Double Bass Leather bumpers for upright?

[theStink]

I had an old Kay bass for many years with leather strips along the upper and lower bout (treble side) that would protect the wood when laid on its side. Hammond Ashley did this in probably 91 or 92, these days they use ebony strips and it costs a helluva lot more. I prefer the leather (that sounded bad), any sources out there?

The bass is a Christopher B305 5 string, 7/8 size, gamba style hybrid

 

[El Thumpo]

Here you go:

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[turf3]

Buy some thick harness leather (McMaster-Carr, Tandy), cut it to size, attach with contact cement, color it with tinted shellac. This way you can size the bumpers as needed. I made the lower ones longer, because in laying the bass down it tends to ride along the edges of the top and back. The long bumpers I made prevent any wear.

 

[Hqubed]

We use PVC door edge. Simple, easy, cheap, and effective.

 

[Paul Warburton]

Some TBDB history here concerning bass bumpers, including my own invention, the fabulous Warburton Fan Belt Bass Bumpers.......

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f1/bumpers-575151/

 

[Michael Eisenman]

Fabulous, indeed. Was wonderin' what would bring you out again, PW. The bumpers that I modeled after yours (post #4) are still on and going strong.

 

[Paul Warburton]

Fabulous, indeed. Was wonderin' what would bring you out again, PW. The bumpers that I modeled after yours (post #4) are still on and going strong.

Michael, didn't take that much to bring me back in, now that a certain TB Troll has been temporarily banned, I can breathe again.

 

[eh_train]

Fabulous, indeed. Was wonderin' what would bring you out again, PW. The bumpers that I modeled after yours (post #4) are still on and going strong.

+1 for the Warburton (tm) fan belt bumpers. Mine have served me well for about 8 years.

Cheers,


Paul (Eh_train)

 

[El Thumpo]

Wow. Sounds like the fan belt trick works. But don't you miss having a functional car?

+1 for the Warburton (tm) fan belt bumpers. Mine have served me well for about 8 years.

Cheers,


Paul (Eh_train)

 

[eh_train]

Wow. Sounds like the fan belt trick works. But don't you miss having a functional car?

We have a wind chill of -30 Celsius again today in Toronto (-22 F): Cooling my car's engine is not an issue!

Cheers,

Paul

 

[theStink]

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks!

 

[rob leal]

Here you go:

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[rob leal]

Here are the bass edge protectors in mahogany and fasten by means of a heat resistant double sided tape

 

[rob leal]

Here are the bass edge protectors in mahogany and fasten by means of a heat resistant double sided tape

 

[rob leal]

and here they are in black