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Originally Posted by Arnold Schnitzer
(Nick Lloyd used this same system in his 2009 Silver Medal ISB bass.) It provides the requisite support for the soundpost, but avoids the cross-grain attachment which makes traditionally-braced flat-backs so trouble-prone.
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awww...I missed looking inside his bass...I would have liked to see that.
This was some minor inspiration for some that I have been trying...and just good work to look at.
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpo...4&postcount=39
I will say I did try one thing Hans did, but with bad results (I had to replace a customers back
). He said he did spots of glue every inch or so to allow for wood movement. I did this...and the wood moved...causing a bulge in between two of the glue spots. I won't try that again.