Author: DougR
Date: 2020-01-13 00:32
Whew! Glad your experience is so positive. Yeah, my s9 bass has a filled crack at that same location, you kind of want to get used to keeping an eye on that set-screw that tightens the ring around the lower tenon so it doesn't loosen up when the wood shrinks in winter.
I had a peg added (mine didn't have one) and also asked my repair guy to move the LH ring-finger touchpiece closer to the LH pinky cluster so the finger spread would feel more natural; if it were still my main bass, I'd probably have the LH pinky levers lengthened a little, supposedly a common enhancement on older Selmer basses for people with smaller hands.
But yeah, people used to newer Selmers and Buffets pick my s9 up and give it a toot, and invariably the immediate response is "Wow!" (Likewise, younger repair guys checking the grenadilla also go "wow" as in, wow, you don't see grenadilla that fine THESE days.)
Enjoy!!
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