Upton Bass: Falling Down...a Double Bass Restoration
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Falling Down...
When this nice basses owner fell down a flight of stairs...the bass was kind enough to take the hit in protection of it's owner. The bass was in need of some attention in the bass bar area anyway, and the owner agreed that since so much was needed to repair the damage from the fall we might as well go all out and fully restore the whole thing.
All the old cleats and parchment patches were removed and the inside of the top, back and ribs were cleaned. All of the old cracks were taken apart to be cleaned and re-glued, as well as all the new cracks needed to be addressed. Diamond shaped spruce cleats were fit, as well as some eyebrow patches to reinforce the damaged ff hole wings. For the top, neck and end-block doubling were needed to repair years of aggressive repairmen pulling off tops and a broken corner was replaced.
A new bass bar was in order, and serious deformation of the lower bout due to the weak old bar needed to be corrected. The entire top underwent a plaster cast. It took several months of daily attention to press the arching back into shape. The area under the bass bar that was severely cracked received a large patch to both reinforce the crack and support the re-trained arching.
The neck was set significantly deeper into the new block to bring the string length from 45 inches to just under 43 inches. Budget restraints did not allow for a neck graft which would have completely modernized the string length.
All of the new ebony accents were cut from the original board. Some touch-up and a complete setup capped off this 6 month restoration, and the owner is quite happy to be playing this monster double bass again!
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You have amazing patience and eye for even tiniest details .
Just when technology has got you down and you feel as if there are no more old world skilled craftsmen anymore... a thing of beauty :D
@paulholmes5240
5 жыл бұрын
Still a real skill and time taken to do it properly
Amazing. Wish i could apprentice at your shop.
Great work
about 7 yrs ago I fell down the stairs of the shop to keep from destroying a customers Double Bass... That was a nice clean break on the neck though. a simple repair if that was all that was needed... Many Blessings , SMR
Music is awesome and I want that restored bass; great job Sir
Amazing craftsmanship work!
amazing work.
absolutely gorgeous :)
So artful 😍
ohh man where did you get those tiny clamps for the back heel neck cap graft???
Wow amazing....and how much did that cost?
At 3:02 love those circular crack clamps -- are they PVC, and what diameter: 6 inches?
Ah- it's credited at the end as Lawrence Wolfe & Jonathan Feldman.
Who's playing the bass in the track??
you could probably get the scroll glued back on...
what music is used as sound track?
@stefanrogers9091
6 жыл бұрын
Nelson Firmino schubert's arpeggione sonata
1 thumbs down?? #CmonMan
whats the point of pictures? show the actual repair work
@PeterDad60
5 жыл бұрын
Do you have 10, 20, 30 or maybe 40 hours to watch here on KZread? That's the point!
Excuse me: But wouldn't it have been cheaper to declare the instrument totalled and bought a new one?
@Chemist1076
6 жыл бұрын
With all the patches and cleats it will not sound the same as it was. ... it is hardly the same instrument
@denniswilliams3934
4 жыл бұрын
@@Chemist1076 We all agree with you, it may not sound the same. However the owner may enjoy playing it more, having greater appreciation for its journey. I love my bum knee with the pins, especially when I see a young guy with a prosthetic leg.
@stewartross1233
3 жыл бұрын
It's a bit like Triggers broom!
That bass bar is comically oversized