Bass-ically i finally got back to my own work!

Well its been a hectic past couple of weeks with "proper" workload so I haven't posted much, still today whilst playing my somewhat beaten up semi restored double bass, I decided I needed to get back on with its restoration. So I cut some pine strips to re make the missing (broken off) decorative beading on its edge. I also worked some glue into a body crack to stop further propagation.

I cut some pine to match the body thin enough to bend to the required curve, and glued them into place holding them down with a few dress makers pins, a useful asset for this sort of work. Once thats dry i'll slowly work the it back to a matching bead and it should look nice again!

The bass itself is probably about thirty years old, it was my teachers old school bass and has been through the wars! I recognise it'll never be a Stradivari example but a little work and it should be a charming example showing its war wounds but with an aged dignity.

The Carpenter