
 

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