Double Bass " I Think the bassbar is a little loose..."

james condino

james condino

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A nice fellow stopped by this week with the top already removed from this bass and casually said, "I think the bassbar is a little loose"...
j.
www/kaybassrepair.com

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KUNGfuSHERIFF said:
God**** sprung bass bars...

James, you should see the early King I brought home yesterday. It hasn't been touched in 30 years and looks almost new. Just incredible.
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A bass life wasted; I'd have soooooooooooo much more respect for the owner if it looked like this bass and they had a 10,000 stories of adventurous gigs to share like this fellow does.....
 
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Progress on the old girl: new grafts and arches in the vacuum press. There are still a few air bubbles because I took the photos before everything got completely sealed and aligned. The mold is two giant book matched pieces of Honduras mahogany that I hand carved a few years ago. It is in constant use and one of the best shop jig decisions I have made. The darkest section is what was left of the old green tulip poplar from the factory; all the new sections I made up spruce veneer to match the original ply thickness. More to come this week.

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

on facebook at Kay Bass Repair

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When you live in the land of 4,000 old ply basses and 11 carved basses, it makes good business sense to get in well with the ply crowd; not to mention the folks who gig with these tend to be WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more laid back as customers. As much as I like fully carved basses and enjoy building them, some of those guys are so high strung you'd think they were mandolin players!
 
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