Show your Extensions!

[Vince Jesse]

Hi. I'd like to throw my hat in the ring here. I've worked on other people's extensions but never made my own from scratch. Some people have been inquiring so I figured it was time. It's solid ebony, fitted to a new Romanian bass. It's screwed down to the neck under the nut but not the scroll or cheeks.

It functions well. I would have done a couple things differently but next time I'll avoid those mistakes. Next time I'd like to make a two pulley extension that avoids the hole through the scroll (if the dimensions of the bass permits)

It's installed on a bass for sale so I think I'll wait to add capos or a fingering rail until the customer knows what he wants.

Hopefully the pictures work.

Any thoughts?

[Vince Jesse]

Here are some shots with chromatic stops now in place. I made the brass parts on my little Clausing mill.

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Vince Jesse

Here are some shots with chromatic stops now in place. I made the brass parts on my little Clausing mill.

Sorry for the late reply. The hardware reminds me a bit of Arnold's as well as Jeff's brackets. The Fingers look nice and similar as well.

[Ken Smith]

Here's some pics of *my Jacquet we took a few weeks ago but were just loaded in recently (*in the process of being sold at the time of posting.)



I have to count carefully how many Chromatic C-Extensions Arnold has made for me. Jeff made 2 so far and will make a 3rd for the Mougenot when it's fully restored...

Ok, counted them.. Arnold has made 6 of them so far including my Panormo school Bass which was just re-photographed to show the extension. I will post that one as soon as Mike loads in the new pics.

Of the 6 from Arnold, 3 of them, the latest made have the adjustable brackets. All of Jeff's do as well. The Hart bass actually has Jeff's brackets but the extension and fingers by Arnold.

[Ken Smith]

My son Mike just loaded the Extension pics last night. the full body shots to follow when he comes back from school in a week of so as the pics are loaded here into my computer.

[Geoff Chalmers]

Amazing looking extention! Mike is lucky guy :-)

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Geoff Chalmers

Amazing looking extension! Mike is lucky guy :-)

That is not Mike's Bass, it's mine!

He just does the web work for me and takes the pictures..