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Sticking leather pads

Author: bill28099
Date: 2004-11-30 16:17

I've got a couple of sticking leather pads on a used bass that I just picked up ( Buffet Prestige to low C). I did a search and have wiped the pad and vent with a damp cloth, cleaned and oiled the bearing and cranked up the spring tension but they still stick. I don't have any of the magic power people talk about. On my old Conn I just put a bit of baby oil on the stickers and the problem stopped, I figure anything good enough for a baby's bottom is good enough for an old Conn. Any suggestions before I go off the deep end and baby oil the Buffet.

Speaking of this thing I find ergonomically it is killing my right wrist. If I set the peg low enough to get the mouthpiece where it belongs then the horn is so low that my wrist is put at a poor angle. Are any of you in the same situation?
I would imagine that people shorter than me (5'9") might have the problem to even a greater degree. To me the only solution seems to have the neck modified so the mouthpiece is lower and more parallel to the ground, like my old Conn.

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