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Originally Posted by Aren Winebrenner
That's what scares me!!! 
I have made just one instrument so far, under the tutelage of Kevin Flannery in Grand Rapids, MI. So I'm very new to all of this. I picked up a "very distressed" turn of the century Germanic shop bass as an instrument to practice various repair techniques on (as it needed just about every repair imaginable short of a scroll/neck graft). It had an integral bar with cracks to match, so it had to go. I used Kevin's methods for determining bar length and placement. Which brings me to this. I have discussed this with Kevin, but with everyone having their own idea of how to approach it, I thought best to see what some of the other battle hardened veterans have to say!
Thanks Ken. |
Short of a Graft? Let me ask you a few questions so we can be sure the neck is correct. I ask this because it is easier to work on the Neck before you close up the Bass. Getting the old one out and the basic fit I mean. The Neck set is usually done with Top and Back on for alignment.
What is the Neckstand currently on the Bass?
Do you know how tall the bridge was with low string height before?
How wide are the C bouts?
The neck block (hope it has one) is mortise or dovetail joint?
These are some basics for consideration.