Author: Chris P
Date: 2018-12-06 13:22
Only the other day I saw an '80s C series bass to low C which had been 'overhauled' about two years back. Badly. Action was sluggish, speaker mechanism not functioning well, the pads were too thick and still had some of the original pads in places, still had some key corks and felts from when it was new which should have ALL been changed, so the owner was ripped off big time.
The ventings were all low, so this bass which should roar, hissed and kicked like anything unless you played it with a 1.5 reed. This bass should sing - I let the owner play my Buffet which spoke much clearer as I've gone over it and reset all the ventings for that reason.
Not for the first time I've seen basses 'overhauled' and the pads were too thick and ventings set too low. It annoys me immensely when people work on basses with a total lack of understanding.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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