How cool, to experience Star Wars and break your bass drone the same summer.Tyler DelGregg wrote:This reminds me of the time my GHP bass drone accidentally broke at the middle joint during the summer of 1977.
Yep that's where they usually break, due to the wood being thinner on the bass midsection tuning pin than anywhere else on the pipes, usually.
Years ago just as our band was about to go into the circle a stray soccer ball came flying over and snapped the bass midsection of one of our piper's pipes. He had to borrow another set quickly. For some years he played with a mismatched midsection like you did.
One thing one sometimes sees in old photos of military pipers is a switched out bass bottom section, because that section gets all chewed up from contact with the plaid brooch. They'll be playing a fancy silver and ivory set, but the bass bottom section is plain.