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Double Bass where's my truss
- Thread starter Jeff Bollbach
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- Mar 1, 2002
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- Owner: Ken Smith Basses, Ltd.
Damn, sure looks like a lotta work for no result...
When installed, did it actually affect the shape of the neck? I can't imagine a 5/16" or so rod bending a 5/8" thick ebony board.
When installed, did it actually affect the shape of the neck? I can't imagine a 5/16" or so rod bending a 5/8" thick ebony board.
- Dec 13, 1999
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- Chuck Sher publishes my book, WALKING BASSICS:The Fundamentals of Jazz Bass Playing.
Jeff,
It looks like what Ampeg was doing in the late 60s to help support their thin boards. Don't throw it out, I'll hang it on my wall, sometimes I need these things for Ampeg restorations. Drop me a note if you still have it.
Steve
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It looks like what Ampeg was doing in the late 60s to help support their thin boards. Don't throw it out, I'll hang it on my wall, sometimes I need these things for Ampeg restorations. Drop me a note if you still have it.
Steve
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Uhh...Sorry Steve, It is history. I have a small shop and occasionally I just have to be ruthless or else I'll drown. Come to think of it that board may have indeed come off a baby bass.
Steve-
Well, I forgot to put one garbage pail out and I discovered that the
board in question is not 100% gone. I had cut off half of the board to salvage some wood and thrown out the truss portion. That is what I found. If you want that for parts I'd be happy to send it along.
Well, I forgot to put one garbage pail out and I discovered that the
board in question is not 100% gone. I had cut off half of the board to salvage some wood and thrown out the truss portion. That is what I found. If you want that for parts I'd be happy to send it along.
I might be missing something in the photo, but it looks more like it would only adjust the camber in the portion of the board that overhangs beyond the neck. Sometimes that portion of a board will change shape with the weather and even though mine is thick, that part can be flexed a little bit. Definitely an odd looking device that one wouldn't imagine exists.Eric Jackson said:
Oh yeah!! It comes and goes, but whoooo! And I still seem to forget the source when I wonder what the stink is in my room. Oh--THAT, again. I think it's haunted. Mine doesn't seem to have any structural problems, but I rarely move it (or play itSilversorcerer said:Just curious but does it still have that toxic Ampeg plastic body odor?????
). It's mostly a museum, conversation, and stink piece. For those who haven't had the pleasure, the plastic body is supposedly unstable and outgasses fumes that smell about like a soft cheese like Limburger (not that I'm intimately familiar with that!). I've wondered if after so many years of chemical breakdown, whether it could explode like some BBs have said to. I guess I should also be concerned about a real health problem associated with the resultant air quality.
I've tried googling to learn more about Eastman Uvex, said to be the culprit material. Not gotten too far.
