question about back graduations

[Ken Smith]

Originally Posted by Eric Rene Roy

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.

Are you totally sure it was the Bracing and not the aging of the wood? Besides commercial drying if done so, how long did the back wood sit in block form and/or at near finished dimension before it was used to make a back and put on the bass? How long id it take for the Back to fail.

And, what do you mean by Spots of Glue? Just Glue over the wood or with patches or braces? Ever seen the upper back bend of a Panormo School Bass?