THIS IS AN ACTIVE REPAIR, BE SURE TO CHECK BACK OFTEN! This is one of the great Mittenwald basses we have had through the shop.  The varnish is to die for, and tone is even better!  But, these things we like to haul around are BIG and AWKWARD, and sometimes you bump it on things.  This…

This American Standard double bass came in with a “loose” bass bar and arching deformations around the bridge/soundpost as well as the lower bout.  Upon an internal inspection, the bass bar had not let go, the laminations had failed.  We took off the top and were able to easily remove a layer of wood.  Testing…

For a change of pace, let’s start off with the finished pictures!   This old bass has been restored, badly, numerous times before…with the most recent restoration utilizing a lot of epoxy and wood filler!  The bass was brought in because it was feeling too tight, and the owner wanted to look at setup items…

This French-made double bass had a past scroll fracture that failed after the crafting of an extension for it.  We began by using water to completely disassemble the scroll…which wasn’t hard! The original repairs were simply glued, there were no reinforcement grafts added.  We began by making a simple caul, shaped to the back of the…