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  Topic: New Bass Project
Chet Bishop

Replies: 32
Views: 86351

PostForum: Double Bass Making Forum   Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 8:47 pm   Subject: The bass
The bass sings well across all five strings. There are some bugs to work out: I did not use strong enough magnets to hold the side port closed, so it is barely staying in place. Sad

I see some spot ...
  Topic: haven't posted in a while
Chet Bishop

Replies: 4
Views: 4385

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 8:34 pm   Subject: not really retired: just repurposed
Thanks, Don!

I am still hanging onto the hope of making a living at lutherie, and have not (yet) drawn Social Security, so I guess, technically, I am not retired. Smile

Currently in the process o ...
  Topic: Pore filler
Chet Bishop

Replies: 7
Views: 8664

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:47 pm   Subject: Pore filler
I absolutely agree! If you are using a gelatine sealer, do NOT use the gypsum!

The other sealers make it transparent. The glue-sealer does not, and you can't fix it afterward. (One time error, only ...
  Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way
Chet Bishop

Replies: 15
Views: 15978

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:40 pm   Subject: ball point
Sorry I didn't see your question until now, Mat:

I use the ball-point because I can see the ink. My eyes are not what they once were, and I cannot reliably see the pencil marks. Besides...all the p ...
  Topic: Tuning the violin bass bar
Chet Bishop

Replies: 2
Views: 3357

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:18 pm   Subject: Tuning the violin bass bar
Ha! I love it!
  Topic: haven't posted in a while
Chet Bishop

Replies: 4
Views: 4385

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:14 pm   Subject: haven't posted in a while
Hi, folks.

I haven't been here in a long time. Lots of life-changes. After 33-1/3 years at Gunderson Inc, I was laid off in January of 2020, before the covid pandemic was a known factor.

I dec ...
  Topic: Making my first bow
Chet Bishop

Replies: 24
Views: 31502

PostForum: Bow Making Forum   Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 1:59 am   Subject: first bow
Yep, stainless was far more difficult! Annnnd, it would have helped if I had known to make the ferrule FIRST, and then make the frog to match the ferrule, rather than the other way around.

On the o ...
  Topic: New Bass Project
Chet Bishop

Replies: 32
Views: 86351

PostForum: Double Bass Making Forum   Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 7:43 pm   Subject: Double bass finally became a reality
Well, I finally went back and completed the bass I had begun so long ago:
The whole story is over on my website at https://fivestringfiddles.com/blog-posts/, under the blogs.

I did post regularly, ...
  Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way
Chet Bishop

Replies: 15
Views: 15978

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 1:27 am   Subject: Wintergrass 2020
The festival ran from 2/20-2/23. It was a very good experience, though we were too busy at our booth to go hear any of the bands.

We hope to go again next year.
  Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way
Chet Bishop

Replies: 15
Views: 15978

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:15 pm   Subject: Thanks.
Thanks, folks! I hope the exhibition at Wintergrass goes well. I have never been there before.
  Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way
Chet Bishop

Replies: 15
Views: 15978

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:02 am   Subject: Completed five string fiddle
Here is the final installment on that commissioned five-string, for anyone interested:
https://fivestringfiddles.com/2020/02/12/completed-five-string-fiddle/

The customer gave her enthusiastic ble ...
  Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way
Chet Bishop

Replies: 15
Views: 15978

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 2:18 pm   Subject: 5-string fiddle update
Here is another update: the body (corpus) is closed, leaving a fair amount of final carving and scraping before the instrument will be ready for varnishing.
https://fivestringfiddles.com/2020/02/03/c ...
  Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way
Chet Bishop

Replies: 15
Views: 15978

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 10:13 pm   Subject: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way
Thanks! I hope she loves it!

She is currently playing an earlier 5-string I made, as a loaner, while I build her custom 5-string fiddle. She is getting more and more happy with it. Four-string pla ...
  Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way
Chet Bishop

Replies: 15
Views: 15978

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:59 am   Subject: Ipe challenges?
Extremely hard. This piece is harder than any ebony I have dealt with, so it is a lot of work to get the shape right, and you have to watch out for splinters all the time, or they will be in your skin ...
  Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way
Chet Bishop

Replies: 15
Views: 15978

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2020 12:47 am   Subject: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way
I am chronicling the building of a new 5-string fiddle, over on my website. It is a commissioned instrument for a person who wanted specific woods used (primarily Oregon woods), including Ipe for the ...
 
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