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Double bass under construction


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After looking at many a loverly bass and thinking about the smell of sawdust and varnish.
My old man is a sawmiller and has several loverly slabs of Jarrah and Birdseye Sheoak in the shed the latter would look like
[url="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/Gooma1/BirdseyeShe-Oak2.jpg"]http://i7.photobucke...eyeShe-Oak2.jpg[/url]
after its finished and polished

I went looking to see if anyone had done such a thing and only found a few Luthiers in Australia who have tried this bloke has/is and though its not finished it will be something special.
[url="http://bresque.studio205.net.au/double-basses/3-lott/73-2011-build-back.html"]http://bresque.studi...build-back.html[/url]

anyway hope its worth the time, unlike my previous flaming ball of quivering mush :P

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More than likely though i do know Jarrah has a tendency to crack and warp if it is used before it is properly dry which can take many years
But after it is dry its as tough as all hell and really quite beautiful.
Ironwood is out of the question as its well like iron.

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