Author: clarnibass
Date: 2008-01-17 05:20
>> Why are you looking to have less angle? <<
I assume from the same reason that you had yours re-angled, to make it more comfortable.
>> Does Buffet make a less angled neck for the 1193-2 available for purchase? <<
I heard they do, so I tried getting one. First time I tried to order (from Walter Grabner) and there was some misunderstanding because Buffet (i.e. a person from Buffet USA) said the neck is available but then they shipped a regular neck with the same angle as their regular one. Back it went (along with a full refund from Walter Grabner). Then I contacted Mark Sloss and he tried to contact Francois Kloc (sp?) from Buffet but after several weeks (or was it months, I don't remember) he still hasn't gotten back to him. If I remember right, I got the impression from Mark Sloss (or rather, he got that impression from Buffet) that the less angled neck is only special order. I pretty much gave up and decided to try bending the stock neck.
>> I suppose for the bass neck you could fill with melted candle wax <<
What about machining wax? Some things I've heard used to bend tubes (though not re-bend them, but originally bend them, which might or might not be the same thing, I don't know) are ice, pitch, sand, and possibly something like solder too.
Bob (or anyone), what do you think about a couple of suggestions of bending that my grandfather came up with - fill the neck, then using exact matching steel rods (they have be very exact, not just close), holding both sides, just use force to bend it. The risk is maybe it won't bend smoothly where you want it, possibly bend at the edge of the steel rod. Maybe just try very slowly and feel if there is a problem? I think this is only possible with the 2-piece necks because you don't have a way to hold the entire neck this way.
The other method is to take two box shaped pieces of steel, and machine them, one to come from above and one from below, to the exact shape that you want the neck to be after the bending. Fill the neck, put the neck between those pieces and with a mchine press them. I don't think shaping the pressers is easy.
Post Edited (2008-01-17 07:28)
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