Salt on your Bass? Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 (edited) Hi Guys, Forgive my ignorance on this matter, but are there any EUB techs you can recommend to give mine a once over? Also, for my own knowledge about these things, are there specific EUB/DB techs, or can any bass tech do the same?? Secondly, I'm aiming to bow more than finger style (if I ever manage to learn!), does the bass need setting up any differently to accommodate this? I had my first hack around yesterday and managed to get a few decent (bloody awful! ) results, but wondered if I needed to raise the bridge slightly or whether there was anything else?? I figure its going to be much better to hand it over to someone who knows what they're doing, so any recommendations on people would be gratefully recieved. I'm west london, but work east end so anywhere there or between would be great. Something I've kinda just thrown myself into without really doing a lot of reading up on, or having any sort of understanding!! Thanks Edited May 31, 2011 by Salt on your Bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Mo Clifton is in Blackheath, although probably not around till July (he spends some time in France these days). It all depends on your current set up and strings etc, but generally if you play arco you'll want a higher action than a jazzer playing pizz all the time. But its all relative, so get your current set up appraised and see what is suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt on your Bass? Posted June 1, 2011 Author Share Posted June 1, 2011 Thanks BassBod. Yeah, thats what I thought would be the best move. Might struggle to get to blackheath though. Any recommendations for anyone more central? I'll give the bass gallery a shout and my normal guitar tech, I'm just unsure if EUBs are a specialist skill so dont want to pay for someone to look at it without a recommendation on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 [quote name='Salt on your Bass?' post='1252554' date='Jun 1 2011, 12:09 PM']Thanks BassBod. Yeah, thats what I thought would be the best move. Might struggle to get to blackheath though.[/quote] I'd go to Mo Clifton.It's worth the journey across London,I happily travel down from Stoke to have him work on my bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt on your Bass? Posted June 1, 2011 Author Share Posted June 1, 2011 Thanks Doddy, I'll drop him a line and get my lazy arse over there then. Cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikodriko Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 dont know any EUB techs, but Malcolm Healey is a very knowledgeable luthier in SW london. He may be able to help. Charged me a fiver to fix a crack in my DBs rib. What a gent! check out: www.healeyviolins.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin UK Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 [quote name='rikodriko' post='1254156' date='Jun 2 2011, 03:49 PM']dont know any EUB techs, but Malcolm Healey is a very knowledgeable luthier in SW london. He may be able to help. Charged me a fiver to fix a crack in my DBs rib. What a gent! check out: www.healeyviolins.co.uk[/quote] I'd +1 malcolm, recently put some adjusters on my bridge, and suggested a price to me, before realising that he'd discounted so much that the parts were more expensive than what he'd said, so ended up just throwing in the labour for free! However i don't know if he does much EUB work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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