AboutAl Dzina Expertise I can answer questions about violin and guitar making and restoration. I will not answer questions about playing these instruments, because I am a maker, not a player.
Experience I was trained in violin making in Germany and have been working at this craft for sixty years.
Expert: Al Dzina Date: 5/29/2008 Subject: repair of bass neck
Question I am in the process of repairing a bass and am about to re attach the neck a bass playing friend mentioned doweling the neck when re-gluing. what's your view?
Answer Hi David;
If you are gluing the neck into a normal neck block that has a sound tongue and grove you may not need dowel pins. If you have a loose fit you may want to shim up the needed areas and dowels would not be out of order. If you feel that pins are needed use two or three and put them in at angles.
Al;
