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Double Bass Getting some work done

#24
My teacher is letting me use his Czech bass that's the "studio" bass he uses for lessons and is bringing his main bass to the studio for a week.

Oh and I did throw the pear rind ( at Jeff's request) back into the garden, so I should get some sort of rebate...
 
#27
If you're like me (and who'd wanna be?..), you're probably intimately familiar with the sound of your bass in whatever room you usually practice in at home. I'm gonna predict a month from now you'll be marveling at, and reveling in, the 'new' sound of your bass. Once it settles in, I'll bet you'll be amazed at how much more fundamental it produces, how much deeper and airier (?) it sounds. That's how it was for me when I had the same work done (minus the tuners).
A worthwhile investment. Big fun.
 
#28
My First was actually the Lower but I gave it room so actually my WRITTEN second est is the 2500. Not knowing if you are getting 200 or 400 gears for the Est. Also I can't tell how much work is needed on the Scroll to install them, plug, re-bush, etc kinda things. I priced it the highest so as not to underestimate what I could not see. Best of luck.. I hear that Jeff is almost as good as Arnold so you are in good hands.. :D
 
#29
KSB - Ken Smith said:
My First was actually the Lower but I gave it room so actually my WRITTEN second est is the 2500. Not knowing if you are getting 200 or 400 gears for the Est. Also I can't tell how much work is needed on the Scroll to install them, plug, re-bush, etc kinda things. I priced it the highest so as not to underestimate what I could not see. Best of luck.. I hear that Jeff is almost as good as Arnold so you are in good hands.. :D
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Funny, Jeff told me that he's better than Arnold. :hiding:
 
#30
I'm not sure. Just ask Arnold then..lol

Arnold is so busy right now, he may just agree with that to catch a break. I have had Bass after bass up to him for a year or so now. He first restored the Morelli, then the Italian smaller Bass, then the Hungarian 5er and now he has the Martini. The Gilkes and Dodd yet have to go in for a few things. When Biase is done with the Mystery Bass, Arnold will get it for an Ext. job.

One day, I may just decide to keep one of the Basses and stop hunting already.. If that day ever comes.... :eyebrow:
 
#31
Since Ed mentioned my pears I felt I had to relate an amusing faux pas that I made yesterday. I was visited by a client and his most beautious girlfriend. Now at this time of the year a lot of my trees are coming due and I often have fruit to offer any visitors. So I asked them, "Would you like a nice Asian pear?" This produced a reaction from them I would not have predicted. Apparently my guest and his JAPANESE girllfriend heard "pair" and not "pear". One brief but very awkward moment. When I realized what happened I quickly pointed out the window at my Asian pear tree and called attention to the fruit. The rest of our meeting contained much giggling.
 
#34
Jeff Bollbach said:
Since Ed mentioned my pears I felt I had to relate an amusing faux pas that I made yesterday. I was visited by a client and his most beautious girlfriend. Now at this time of the year a lot of my trees are coming due and I often have fruit to offer any visitors. So I asked them, "Would you like a nice Asian pear?" This produced a reaction from them I would not have predicted. Apparently my guest and his JAPANESE girllfriend heard "pair" and not "pear". One brief but very awkward moment. When I realized what happened I quickly pointed out the window at my Asian pear tree and called attention to the fruit. The rest of our meeting contained much giggling.
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Luckily you don't grow Japanese walnuts. :hiding:
 
#35
Jeff Bollbach said:
I was visited by a client and his most beautious girlfriend.
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Were his initials D. A.?

Oh, hey if you had a pool table and used your woodworking skills to create the cues and various billiard accoutrements, yuo could conceivably ask someone if they'd like to see a nice rack...
 
#37
Eric Jackson said:
At the risk of getting too far off topic, how many and what sort of trees do you have?
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As long as Ed doesn't mind I don't think we could get too far off topic-anyway it's what we do best at TB. I 've had most everything that can be grown in my zone 7 over the years but currently have the following[you asked!] Chinese date[jujube], Japanese persimmon, 3 cultivars of kiwi, 5 of Asian pear, 2 different figs, passionfruit[incarnata], paw paw[my favorite], Cornelian cherry [major fruit of commerce in ancient Rome] saskatoon[the fruit part of pemmican], mulberry, hazelnut, chesnut and a bunch of brambles, blueberries and strawberries. OK they are not all trees but I hate to leave any out.
 
#39
That's quite a list Jeff, I'm jealous. Requires considerable investment, lots of maintenance and a commitment to stay in one place for a long time. (I've never been able to keep a relationship and place of residence together for more than ten years, but that's another story...)
I enjoy being able to go to the veggie garden and pick stuff for a meal, I'd love to have fruit trees, especially exotic ones.
 
#40
jmain said:
Jeff, have you made any basses or parts for basses from trees that you have grown or that are located on your property?
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JERMAINE - Since Jeff's too busy working on my bass to respond ( :) ), I know he's got a neck and scroll of pearwood he's working on, but I don't think that's from his trees. On his website he has a tailpiece made from a rootball from one of his trees; if you haven't checked out the website, you otter.
www.jeffbollbach.com
 

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