Anyone have a good link to resetting the sound post? Mine fell after my endpin wire broke. I dont have money to take to a luthier and I dont know a good one by me. I have looked around on web a bit but havnt found a good how to.
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Double Bass Setting sound post
- Thread starter riverbillybass
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I hate it when that happens.
I'd call some luthiers in your area to see how much the repair might be as this is a real pain-in-the-rear operation, especially the first time.
When I didn't have a proper sound-post setter, I took a steel clothes hanger and flattened the end with a hammer against a cement floor.
I'd call some luthiers in your area to see how much the repair might be as this is a real pain-in-the-rear operation, especially the first time.
When I didn't have a proper sound-post setter, I took a steel clothes hanger and flattened the end with a hammer against a cement floor.
I just bought an upright and it has NO sound post. I was wondering, as I'm a real do-it-yourselfer, if I couldn't just cut a dowel and work it in? I imagine you would just have to loosen the strings, take a measurement, then carefully, methodically, work it in place between the back and the bass board on the front, just below or rather behind the bass (lower) end of the bridge. I can imagine how tough it might be, but time I have and money I don't. It seems that there is a pencil mark on the back strut, where it should be placed. I suppose it fell out at some point and just wasn't replaced.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! The first question would be: what size dowel? 1/2 inch diameter, or is that too thick?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! The first question would be: what size dowel? 1/2 inch diameter, or is that too thick?
hmm... maybe you are looking on the wrong side. it goes below the g-string side bridge foot, not on the bass side.
a regular dowel won't quite work. it's likely not of the same species or quality of a soundpost that one would get at a repar shop. it isn't cut flat, either. it's tapered slightly to fit snugly against the back and the top.
i hope that you didn't buy this bass from a northeast ohio retailer. anyway, PM me and i can recommend someone in cleveland, akron, or canton that can take care of it for you and it won't break the bank.
i hope that you didn't buy this bass from a northeast ohio retailer. anyway, PM me and i can recommend someone in cleveland, akron, or canton that can take care of it for you and it won't break the bank.
I only paid a very, very small amount for this (heavily used) student-quality bass and knew it was going to have to have some work done before it was entirely playable. I'm just getting back into upright after *swallow* almost FOUR decades, so I needed something rough. (Kinda like my ability!) If I take it anywhere, it will be up to my barn for some not-so-fine-tuning.
Having said that, is the sound post to be mounted below the upper-register leg of the bridge, or the right leg when facing the front of the bass? I seem to have nice tone and volume on the G and D but the E and A are sort of dead sounding. Granted, there are many other issues that I haven't even mentioned with this beast, but as I've said it was nearly free and is in the hands of an old, tired bass player. Like my dog, this was sort of a "rescue" instrument.
Having said that, is the sound post to be mounted below the upper-register leg of the bridge, or the right leg when facing the front of the bass? I seem to have nice tone and volume on the G and D but the E and A are sort of dead sounding. Granted, there are many other issues that I haven't even mentioned with this beast, but as I've said it was nearly free and is in the hands of an old, tired bass player. Like my dog, this was sort of a "rescue" instrument.
Thanks for your concern. I think it has been without a post for a long, long time. I have it fully tuned but am taking your advice and de-tuning until I can figure out a repair scheme. Anyone in the north-east of Ohio that knows someone that could at least take a look at this baby and let me know if it's worth fixing would be much appreciated.
I looked on you tube, and found a video of a cello soundpost being set. It is the same principle. I did this AFTER doing an entire gig with a fallen soundpost, and couldn't get the thing to quit falling.
