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Double Bass New guy needin' some help

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DustyRoad

Mar 6, 2014
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Mobile,Al.
#1
I have '53 Kay M-1... It is set up with some pretty stout flat wounds. I am new at Upright Bass. I ordered some Superior strings...low tension...hoping these will make my learning expierence a bit easier. The bridge appears to be pretty warped and I would like to replace it with a good inexpensive adjustable bridge. If there is such a thing. All I have found so far are ones made in China or Japan and they do not specify the wood used...could be Balsa as far as I know.

Can ya'll direct me to some good quality adjustable bridges?

I am pretty good with wood products and have been playing and setting up guitars for about 40 yrs.
 
#4
Yep. Much easier that way as you can fit both feet while they're still connected together and know that they'll sit flat on the top after the adjusters have been installed.

Even with years of guitar repair experience, you may want to have your Kay looked at by a specialist bass luthier, even if it's just to get an assessment and not to have any work done. The physics of a double bass are a lot different than those of a guitar and what looks, on the surface, to be right might not be right at all (neck angle, health of the neck joint - especially on old Kays, bass bar, sound post, etc...). It's not that any of it is super mysterious, it's just that if you haven't messed with one before it's not going to be very intuitive.
 

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