Parts, Repair and Upgrades
If you're repairing, upgrading or otherwise modifying your bass - or maybe building a custom project - we have a variety of useful parts. Quality German-made tuning machines, real ebony fingerboards and tailpieces, steel and carbon fiber endpins, maple necks, spruce soundposts, quality bridges... even cool add-on "Kay" and "Engelhardt" logos for your tailpiece!
You might also check out our books section for some great "how-to" books on setup/repair and bass building.
Not finding what you're looking for? You can always email or call us with questions. Just because something is not on the site doesn't necessarily mean we can't get it for you.
- Double Bass Bridges
- Tuning Machines, Range Extenders
- Necks, Fingerboards
- Nuts, Saddles
- Tailpieces, Tailpiece Cable
- Endpins
- Hardware Screws and Feet
- Soundposts, Setter Tools
- Luthiery Tools
- Logos, Badging
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Tuning Machines for Electric Upright Bass (Tuners) - Set of FOUR
only $72.00These solid, nice quality tuners are the stock machines used for one of the most popular and premier electric upright basses on the market. They could be perfect as an replacement or upgrade to your existing electric upright bass, or you could use them...- FREE SHIPPING:
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Ebony Upright Bass Saddle
only $7.50Like the nut we also sell, this saddle is pre-shaped to ease installation, but will likely need some shaping/trimming to fit your project. Made of a very nice piece of ebony, the saddle is the piece of wood at the bottom of the bass on which the wire...- Small Accessory:
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Standard Tuning Machines (Keys, Tuners) for Upright Bass
Rubner
only $149.00Plate-Style: This is a pair of plated tuning keys with each pair mounted to a heavy gauge, traditional style brass plate with ornamental edge engraving. They are 24:1 gear ratio, designed for ¾ sized basses. These are are made in Germany and...- FREE SHIPPING:
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Kay Logo Vinyl Sticker Emblem for Bass Tailpiece
Gollihur Music
only $6.95If you've always wanted to add the old "Kay" logo to your tailpiece, but shuddered at the thought of drilling holes through the ebony to install a metal badge (and aren't really sure you could put a waterslide decal on without screwing it up), I have a...- Small Accessory:
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Solid Titanium Upright Bass Endpin Shaft (10mm)
Artino
only $109.00Titanium is an excellent material for an endpin; very lightweight and stiff, it won't absorb (and damper) vibrations as easily as denser materials, and will instead allow them to vibrate freely. Upgrading an endpin to a more high-tech material like...- FREE SHIPPING:
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Braided Carbon Fiber Replacement Endpin Assembly for Upright Bass
Glasser
only $51.00Carbon Fiber Upright Bass ENDPINWhy make an endpin of carbon fiber? CF has a high strength-to-weight ratio, while having a much lower density than steel. So this high-quality endpin assembly has the strength and rigidity of a standard steel endpin, which...- FREE SHIPPING:
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Setup and Repair of the Double Bass for Optimum Sound by Chuck Traeger
HS Publisher
only $104.95Setup and Repair of the Double Bass for Optimum Soundby Chuck Traeger with David Brownell and William Merchant Coda to Setup and Repair of the Double Bass -- New Sound Setup Discoveries & Repair Tipsby Chuck TraegerOver the years, we got many...- FREE US SHIPPING:
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Authentically-Styled Waterslide Kay Logo Tailpiece Decals (Reproductions)
KayBass.com
only $20.00Over the years, Kay did sometimes (and sporadically) put a few different designs of colored decals on the tailpieces over the years. They were "waterslide" decals, very much like the ones that I used to put on my Snap-Tite model kits back in the 70s and...- Small Accessory:
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Eminence Adjustable Bridges for Electric Upright Bass (4/5 string)
Eminence
only $89.00This very nice quality bridge is made for the Eminence EUB (Electric Upright Bass) and is an OEM replacement for your existing lost, warped or damaged bridge. Like all bridges, it is only rough shaped and will need to be custom-fitted to your particular...- FREE SHIPPING:
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only $89.00 -
Replacement Rubber Feet for Eminence Electric Upright Bass (Pair)
Eminence
only $8.00These screw-in rubber feet are to replace the originals that you may have lost or worn out for the special T-shaped endpin foot on your Eminence bass. They may differ slightly from what is shown in the photo depending on availability. Sold by the pair...- Small Item:
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'Okay' Logo Vinyl Sticker Parody Emblem for Bass Tailpiece
Gollihur Music
only $6.95So, you've got a "CCB" or an Engelhardt, and you like the idea of putting out a little "Kay" vibe. But you don't want to be a poseur and try to actually pass your budget/beater bass off as the real thing? I've got something for you, then.This parody logo...- Small Accessory:
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Ebony Deluxe 3/4 Size Fingerboard for Upright Bass
only $279.00Tall, dark, and very handsome. That's what these very nice ebony fingerboards are.This dark ebony board is thick enough for most any 3/4 bass, and will be good for several re-dressings moving forward; it would also be an excellent, high-quality choice...- FREE SHIPPING:
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only $279.00