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Looks like an Ibby for sure 👌

Wow 👍

Thanks Tony, I suspect I'll do it myself as not only do I like a challenge, but my violin-making friend is not all that keen on double basses taking up a whole lot of space in what is a rather violin-sized workshop

My sense is that, much like a Formula 1 car, taking it apart isn't the hardest bit.....? Interestingly I have an old Hofner lying around waiting for the Dr King treatment, hence my interest in your other thread Paul, which I found rather encouraging. Looking forward to seeing it back in one piece 👍

No probs Tony, thanks again for the inspiration, I'll update as things develop 👍

Thanks for posting, what a a stunning bass....... Makes me wonder whether I could also fabricate a crude repair that by incorporating soundholes makes it look less like a badly behaved acoustic panel and more like a design feature.....?

Hey Tony @Hellzero any further info or pics you could provide would be hugely appreciated. I have a friend who is a violin maker who I imagine would be able to do the work (I worry that if I try it it's going to make things a whole lot worse), but I suspect even he would be more comfortable with some reference points. Strangely enough, Chuck Traeger doesn't seem to have a chapter on introducing new soundholes Really quite excited about this 👍

He came on here a couple of times to reply to threads about his basses @Maniscream. I remember at the time thinking he came across as one of us, a really nice bloke who loves his bass gear (as well as an advocate of flatwounds which always moves a man up in my estimation). I read most of the Obits yesterday, it really is unusual for a bass player who most of the general public will never have heard of to receive such praise from music journalists and such love from fellow musicians ❤️

I used several PJB units live around 10 years back, generally I could hear them, but could never feel them

This might actually turn out well, almost like I planned it

Nice piece of mahogany 👍

It is, I love them, really good at the bridge. On fretless, and like Mo Foster (at least according to an interview I read), I don't use the neck Jazz PUP, to my ear it just muddies things a little too much, so the body came up on eBay and I jumped. I knew I'd seen a similar bass with extended board and single PUP but I may have imagined the latter, either way I think I'm looking for the same out of this as Mr Foster did from his FL Jazz, I love the simplicity, to add to it I'm probably going to run the PUP straight to the jack socket. Have to say iIt has something of a Wishbass look about it in the flesh, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not

I was moving an acoutsic panel, bass was on the floor on its side and, well, you can guess the rest...... Nice idea but wrong end of the instrument.... Tony, that is genius, made my afternoon, and I think I may look at doing that. I'm wondering if I could use the soundhole insert from an acoustic guitar, as otherwise it could be quite vulnerable to further breaks. What did you use?

Reason for my original enquiry, latest bitsa project to land….

RIP Mani, not many bassists make the front pages when they pass, says something about just how much you influenced music and culture 🙏

My gut feel is that the acoustic tone of such a small body will not sound much like that of an upright, even less so when amplified. You could spend a lot of time and money chasing shadows

What can be done?

BC Road Trip 👍

Nice to hear, I’ll get up there soon 👍

That's him, many thanks @Misdee, some follow-up incoming in a few days......

Think he was English, think he was 1970's.........?

RD Artist?

This thread has made me very happy 🙏