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    New bass guitar (hand built by me!!)

    As a few of you might know i build guitars as a hobby, just finished this 5 string bass and i'm chuffed to **** with it to say the least, waddya you guys think?






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    good effort matey! such a random thing to do, but loads of respect cuz it cant be easy.

    my missus is wondering on what u offer in terms of price etc?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coops
    good effort matey! such a random thing to do, but loads of respect cuz it cant be easy.

    my missus is wondering on what u offer in terms of price etc?
    What i do coops is charge for parts + about 300 quid in labour (400 if the instrument is neck thru like the one shown)

    Parts can weigh in from about £100 for okay bits to around £700 for top notch parts.

    So basically its prices from around £400.00 to about a grand.

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    good skills there mate looks cool the grain proper stands out
    just this week a guy i know brought round a semi acoustic bass he has made on a course he does
    he already made a mandolin which sounds excellent

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    that's v sweet how much does it weigh? the 5 string i've got is a cheap nasty perspex jobby that weighs a metric ton lol

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    ****ing mint

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    5 Strings? A little unusual. Nice looking weapon though. Well done :D

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    lookin good fella.

    how many is this now?? lol

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    Looks great nice shape and grain definition

    Matt

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    My mate has just had this built by Brian Eastwood

    Custom 9string 36 fret hybrid axe.

    It has an extra 1.5 octaves below and 1 octave above a regular guitar.

    There is no fretwire on the board from frets 25 to 36. Of these, the treble strings are played using the fingernail but the bass strings are played like a fretless bass.

    Solid Burr Elm body. Bubinga neck. Ebony board.

    Custom Kent Armstrong hand-wound humbucker.

    Locking Sperzel heads.

    Sounds awesome.



 

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