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The Hossenfeffer III Build

#662
Gilmourisgod said:
So, on the subject of The Dude, I was at a Starbucks the other day when a flock (Gaggle? Bevy? Horde?) of teenage girls breezed in, and started loudly referring to each other as "Dude", as in "Dude, did you hear what that guy just said to Jennifer?", and she's all like "No Dude, I was listening to Susan's story about that other guy that bought her an ice cream cone, so like, Dude, I didn't hear you". Is this some regional dialect update, or is this a "thing' now? Old Fart Enquiring Minds Need to Know!
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Snert said:
I hope it means they've all become fans of The Big Lebowski and they just abide.
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I wish it were a new generation of Lebowski fans...

I have had the distinct "pleasure" of employing a few teenagers over the last couple years; "dude" is making a comeback in the teenage vernacular.:meh:
 
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#663
BishopJP said:
I wish it were a new generation of Lebowski fans...
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I think the language used would send them into a fit of conniptions.

BishopJP said:
I have had the distinct "pleasure" of employing a few teenagers over the last couple years; "dude" is making a comeback in the teenage vernacular.
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Every time they say Dude, answer with Kowabunga so they know you're hip too.
 
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#666
BishopJP said:
:roflmao:
One of them told me I remind her of her "grampy". I'm 44...

I'm so hip I have trouble seeing over my pelvis.
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Right? I work in healthcare which is dominated by female millenials, but we have plenty of Gen Zs to make you realize you have no idea how emojis actually work. I heard a couple of staff at work talking slightly cat-ishly about another coworker and they said "she's super old, like 38 or something" and I laid into them about how they are somehow so "woke" but also totally ageist and generally sexist towards "men". Not sure if it had any impact as at 51, I'm sure I'm older than their parents. :D
 
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Beej said:
Right? I work in healthcare which is dominated by female millenials, but we have plenty of Gen Zs to make you realize you have no idea how emojis actually work. I heard a couple of staff at work talking slightly cat-ishly about another coworker and they said "she's super old, like 38 or something" and I laid into them about how they are somehow so "woke" but also totally ageist and generally sexist towards "men". Not sure if it had any impact as at 51, I'm sure I'm older than their parents. :D
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:laugh: Save me from "woke" millennials!:rolleyes: My wife is a nurse in a private practice; I hear about that crap all the time!
 
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Ive been too embarassed, depressed and horrified to post this, first time I've actually looked at it since the Great F*%$-Up of last Sunday. I've never come this close to finishing a bass and have it all go to s##t on me. A graphic example of the speed (or lack thereof) of the human nervous system. Ever seen that parlor trick where one hand drops the dollar bill and the hand below it tries to catch it... and can't, becuse the eye is WAY quicker than the hand? I actually did catch it... just in time to hear, feel, and see the sickening crack as the two heart Omega wings snapped off after a full 2' drop to the concrete floor. This may be the ultimate fate of anything so blatantly fragile, by my hand or some future owners, but I'm the schmuck who lost his grip, ironically during the 13th coat of finish (I kid you not).
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After resisting that nihilistic and insane uge to smash the whole bass to kinding, and a week of pretending it didn't happen, I submit this horror show to the TB Hive Mind for repair suggestions. The left "ear" was a pretty clean break, I could probably glue it back on, but the cracks would never be invisible. The right hand one... not so much. It more or less exploded, taking a big chunk of the mahogany with it, along with some lost splinters, crushed wood, etc, so i don't see any way to glue that back on cleanly. I apologize for the pain of looking at this ahead of time...
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My first thought at repair would be as follows:
1. Template route the broken edge along the cocobolo/maple line back to straight. That would be easy on the eft ear, but the right ear took a chunk of mahogany with it, so I'd still have a divot in the mahogany unless I cut a fair bit out. I suppose I can sneak up on it and remove as little as possible in shallow passes, and see where I land.
2. Glue in new maple "ears" and then increase the radius of the Heart Omega all around, to cut away all the damaged wood. That looks like maybe a full 1/8-3/16" wood removal all around, and it will, unfortunately, expose some of the mahogany as a strip in the "crook" of the omega closest to the cocobolo, the maple as it was is only about 1/8" thick at the deep points of the radus, as you can see in this pre Great F*%$-Up photo.
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BAT SIGNAL UP TO @Rôckhewer, as i believe he actually did a similar repair on a customer damaged bass. I'm in no hurry here, I have to recoup some enthusiasm and self confidence before attempting much of anything, and my time is currently engulfed in Boat Prep, so.......
 
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#672
Damn.
I feel sick for you.
I give you credit for starting the recovery in less than a week. I can easy see myself devastated for a solid month before I could look at it or think about it.
You probably want it whole again and others will have better input than me on how to get it back the way it was, but the first thing that came to mind (if it were mine) is I would consider not putting them back and just reshaping the break area.
Maybe you can draw it up to see what it would look like(?)
 
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Oh MAN.

Good on you for having the measured, rational response of collecting the pieces and setting the whole thing aside for a week to calm down. This is gonna be a heck of a challenge whatever you choose to do, but I'll bet you can do it and it'll look awesome.
 
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I sympathy-liked the post. :sorry:

Your plan of attack sounds solid, though I might try to glue the mahogany side piece back into place before removing it again cleanly on the line. The glue line might get hidden in the mahogany. If it doesn't, then proceed with the widened heart omega as per the original plan.

So sickening, I feel terrible about it. :vomit:
 
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Oh man.

First, my deepest heartfelt sympathies for your loss. And good on you for keeping enough of your wits about you to not smash it any further!

Now, my honest opinion: leave them off. You have just painfully demonstrated why they’re not a good idea. I don’t care if they are emblematic of the original Alembic aesthetic. They’re non-functional and quite vulnerable, so I would leave them off and re-shape what’s left.
 
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:banghead:...Alex!... dude!:( condolences.

I agree with your plan... and what Beej said.
But yeah...it wouldn't hurt to just glue them back on first. (Wood glue)... do a quick sand and see if you can maybe live with it? You might be surprised? Maybe not?
If not... sure... make the cut & splice in new ears. You got extra neck beam offcut maple yeah?
Gilmourisgod said:
BAT SIGNAL UP TO @Rôckhewer, as i believe he actually did a similar repair on a customer damaged bass.
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Not really.
Other than that Ritter... which left scars that would be unacceptable on a new build. I had a customer break a lower tip off Arachnophelia.
I couldn't glue it back to satisfy. Because it was all hippy sammich with burl top & back. Too much shredded cross grain to line back up. So I shortened & reshaped both.
But here?... naw I wouldn't do that...as in, leave them off.
You have a definite line to cut back to & scab on new maple. Or maybe just a quick glue-back. And pretend it didn't happen?

This hurts.
Sorry brother. :crying:

I'm almost sad that I can now actually see o_O these photos in HD detail.... (almost sad):p
 
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That sucks dude.

ctmullins said:
Oh man.

First, my deepest heartfelt sympathies for your loss. And good on you for keeping enough of your wits about you to not smash it any further!

Now, my honest opinion: leave them off. You have just painfully demonstrated why they’re not a good idea. I don’t care if they are emblematic of the original Alembic aesthetic. They’re non-functional and quite vulnerable, so I would leave them off and re-shape what’s left.
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Agree 100% with this.
 

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