Chowney

[Johnnyguru]

Got my 2021 Chowney swb1 couple of weeks ago. Real pleased till I found tge neck had crack that the previous owner did not tell me about🙁

Anyway managed to glue it up, looks great now with a set of Labelka tapes on.

looking forward to learning to play it now.

[mikebass456]

Great looking bass - reminds me a little of my old Westone Thunder I 😎👍

[Reggaebass]

Very nice, the tapes sound great too 

[Johnnyguru]

Been looking at one of these for a couple years now. Then this one tuned up for good price, soon found out why.

New to bass so looking forward to getting started.

[mikebass456]

Hope you enjoy - shame about the crack, but well done for sorting it out 😎👍👍

[HeadlessBassist]

Lovely basses. Did you clamp the neck for a day or two while the glue set?

[Geek99]

@Chownybass

[Johnnyguru]

9 hours ago, HeadlessBassist said:

Lovely basses. Did you clamp the neck for a day or two while the glue set?

Yeah clamped and left for about 3 days. Then a very slight rub down feels great now.

[songofthewind]

It looks like the joint where the headstock section is scarfed to the main part of the neck. I'm very surprised to see that joint fail. Great basses, btw.

[Johnnyguru]

2 hours ago, songofthewind said:

It looks like the joint where the headstock section is scarfed to the main part of the neck. I'm very surprised to see that joint fail. Great basses, btw.

Was bit odd when I got it, the owner said it had been set up.

The truss rod was loose, the nut slots were well out.

not a very good set up🤔 

[HeadlessBassist]

2 hours ago, songofthewind said:

It looks like the joint where the headstock section is scarfed to the main part of the neck. I'm very surprised to see that joint fail. Great basses, btw.

 

Judging by the perfectly smooth curve of the crack, it just looks like a 'duck tail' join where the glue failed. It can happen.

[Doctor J]

59 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

 

Judging by the perfectly smooth curve of the crack, it just looks like a 'duck tail' join where the glue failed. It can happen.

 

It's a scarf joint, very commonly used in tilt-back headstock designs. The headstock likely came under some forward pressure which overstressed the joint.

 

Edited 18 hours ago by Doctor J