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William Stephens
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Luthier's Corner
11-20-2016, 02:38 PM
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Unexplained loss of sound/response
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William Stephens
Unexplained loss of sound/response
Evening everybody!
It's been a long time since I last visited this forum! Great to see it's still around and stil busy.
I have a problem I'm hoping some of you may be able to shed light on.
...
Forum:
Modern Handmade Basses
05-21-2009, 12:50 PM
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Ronald Prentice
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10,886
Posted By
William Stephens
I conversed with Mr. Prentice by email about 2...
I conversed with Mr. Prentice by email about 2 years ago regarding the design of Mechanical C extension he inherited from George Fawcett. (Now fitted by Tom Martin.)
He was definitely alive...
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Chinese/Asian
05-20-2009, 01:36 PM
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9
Jay Haide Basses
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19,108
Posted By
William Stephens
Jay Haide Basses
Hi all
I wonder if anyone here has had any experience of Jay Haide basses.
I recently saw one of the standard finish Quenoil model ones in Martyn Bailey's workshop.
The qualitiy of the...
Forum:
The Bull Pit
04-21-2009, 09:36 AM
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28
The thread where you can only use the curly headed head to express emotions.
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16,913
Posted By
William Stephens
Curly headed?
:confused:
It's not curly headed, It's a head with question marks above it
Forum:
Luthier's Corner
04-16-2009, 06:42 PM
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Arrrgh! Woodworm
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8,710
Posted By
William Stephens
I just found a pic taken last summer...I zoomed...
I just found a pic taken last summer...I zoomed it up and it looks like 2 of the holes were there then..
maybe they are old holes after all......
As soon as I saw the holes I went into blind...
Forum:
Luthier's Corner
04-16-2009, 06:20 PM
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Arrrgh! Woodworm
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8,710
Posted By
William Stephens
i remember an interview in db-magazine with...
i remember an interview in db-magazine with duncan mcTier where he said that his old (english?) bass would not sound has good as it sounds now, if the woodworm had not made it much lighter some 100...
Forum:
Luthier's Corner
04-16-2009, 06:04 PM
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11
Arrrgh! Woodworm
Views:
8,710
Posted By
William Stephens
:( Thanks I'll take some pics...
:(
Thanks
I'll take some pics tomorrow when I get batteries for my camera
I'm sure the holes weren't there last week!
Theres a violin maker/restorer near where I am tomorrow...I could...
Forum:
Luthier's Corner
04-16-2009, 05:44 PM
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Arrrgh! Woodworm
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8,710
Posted By
William Stephens
Arrrgh! Woodworm
Hi everyone
I just got a horrible surprise when I picked up my bass and found several small holes dotted around the top near the neck block
It looks like woodworm
WHAT DO I...
Forum:
Luthier's Corner
04-14-2009, 07:09 PM
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6
Neck replacement
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13,261
Posted By
William Stephens
Also, how tall are you? Arm/shirt size length? ...
Also, how tall are you? Arm/shirt size length?
I play many Basses as big or bigger than yours and some hurt and some don't!.
Oddly enough I'm not a short guy! - I'm about 5'9ish. my arm...
Forum:
Luthier's Corner
04-13-2009, 11:24 AM
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Neck replacement
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13,261
Posted By
William Stephens
oh yes and beethovens 9th
When I did the 9th a couple of years ago I used my English Gilkes (Samuel) that's only a 41" length. That last page is a killer..
I say thank goodness for that short maestoso section just before...
Forum:
Luthier's Corner
04-13-2009, 11:13 AM
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6
Neck replacement
Views:
13,261
Posted By
William Stephens
Thanks Unfortunately my camera is broken...
Thanks
Unfortunately my camera is broken :(, but I found a few old pics of the bass I took a while back. I don't know if they are relevant to the topic.
At the moment what I am after is an...
Forum:
Luthier's Corner
04-12-2009, 05:06 PM
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6
Neck replacement
Views:
13,261
Posted By
William Stephens
Neck replacement
Hi folks
After a long concert schedule at college that concluded with a performance of Beethoven's 9th I was left in some discomfort from my 43" stop 4/4 size bass!
I think I'm gonna take the...
Forum:
Luthier's Corner
08-21-2008, 07:50 AM
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108
Sticky:
Show your Extensions!
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177,613
Posted By
William Stephens
Extensions and hat peg tuners!!/extension history
I've always liked the look of hat peg tuners....that is until I had an extension installed on my current bass!
The G tuner is positioned perfectly to stop my hand in it's tracks when reaching...
Forum:
Double Bass Talk in General
08-18-2008, 06:12 PM
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7
Colors..
Views:
10,143
Posted By
William Stephens
Thanks for the info, Ken. The year on the label...
Thanks for the info, Ken. The year on the label is 1912. The czech attribution does seem to make sense: when I bought the bass about a year ago I heard the dealer mumble something about it previously...
Forum:
Double Bass Talk in General
08-18-2008, 10:51 AM
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7
Colors..
Views:
10,143
Posted By
William Stephens
Well at least I now know if the bass playing...
Well at least I now know if the bass playing doesn't get me anywhere I can forget taking up photography....;)
Forum:
Double Bass Talk in General
08-18-2008, 08:01 AM
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7
Colors..
Views:
10,143
Posted By
William Stephens
Here are some pics of the bass. I apologise for...
Here are some pics of the bass. I apologise for the standard of the photography!
The name on the label is Franz Xaver Güttler. Having done a little bit of net-based research It appears this...
Forum:
Double Bass Talk in General
08-15-2008, 05:48 PM
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7
Colors..
Views:
10,143
Posted By
William Stephens
Sound "colour"
I think when a bass is played it naturally produces a lot of extraneous noise that doesn't necessarily carry as far as the instrument's true sound.
If youre playing a section and really thrashing...
Forum:
German School of Basses
08-03-2008, 04:04 PM
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Old German French Model
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18,310
Posted By
William Stephens
Gernman-French Bass
My College has an interesting bass that appears to be a german Vuillaume copy.
There is a replica vuillaume label inside with a date of 1844 (the bass looks nowhere near that old), above which a...
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