Double Bass Good endpin rubber tip???

[thejumpcat]

I'm about to hack off about six inches of rattling endpin. Next, I need to replace the rubber tip that came on this Shen SB100.

I've had it about two or three months, and it's disintegrating. The metal washer inside is pushing through the bottom, and the rubber is leaving black marks on my carpet.

What's a good replacement tip? I thinik this one is 10mm. I had a great endpin/rubber tip on a Goetz on my Kay I sold, and I'd like to get that type of tip for this one if I can.

 

[FoamieOmie]

You can maybe go to a Walgreens or Rite Aid and get cane tips. My Engelhardt needed 1/2" ones and I found them at a Walgreens for $4 for 2 of them. Online I found these hiking tips in 3/8" (closest to 10mm I think):
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Good luck!

 

[Gary Lynch]

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Super Endpin ball attachment for Upright Bass

 

[AlanBartram]

For the past several weeks I've been trying out a new endpin that's not meant to be one, but is better than any endpin I've seen. It's a bass drum spur. The rubber tip actually threads onto the spike. If you want to use the spike, you can keep turning the rubber tip until the spike is exposed. You don't have to remove the rubber tip and risk losing it. I bought a pack of two at a drum store the other day for $20. Not bad. There are no notches in them but you can easily file one in wherever you need them. I got the idea when I saw one lying in a studio amongst a disassembled drum kit. Now, I don't know what sizes they come in but whatever my old endpin was it's identical.

 

[Greg Clinkingbeard]

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10mm and grip the floor well. The unique design keeps them from unscrewing from the endpin.

 

[jstiel]

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Super Endpin ball attachment for Upright Bass

Ditto that.

 

[Bill Bentgen]

For years I've jammed the metal endpin on my basses into a piece of 7/8" dowel and put a crutch tip on it. The crutch tips last for 4 or 5 years of daily use and will hold on any surface.

The old red rubber crutch tip I had on my Kay lasted for 30 years, but you can't buy that kind any more.

Once in a great while, there will be a waxed floor it will slip on, and I keep a strap in my case for those occassions.

The downside is that you can't jam the point of the endpin into a stage or riser. Carrying a second endpin in you car might be a way around this.

 

[MonetBass]

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Super Endpin ball attachment for Upright Bass

That's the one I have. FYI, the screws can loosen on occasion, so make sure you keep them tight. Otherwise it works great.

 

[Hammertime3]

Jerry Fretwell in Staunton, Va. sells a real nice one for $14.99. Fit the endpin on my 41 Kay, which I assume is original, just right...a little bit of liquid soap and it slid right on. It's nice and beefy, too. I liked it so much I sent him a check for $15.00 and told him to keep the change.

 

[Bob Gollihur]

That's the one I have. FYI, the screws can loosen on occasion, so make sure you keep them tight. Otherwise it works great.

Loctite and similar threadlocker products can be a good thing to use on the threads to keep them from loosening from the vibration.

 

[Matt Power]

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10mm and grip the floor well. The unique design keeps them from unscrewing from the endpin.

I have the same one...it IS excellent.

 

[Rvl]

I have tried out 4 different ones and I like the one I picked up at the outdoor shop made for hiking sticks

thanks

Robert VanLane

 

[Gearhead43]

Quad cane tips, from the drug store. They are made of neoprene rubber and last a VERY long time compared to cheaper rubber tips. They come in quite a few different sizes.

My Atomic endpin came with one that lasted well over a year of heavy use. I order a 12-pack of the correct size from Amazon, so I am set for life!

 

[JtheJazzMan]

Hardware stores are another great place.

I put a piece of correct diameter hollow aluminium tubing into a rubber door stopper.

Ultra light weight endpin with heavy duty rubber grip for < $10