Broke my friends bass, need help

Jokerman

So I was setting my friends bass on the stand and it tipped off and fell, hitting a table and cracking the neck. The bass looks like it's one solid piece, is there any hope of getting it fixed by a luther and where can I find one?

I'm in NW Georgia.

DirtyDirtyVagrant

Are we talking about a bass guitar or a bass as in the orchestral instrument?

It's going to be expensive either way, but the latter might be significantly moreso. Does your friend know? I suggest you tell him and offer to pay for the repair. Just make sure you see a copy of the invoice before forking over your savings.

Jokerman

Bass guitar. He knows, he was there. he knows it was an accident, and I offered to pay for the repair. I just have to know if it's even possible since it doesnt have a two piece construction (As in the neck and the head are the same part of the body)

Demerdar

Jokerman wrote: »

Bass guitar. He knows, he was there. he knows it was an accident, and I offered to pay for the repair. I just have to know if it's even possible since it doesnt have a two piece construction (As in the neck and the head are the same part of the body)

Depends on the quality of the bass, really.

The one thing about a cracked neck is that. well... it will never be quite the same. You need to take it to a possessional luthier.

proXimity

How valuable was the bass? The cost of repair may come close to that of a new bass, and like Demerdar said, a repaired one will never sound quite the same.

Radiation

Do you have brand/model on it?
Because yeah, the repair may run you almost as much as a new one.

Maguano

possibly this [nsfw]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwx2ce_AyOE

Jokerman

Demerdar wrote: »

Jokerman wrote: »

Bass guitar. He knows, he was there. he knows it was an accident, and I offered to pay for the repair. I just have to know if it's even possible since it doesnt have a two piece construction (As in the neck and the head are the same part of the body)

Depends on the quality of the bass, really.

The one thing about a cracked neck is that. well... it will never be quite the same. You need to take it to a possessional luthier.

That's just the thing, it's a cracked neck. It's cracked on the head, right above the nut. So I was thinking (I'm not a luther so this may be stupid) that a luther could cut off the head and attatch a new one with a truss bar.

Six

A crack right above the nut is a repairable, but as has been said, it may cost more to have done than the bass is worth.

McViking

It's really not a big deal. This should be a really easy, pretty cheap fix for any decent luthier. In all probability, they'll just inject glue into the crack, set it with a vice, let it cure, and call it good. My upright bass went down a flight of stairs onto a poured cement floor (long story), and it snapped the neck in half. Like, head stock in my right hand, and the rest of the bass in my left. I took the pieces to a violin shop and the luthier put it back together and set it up for something less than a hundred bucks. (I don't remember exactly how much.) Just glue -- no pins or screws or anything. You can still see the seam, of course, but I've been playing it for years since then.

Seriously -- just take it to a repair shop. It won't be a big deal.