So...you want to make a Bass

Item: #B05303

So…you want to make a Double Bass
by Peter Chandler

For those interested in constructing their own string bass, this book fills the need for a book that carefully and thoroughly discusses the processes of bass construction from start to finish. The many illustrations and photographs greatly help to make the process simpler and more interesting. Definitely a worthwhile addition to the library of any amateur or professional luthier or musician interested in the acoustics and mechanics of instrument making.
93 pages, soft cover.

Full scale plans copied by Peter from master instruments available here:
https://violins.ca/category/books/instrument-plans/

From the Back Cover
by the author, Peter Chandler

“By following the instructions in ‘So you want to make a Double bass’, anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of carpentry tools and their use should be able to make a playable bass.
“Instrument making is, in my opinion, less exacting than furniture making as curved lines are more forgiving than straight lines.
“Preparation of workshop and tools needed are discussed in chapter one.
“Details of making the four main parts – neck, scroll, rib assembly, front and back – are each allotted a chapter as are my varnishing process and set up.
“The final chapter describes my method of copying a bass….”

$ 93.50