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Originally Posted by Matthew Tucker
That's why i'm putting it to you that drilling a hole is NOT really OK in a master bass, any more than cutting the scroll is. A scroll full of plugged holes me no like!
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Oh, ok. Put it to me.. lol
The String through the Scroll is normal and accepted. The chopping off of the Head is not.
I was going to run the string around on the first Ext. that Arnold made for me. In that case the Ext. would have needed a screw into the Head to hold it in place as the sideways pull around the volute would be fighting it.
Ask Arnold who has made dozens of Extensions and worked on 100s of Basses with them on already as well. I think his opinion works for me. I don't know any Luthiers more caring than him about the health and the value preserve of old basses.
I can't force you or anyone else to do things my way unless I am the one paying the bill. These are my views.