Upton Bass: Removing a Fingerboard on a Hawkes Double Bass

[ALaughProduction1]

I would have loved to see how you replace the fingerboard...

[jeffscott66]

Will an electric bass fb come off this easily with this method?

[UptonBass]

@jeffscott66 most likely no...different glues...

[Velkus96]

What kind of alcohol did he use ?

[UptonBass]

@Velkus96 denatured

[aaronjordan010388]

is this upright bass have inlays??

[TheFrenchCharlie]

Exellent!.French Charlie

[kamanu47]

Ok, it is just me, I enjoy watching this stuff.... more, please more. I know that there are probably some trade secrets you don't want to give away, but as much of this kind of stuff you want to show the better.

[FlogCheney]

Nicely done indeed.

Perhaps a facial tissue for the narrator would be in order. A quick toot to tidy up those sniffles.

When working on the G string side of the neck, I was a little surprised that he wasn't brushing the ethanol on the fingerboard side of the wicking knife to keep it away from the neck surface. But no big deal all in all. Tidy work.

I'm still trying to figure out what the adjustable wrench was there for. Perhaps to manipulate the putty knife blade early on in the process?

[UptonBass]

The wrench was for the bolt that holds the neck support on the bench.

It was the start of what ended up being a bad cold...a box of tissues wouldn't have helped!!! ;)

Good point on being careful with the finish...the devil is in the details and it's hard to tell on video how little alcohol is being applied...Noah is extremely careful and probably the most patient restorer in the shop and thus does all of our fingerboard removals.

[clintonious]

thanks for this, I have an old upright that I want to repair the cracks and i was wondering how to seperate the hide glue