A 1953 Kay blonde double bass sitting on my newly built luthiers workbench. I said to myself I wouldn't need more than 4 feet for guitars, mandolins and ukes. So I get the double bass.
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She's in real rough shape. Scroll on one side is broken completely off.
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It's like someone just threw it around.
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Glad the crap in the back is in focus. Tuning pegs work smooth but the plates are pitted
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The Nut
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4 drops of some kind of glue
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Bass side of body. Like someone was tap dancing on it.
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Pitted everywhere on the top
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Someone drew on lines using sharpie on the broken corner
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Back looks best but still looks like someone dragged through a gravel pit.
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Another veneer damaged corner and some more sharpie art
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G side. I have no idea what it is
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End pin
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tail piece in place
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tail piece "nut"?
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Pin and hole where a script "Kay" was mountd
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Tail piece detail.
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Fingerboard from the nut and the asymmetrical radius
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Fingerboard from the bridge and the asymmetrical radius
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String grooves down the fingerboard
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Neck. E side.
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Started work on E side at the head. Scraper and sanded down finish to bare wood.
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Accidental Baroque of the Bass sitting on my workbench.
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