The HE-MAN way to fix a bass....

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The HE-MAN way to fix a bass....

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Hey Paul,

You gotta love this.

How is this for a UNIQUE way to fix a cracked bass!

None of this taking weeks preparing, filling, sanding, blending, painting, clear coating, waxing, wet sanding, just cut to the chase and take a huge freaking screw and shoot it in!

Not to mention that REALLY NEAT metal plate that looks like half of a stress relief for a hunk of wiring...LOVELY! Image

In all fairness, the seller states that he didn't "REPAIR" it himself!


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=005&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=150097051850&rd=1&rd=1

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101 uses for spare drywall screws around the house....

Hey, on a useful note, this one makes me opine upon whether anyone had ever made a bass entirely out of machined aluminum.

Dimensional tolerances would be great. But you could never straighten out a bent one properly. Wonder what the sound would be like>
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Electrical Guitar makes all aluminium guitars and basses.
http://electricalguitarcompany.com/

I have only tried the guitar, but it sounds very nice. I wouldn't mind if someone gave me one of the basses, but I need to get another 4003 or two before I'll consider buying one.
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That 'repair' may be a little unstable, I recommend a couple of 1/2" carriage bolts and steel plates as reinforcement!
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...and when they poke through the front of the bass, just grind 'em off...
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What?! No duct tape?!
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"...and when they poke through the front of the bass, just grind 'em off..."

Yup, use a Dewalt angle grinder, and do the grinding on stage preferably, in the middle of a ballad!

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Red Green woulda used duct tape... Image
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And ONLY because you can't weld wood Image Image
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You can't?

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BALDerdash, Paul!!! That's not a REAL Rickenwelder, that's a FAKER. Maybe a Kay weld, or an Aria weld.. Image
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Yeah, BUSTED, Elys. I'd never use that stuff on any Rickenbacker.

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(That's all that Google had for "rickweld"--a guy named Rick welding a locomotive!)
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I wonder if he ever played it sitting down. If he did that screw would have probably made interesting patterns on his pants (and leg).
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