Double Bass How to remove a Realist safely? (newbie thread)

[PsychoScout]

I just sold my Chinese bass but the pick-up was not included in the package. The buyer will come to get the bass on Wednesday so I should get it off by then. What do you suggest? Do it myself or take her to a luthier?

 

[JtheJazzMan]

You only need to loosen the strings enough to just slide the realist out.

If youre worried and dont know how tight your soundpost is, you may want to put a blanket over the top and place 10 - 15kg of weight on the top.

Still, the soundpost would have to be REALLY loose to fall down with the strings only partially loosened.

I think its a good idea as well to measure the distance from the end of the FB to the top of the bridge to make sure your bridge doesnt move when you re-tension the bass.

 

[PsychoScout]

You only need to loosen the strings enough to just slide the realist out.

If youre worried and dont know how tight your soundpost is, you may want to put a blanket over the top and place 10 - 15kg of weight on the top.

Still, the soundpost would have to be REALLY loose to fall down with the strings only partially loosened.

I think its a good idea as well to measure the distance from the end of the FB to the top of the bridge to make sure your bridge doesnt move when you re-tension the bass.

FB? (sorry newbie...)--> OMG , coffee really helps, you mean fingerboard obviously! (i'm lucky, there's still a pencil line drawn where the bridge should be, still there from when the realist was put on)

and soundpost is the?

sorry, know all the parts in dutch, but in english they sound like totally different things... hope you guys don't think i'm a natural blonde....

 

[bassist14]

ok it´s not in dutch, but maybe it helps:

http://jazzcb.free.fr/anatomie_et_glossaire_multilingue.html

 

[PsychoScout]

ok it´s not in dutch, but maybe it helps:

http://jazzcb.free.fr/anatomie_et_glossaire_multilingue.html

nevermind, i'll manage, wish me luck

 

[bassist14]

sorry, my mistake.
flämisch/wallonisch/belgisch/französisch?

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Scout - you don't need to worry about it too much. If you can have another bassist present, so much the better, but... detension the E & A strings down to where they're floppy, then tune the G & D down about a whole step. At this point, you should be able to tilt the bridge toward the G side enough to slide the Realist out.

 

[PsychoScout]

Scout - you don't need to worry about it too much. If you can have another bassist present, so much the better, but... detension the E & A strings down to where they're floppy, then tune the G & D down about a whole step. At this point, you should be able to tilt the bridge toward the G side enough to slide the Realist out.

done that, but it appears the guy from the shop who put the realist there has stuck it onto the bass...

so i'm going there tomorrow and they'll have to take it off... damn

and indeed, it was really easy until the point i found out i couldn't loosen it

 

[JerBo]

done that, but it appears the guy from the shop who put the realist there has stuck it onto the bass...

so i'm going there tomorrow and they'll have to take it off... damn

and indeed, it was really easy until the point i found out i couldn't loosen it

He stuck it? Like glued it???
It's probably just a little stuck from the tension and being on there for a while.
I can't imagine any luthier actually gluing one of those on...
But then again I'm certainly no expert about that at all.

 

[Marc Piane]

Sometimes luthiers put a little powdered rosin on them to prevent slippage especially if the bass has a heavy varnish on the top.

 

[Mark Perna]

Sometimes luthiers put a little powdered rosin on them to prevent slippage especially if the bass has a heavy varnish on the top.

I had to do that with mine.