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From the lens Build an Upright Electric Double Bass - Guide.

  • KevCooper Apr 25, 2012 @ 3:01 am | delete
    Fantastic lens! I want to build one for my son.
  • dber101 Jul 27, 2011 @ 8:37 am | delete
    Hi I came across this site and decided to build an eub using this page as a starting point. Does any one have close up pictures of the neck/scroll and the body? I have made the lofting cutouts but my scroll looks larger than it should be. Also what is the spacing dimensions for the tuning keys?
  • Dave Jul 26, 2011 @ 7:03 pm | delete
    Does anyone have close up shots of the neck/scroll and the body?
  • onlinemba May 17, 2011 @ 10:51 pm | delete
    A great lens.Thanks for sharing with us
  • worthim Apr 12, 2011 @ 10:26 am | delete
    Great lense! Goes pretty well with our bass defret lense... I'm going to figure out how to link to yours from mine!
  • ViolinStudent Mar 28, 2011 @ 1:12 pm | delete
    Good job on this page. Electrifying stringed instruments is a fascinating subject. I've lensrolled this to my Cello Submarine: Deeply Classical turned Hot Rock,
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    Thanks for the information!
  • turner-bob Jan 5, 2011 @ 3:00 pm | delete
    Excellent lens!!! I'm a guitar neck builder so I really enjoyed your writings.
  • Johnno Mar 28, 2010 @ 8:23 pm | delete
    Hi Colin,
    I went out and bought your book today and am working with my 10 year old on bass headstock designs and trying to get him to do the lofting - the bass after all is for him. Cool stuff! I hope he hangs in there till the end. Once I told him that Brian May of Queen and his dad built his guitar, he was sold!

    He wants a rosewood fingerboard (not ebony) but I will see what I can find on ebay. The body will be maple (available locally). I am not sure if I want to use a tailpiece or rather use just a through body string going over a nut and a more simple bridge than a really high maple bridge. Any thoughts? Like a Dean or an NS?
  • Janika Aug 7, 2010 @ 3:53 pm | delete
    I've got some budget price parts for bass. Bridge, tailpice, endpin, strings etc.
    Check out
    http://janika.co.uk/Contrabass_Parts.php
    JanikasMusicShop
  • infomonkeynow Aug 7, 2010 @ 5:20 pm | delete
    Hi Janika,

    I actually have your website marked in the end of the book as a great source of electric upright bass parts. Hope you don't mind :)

    Regards,
    Colin Palfrey
  • janikasMusicShop Aug 8, 2010 @ 12:01 pm | delete
    Hi infomonkeynow
    Yes thats OK. Feel free to add my links!
    John(Janika)
  • infomonkeynow Mar 26, 2010 @ 9:19 am | delete
    Hi Johnno,

    The way the jig works is that the router stays still above the fretboard.

    Under the router you have a hinged plank that swings across left to right, and as it passes under the router this cuts in an arc.

    Above you will see a fretboard in the jig.

    You will notice there are three beams under the router. Well the outside two ar the frame of the jig which the router can slide along. The middle rail is actually a strip of oak I was turning into a fingerboard. As the fingerboard swings left to right under the router it gets the bits you don't want routed lol

    Cheers,
    Colin Palfrey
  • Patrick_A_Smith Sep 8, 2009 @ 7:38 am | delete
    Great lens!

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