Bester’s Bass

While on training project in Port Elizabeth at the end of 2015 a bass was brought to me for assessment! The ways in which restorative creativity presents itself is sometimes not shy from fantastic. This bass has been put back together in some of the most intriguing ways.
Added ‘cleats’ and blocks that make the eyes boggle and the process fro undo’s hard. Screws and bolts that would make Frankenstein shy and bashful. Enough buckets of glue to hold a nation together.

The images in the first part of this series shows what we found as we started with the actual project to come. Stage one, Undo.

The beginning.

: Who did it in January 1913! now, a hundred and three years ago.

: Who did it in 1963!

: Jigsaw assembly.

: Neck from side view.

: Frankie’s bolt in head!

: Scroll side view.

: Nails found in rib set.

: Added pieces of wood to hold the table down … place for screws.

: Could at least have been flush!

: Inner rib view.

: Heel end with glue pre-clean up.

: Another bolt in the neck!

: A bucket of glue in the hole.

: Heel and mortice.

: Another view of the glue bucket’s content.

: As the screw is removed.

: Heel from the back.

: Corner after opening … OMG!

: Outer rib ‘repair’ view.

: Call it a day or a butchered Bass!

: More filler for the miller! with glue.

To be continued in a bit ….

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