That's what I mean. Evidently the ears are glued on with Mathew's neck as well, right? That stock isn't wide enough for the scroll.
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Double Bass Neck replacement
- Thread starter don leister
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I think you are right, though I had not noticed the seam until you pointed it out...Matthew would have to answer that one... but at least his are not obvious.
Anyway, for a while they were actually gluing on plastic ears, let alone the wooden ones. (sigh...)
Anyway, for a while they were actually gluing on plastic ears, let alone the wooden ones. (sigh...)
Matthew Tucker
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The neck is made in two parts from a 40mm plank, with a centre seam glued with hide glue, and a graphite reinforcement under the FB. The ears are glued on with hide glue.
Cutting a neck out of a standard billet results in such a waste of wood, makes me feel a little guilty. I suppose its not so bad if you are also making fiddles and can use the maple offcuts to make smaller necks.
Anyway, THAT scroll I eventually tired of the hump in the first turn, it annoyed me every time I looked at it, so I reshaped it and now it is perhaps less eye-catching, but more pleasing to my eye. I have pics if anyone's interested.
Cutting a neck out of a standard billet results in such a waste of wood, makes me feel a little guilty. I suppose its not so bad if you are also making fiddles and can use the maple offcuts to make smaller necks.
Anyway, THAT scroll I eventually tired of the hump in the first turn, it annoyed me every time I looked at it, so I reshaped it and now it is perhaps less eye-catching, but more pleasing to my eye. I have pics if anyone's interested.
Jake deVilliers
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Matthew Tucker
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Sorry to derail the thread a bit.
This was my first scroll, mind, and I don't know why it ended up with such a large first turn. Well actually i DO know, the blackwood is very hard and a chore to carve. My tentative first outline cut with a jigsaw (before I had my bandsaw) would have been pretty much what i ended up with.
Before
During the rasping and smoothing. Still VERY hard work, but the grain comes up beautifully. This is, remember, a laminated scroll. You can just see the glue line.
After
It won't win any awards, but annoys me less than before. I'm glad I took the time to re-do it!
This was my first scroll, mind, and I don't know why it ended up with such a large first turn. Well actually i DO know, the blackwood is very hard and a chore to carve. My tentative first outline cut with a jigsaw (before I had my bandsaw) would have been pretty much what i ended up with.
Before
During the rasping and smoothing. Still VERY hard work, but the grain comes up beautifully. This is, remember, a laminated scroll. You can just see the glue line.
After
It won't win any awards, but annoys me less than before. I'm glad I took the time to re-do it!
Jake deVilliers
Commercial User
- May 24, 2006
- 6,349
- 607
- Disclosures
- Owner of The Bass Spa, String Repairman at Long & McQuade Vancouver
