Double Bass So this happened....

[sing-modulator]

Loading back in after a gid, I hear a thud behind me and know what happened before I even turned around...

 

[geoffbassist]

Wow, I'm really sorry to see those pics, what a nightmare.. Good luck with the repair and hopefully you will up and running soon.

 

[sing-modulator]

Thanks. The same thing seemed to happen at some point in it's 90-year life, since there was a dowel and some glue already present up there. I'm unsure of whether I want to get it fixed up or not...

 

[geoffbassist]

It looks like a great bass and I'm sure it would be worth getting the repair done again. If it's done well then it shouldn't fail under normal conditions.

 

[what the pluck]

Yes, worth fixing. You should of seen my french bass before I gave it to my Luthier...

 

[KUNGfuSHERIFF]

Agreed. That's nothing a that well-done scroll graft can't cure, but it won't be cheap.

I do hope that you had it insured.

 

[Ortsom]

Sorry to see that happening...

I cannot quite see it, but it might have re-fractured along the previous fracture. The dowel helped only a little...

Indeed: fixable with a proper graft.

 

[Huy Nguyen]

I'm starting to think that things aren't an matter of if, but when each one of us is going to experience this.

 

[james condino]

Exactly. There are payers who have broken their neck and those that are going to. It is part of the design flaw- take a tiny little violin neck and then scale it up six times the size with tremendous string tension and the proportions don't work out very well. Most of the time you'll wind up with a better bass in the end after it has been all fixed up- nothing like a custom fit neck just for your hands and playing specs on a vintage instrument; ' my favorite. There are also a few repair methods that are much cheaper and will allow you to limp it around for a couple of years before the larger task, but the once a century option is upon you.

Just a few minutes ago I was having a conversation about the time I actually had a neck fail and completely fly off the bass on stage about 20 years ago....

j.
www.condino.com
www.kaybassrepair.com

 

[jmlee]

Ouch! Holy Ichabod Crane, Batman! Best of luck and do keep us posted on your progress.