Forum: Luthier's Corner
12-18-2012, 01:27 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,443
Ha Ha!
Yes. I guess Ken's automated vice squad can't distinguish between a German woodworking supply company and an obscene term.
Now we can't be too careful when it comes to smut, but please remember:...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
12-17-2012, 09:53 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,443
more on this.
The Metropolitan reamer project got bogged down but there's one more option: You CAN get a 1/17 taper commercially made boxwood bushing. It's marketed by the **** company and it's actually sized as a...
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Forum: German School of Basses
04-04-2012, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,536
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Forum: German School of Basses
04-04-2012, 10:39 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,536
Johann Baptiste Dvorak bass?
Hi guys.
A customer of mine has this bass with a J.B. Dvorak label. The label is a photocopy but at some point someone who worked on this bass was convinced that the Bass was made by this Prague...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
12-14-2011, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 180,236
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
12-14-2011, 01:02 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 180,236
new extension
I'll post one last C extension I made as I seem to be honing in on a particular look. This is installed on a Calin Wultur "Elite" bass.
Any thoughts?
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
10-31-2011, 08:27 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 11,502
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
08-03-2011, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 180,236
The rail was there before I got there but the...
The rail was there before I got there but the owner of the bass makes great use of it.
As I finished this one up I was thinking about how much work these are. Very challenging. - they have to...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
08-03-2011, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 180,236
New Extension
Hi guys. I installed another C extension and would like to show it around here. This time I benefited from earlier experimentation and I'd like to think this one is a bit more refined. No need for...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
03-24-2011, 01:13 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,443
reamers
Well, as far as I know the commercially available boxwood cello peg bushings use a 1/25 taper. And as far as I know the most common commercial cello endpin reamers use a 1/17 taper. What brand of...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
03-23-2011, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 9,443
cool new tool
Hi guys. Anyone use 'cello peg bushings to patch tuners holes in bass scrolls? I've found that it's real slick, especially when you're patching holes for the Rubner tapered metal spindles which are...
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Forum: German School of Basses
08-06-2010, 06:37 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,234
repair
I wasn't talking about the repair to the button. The wood fitted to the side of the neck heel is what I was pointing out.
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Forum: German School of Basses
08-06-2010, 03:19 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,234
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Forum: German School of Basses
08-06-2010, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,234
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Forum: German School of Basses
08-06-2010, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 7,234
nice German bass
Hi Guys. I have a bass here that I thought I would share. It's an instrument that was used with the Milwaukee symphony for years and then fell into disrepair. Last year we did some restoration...
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Forum: French Bass School
07-29-2010, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,163
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Forum: French Bass School
07-29-2010, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,163
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Forum: French Bass School
07-29-2010, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,163
French bass ID
Hi. Someone brought this bass to me for some minor work. Here are some measurements:
lower bout width 25.5"
upper bout width 20.5"
rib depth not including plates lower bout 7 7/8"
rib depth...
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Forum: Double Bass Talk in General
07-01-2010, 08:01 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 13,782
Rubner
Rubner tuners are distributed through Metropolitan, Howard Core, International Violin, Nova, etc.
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Forum: The Bull Pit
06-02-2010, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 48,345
The Decline of Manufacturing in USA
There are so many reasons why manufacturing has declined so much but money is at the root of all of them.
I think we all realize that increased efficiency and automated production were responsible...
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Forum: Luthier's Corner
05-31-2010, 09:57 PM
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Replies: 108
Views: 180,236
The manufacturing industry in the United States...
The manufacturing industry in the United States is dying. If someone in the U.S. has an idea for any musical instrument related product I suggest that we keep all aspects of production right here in...
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Forum: Modern Eastern Europe
03-31-2010, 04:29 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,908
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Forum: Modern Eastern Europe
03-31-2010, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,908
Calin Wulter Elite
Anyone have a chance to take a look at the new Calin Wulter "elite" basses yet?
Impressions?
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Forum: German/Czech Shop Basses
12-10-2009, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 34,105
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Forum: German School of Basses
12-03-2009, 12:19 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 7,826
On the other side of the scroll are the...
On the other side of the scroll are the rectangular patches for the previous French worm gear assemblies. But the round patches are big, like they carried wooden hat peg spindles. Probably had...
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