dazza14 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 So I've got a Harley Benton EUB, have owned it for a few years but it never came with the spacer arm bar/rest thingy which wasn't really a problem before but I'm now gigging with it more and more and on some songs the bass has a tendency to spin which I have to correct with pushing my knee against it's back. Not ideal. So what I'm after is some assistance in making a replacement, happy to get some metal tubing and bend to the correct shape but having a starting place would be handy so does anybody have any sort of dimensions for the bar? Attached are some pics from Google images of the bass with and without the bar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangotango Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 This is exactly the problem I had with my Aria EUB. Here's the story of how I solved it. https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/328425-new-ish-eub-day-and-aria-question/?tab=comments#comment-3568899 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staggering on Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 The elegant solution used on the Aria would be the best way to go but some folks on here have used a "T" shaped endpin to prevent the spinning of EUB's and that might work as a temporary method. A short piece of steel is welded to the endpin, in fact at least one EUB comes with the endpin built this way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza14 Posted July 22, 2019 Author Share Posted July 22, 2019 Thanks Mangotango and Staggering On, I think I'm going to have to raid the local Wickes store for some copper piping and start bending things around, at least as a first step, I like the depth of the Aria solution, having something a little thicker than 20mm would be nice... I'll keep this post updated once I've started looking into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornagainbass65 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Here's the bar that I got with my 3rd hand harley benton. If you think of it as a letter C then the height of the C is 30cm. (See crappy photo.) The bottom of the C sticks out about 28cm from the angle. The top of the C sticks out about 18cm from the angle. The pipe is around 12mm diameter. I don't use the metal thing, I found it a bit uncomfortable. I bodged together a wooden rest out of bit of pine and some wooden dowel. My DIY skills are terrible but it works OK. I painted it black, same as the bass, and it looks ok. (Needs a new lick of paint). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornagainbass65 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 Sorry, image didn't work. Try this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza14 Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 That's fantastic!! I've just 'acquired' some 10mm piping so I'll have a go at this over the weekend. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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