PaulKing

Well, yes and no! A fair bit of splintering and delamination to fix if you look closely. But I glued it all back. Mixed advice between hide and wood glue for that job. I went the unpopular way and used wood glue, as I figure if the top is ever removed again you don't want that delamination to open up again. Permanent fix...

Omg … when the transfer folded over??? Disaster. Every bloody time

Not quite, but yeh low tension. I also have very strong fingers and play very hard... 😜: Evah Pirazzi Slaps, with a SlapStrings Gut-A-like Swingmaster G.

How badly do you want it played....?

The end 👍

Did you ever make an airfix kit as a kid?? You can do an open seam mate! You just need to get your hands on this stuff. Oh, and a cooking thermometer is a good idea but not essential.

Looking healthier this afternoon.

And so to bed.

Todays bit

Home straight… Bottom block fixed, bass bar reinforced, top going on. Slowly one step at a time. Leave it like this for 24hrs. Finish off tomorrow.

Home straight… Bottom block fixed, bass bar reinforced, top going on. Slowly one step at a time. Leave it like this for 24hrs. Finish off tomorrow.

Ha ha! Dr King is ready for you now… (evil cackle, snap of latex gloves etc)

Hey hello! Nah a whole load have been and gone since that one, I think it was an old flat back czech thing, part carved. 21st b’day pressie from my mum, first bass!

Tra la laa. Skipping forward through the tulips.

Yup this gap, and that front face of the block which was detached from the front. Also explains the angled end pin. Exactly as I deduced must be the case. You can all laugh at me when I'm head in hands with an expired bass and a top that wont glue back on straight... Or you can applaud as I proudly play it back to life! (fingers crossed)