pete.young

This looks similar to my old Musima, it looks like someone has attempted a not-very-good repair using PVA, which has splintered the wood off the side of the neck and stuck it into the socket, and possibly also stuck some of the socket onto the neck sides. I took the Musima to a local luthier and he came up with 3 options. Option 1 was so expensive he didn't bother writing it down! I think this was a non-screw option, which may also have involved making a new neck. Option 2 aka bodge was to clean off the PVA, leave the splintered wood in place and attempt to glue the neck back in place hoping it would still fit reasonably tightly. And then drill the heel and fit 2 long screws through the heel and into the body block, which would provide pretty much all of the strength. Option 3 was to remove all the splintered wood from neck and socket, clean out all the damage and PVA, glue a thin veneer to the sides of the socket and maple facings to the sides of the neck, and glue it back together. Then fit screws as for option 2, which would be a backup rather than the primary source of strength in the joint. For me, none of these options made economic sense given the value of the bass. No idea why there's a 90 degree notch. It looks as though it was done at the time of the previous repair. In the bottom picture you can see an extension of the saw cuts. the only thing I can think of is that the original cap was part of the back, and it splintered off when the original failure happened.

No, it was repeated in 1982 and that was the last time.

Looks like a job for Suzie Fletcher on the Repair Shop.

I've just spotted that BBC 4 TV is showing a film called 'The Great Double Bass Race'' at 11.30 pm tonight, 7th January. And hopefully also on iPlayer, it would be about the only thing that isn't if not! This film tells the story of the first double bass festival on the Isle of Man, in 1978, and features Gary Karr amongst others. I remember watching the film when it was first shown and thinking, I've really got to go to the next one. I still haven't been.

@basso navo wht you say makes perfect sense to me. The question for you is whether a fretless will be edgy and percussive enough for the sound you want to make. If you're thinking of playing slap you're probably going to need a fretted bass. Not saying it's impossible, but there aren't many people doing it, 64 million flies argument I know.

Missed this thread originally. My one has a 3A sticker and appears to be older than the one in the for-sale thread so I guess they uprated the fuse for later designs. The fan should come on as soon as the amp powers up.

After only 3 hours? Your expectations are unreasonable. And you don't specify whether you're looking for octave up or octave down. I'd say don't buy anything without trying a Boss OC-5 first.

They look fabulous. Cost is fearsomely expensive. I came across them whilst looking for a Weissenborn, but they are more money than a hand-made solid Koa style 4.

I only have one double bass. If I had two, I couldn't fit them both in the car anyway.

The KZZS10 are more expensive but have more and better drivers, and sound great for bass guitar.

As an accordion player (Roland not Midi but the principle is the same) I'd be wondering why I was paying a double bass player that I don't need. Time to find another gig, or take up Midi accordion.

If this is Parcelforce, don't wait for them to write to you and tell you they're expecting a payment - log it as a support job and they will email you the link. I had this with Ducati spares, it took them 7 days to get around to telling me the items were awaiting customs payment.

Has an old Fender ever been refinished to sunburst? I was under the impression they were always either stripped back to the wood or refinished in a solid colour.

I can't - can I borrow a couple of yours?

Ed Sheeran and Elton at Watford vs Ipswich Town?

"He said "for coal", m'lud." "Funny, could have sworn his lips were moving."

Frivolous? That means a guitar, or something not bass-related then. I'd go for one of these. I've no idea how they can produce this for less than 200 quid. https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_custom_line_n_150ce_natural.htm?glp=1&gad_source=1

I had a Shadow banjo system for a while and the controller for that was flimsy too. I have had several instruments fitted with various types of KK Sound pickups, and all of them have worked flawlessly wirhout exception. The K&K Definity is apparently discontinued which is a shame because it looks interesting - I guess it didn't perform very well. I'd be inclined to try a K&K Big Twin , either with the sensors attached to the bridge, the same way that they do for the Double Big Twin double bass set up, or with the two sensors under the bridge foot.

Just as well it's in Africa, otherwise I'd be tempted to hunt the seller down and apply a belt sander to , oh use your imaginations!

I wouldn't bother fixing it, all they do is hiss and fizz. The sstock crossover is something like 3.5KHz. I modded mine to bypass it altogether.

I've played for the Harley Riders Club of GB a couple of times at their rally on Mersea Island. I think we got £300 for a 6 piece band, that included a round trip of about 50 miles and setting up our own PA. They're a great crowd , very enthusiastic. At that time I think they did their own organisation. It now looks as though they've outsourced it.