Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

No, no, that would never be my repair technique! I once had the idea of making the inside of a Bass a kind of "Magic Box", where you can look through the endpin-hole and shine a light through the F-Holes. The "woodchip" repair (which was there when I bought the Bass) would make a nice Big City Skyli...

Thank you, that's a big help!

I will let you know if and how it works.
I am in no hurry, still looking for matching Tuners.

thanks again and greetings from The Netherlands,

Martin

Most of the glue is out. I used water, heat and a lot of patience with a little knife. I am in doubt wether I should fit the cracks back together or carve large strips of spruce that fit in the cracks as to keep the form. One crack is aprox 5 mm. The body and back are in bad shape as well. lots of s...

Hello Matthew, very inspiring work on that Bass! I am working on a similar French Bass, here are some pics. It took me a few weeks to get the former "restorations" undone and clean it. Will absolutely try to use some of your techniques in my restoration. Look at the way the cracks in the front are f...