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New neck for a Kay bass
Written by Vince Jesse   

We installed a new Engelhardt neck on a nice Kay bass from the Forties.

Cutting a new dovetail:

Fitting the neck.

Final shaping of the neck and setting up the instrument to play:

The final result.  We took the opportunity to improve the neck angle and overstand.

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