Well it looks as though this might not be as easy as we originally hoped. Upon removal of the fingerboard we found an amazingly bad hack repair job that was done many years ago on the neck. It may be … Continue reading →

So it looks like we are going to try to save the neck on my double bass, rather than doing a full replacement and grafting the scroll back on. In the process my luthier will give it a new fingerboard, … Continue reading →

Yes, it is time to fix the behemoth and start practicing again. We just did our taxes and, lo and behold, I can finally afford these repairs. I take it in on Monday for the evaluation. I am indeed quite … Continue reading →

Mike, and old friend of mine gave, me a CD of his after one of his performances, billed under the name “That One Guy”. The title of the disc is “Songs in the Key of Beotch”. I recently rediscovered this … Continue reading →