Custom Basses

mcnaire2004 · #1 04-25-2006, 10:05 PM

I have been saving up money for quite a while to buy a bass. I was thinking if I could have a custom bass built to my specifications. I was thinking a large 3/4 top with a small 3/4 lower bout or a a large 1/2 size lower bout. Maybe add a few features. Does any one know a manufacture to (a decent one) to build my custom bass? I'm thinking of paying between 3&7000$.

polic · #2 04-25-2006, 10:18 PM

STAMBAUGH IS THE MAN FOR THE JOB!!! FOR A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN YOU THINK!!!

mcnaire2004 · #3 04-25-2006, 11:05 PM

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STAMBAUGH IS THE MAN FOR THE JOB!!! FOR A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN YOU THINK!!!

Can you give me a e-mail, website or a type of contact please?

Groove Theory · #4 04-26-2006, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by polic

STAMBAUGH IS THE MAN FOR THE JOB!!! FOR A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN YOU THINK!!!

Stambaugh makes double basses now?

jazzbassnerd · #5 04-26-2006, 02:00 AM

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Originally Posted by mcnaire2004

I have been saving up money for quite a while to buy a bass. I was thinking if I could have a custom bass built to my specifications. I was thinking a large 3/4 top with a small 3/4 lower bout or a a large 1/2 size lower bout. Maybe add a few features. Does any one know a manufacture to (a decent one) to build my custom bass? I'm thinking of paying between 3&7000$.

Personally I think that your specifications make no sense and I don't think that anyone would ever build you a custom bass for that little of money.

And, FWIW, I'm also unsubscribing from this thread immediately.

Marcus Johnson · #6 04-26-2006, 05:33 AM

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Can you give me a e-mail, website or a type of contact please?

Polic's lost...Stambaugh makes slabs.

.matthew e wengerd. · #7 04-26-2006, 08:19 AM

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Polic's lost...Stambaugh makes slabs.

He's apparently gone mad too...he keeps screaming at us!

Steve Swan · #8 04-26-2006, 01:32 PM

A friend of mine has an unlabeled Czech or German bass from the '40s that was probably made for elementary or middle school kids. It is a 3/4 size instrument in string length and in body size from the C bout up, but a 5/8 size in the lower bout. This size would allow a kid to stand the bass with the pin all the way up, but still get a nice tone and good volume. There may be a lot of these around the country, so you might want to keep your eyes peeled for school auctions, etc.

Steve Swan

mcnaire2004 · #9 04-26-2006, 03:42 PM

This may sound silly &/or stupid but i'm aiming for a Edgar Meyre style bass.

Fathead bassist · #10 04-26-2006, 03:45 PM

idk if they are any good but i seen a sitwewhen i was surfing the web you should check it out www.alembic.com tell me if they are any good

Marcus Johnson · #11 04-26-2006, 04:09 PM

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idk if they are any good but i seen a sitwewhen i was surfing the web you should check it out www.alembic.com tell me if they are any good

No! They're hideous! Unbelievably expensive, and you have to STRAP THEM ONTO YOUR TORSO to play them, and in order for them to even be audible, you have to plug it into a BIG, HEAVY BOX WITH A BUNCH OF CONFUSING SWITCHES AND KNOBS ON THE FRONT!

Just yankin' yer crank, Fathead....you're in the double bass forums. Alembic slabs (electric basses) are wonderful.

P.S. Alembic does make an electric upright bass, but I don't think mcnaire is wantin' to show up at auditions with one of those.

mcnaire2004 · #12 04-26-2006, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Fathead bassist

idk if they are any good but i seen a sitwewhen i was surfing the web you should check it out www.alembic.com tell me if they are any good

Yea, I'm not looking for a bass guitar. I'm kindof looking for a Double Bass. I'll leave bigger hints next time.

JoeyNaeger · #13 04-26-2006, 07:03 PM

You could call up Solano and maybe work something out with him. His standard 3/4 size bass goes for like 7,500 but if you have something special in mind, it may cost more or less. FWIW I paid 10,000 a couple years ago for my 7/8 panormo copy, but thats a much larger instrument

PaulCannon · #14 04-26-2006, 07:14 PM

It's not the size of the bass, but how you use it. I wouldn't worry so much about the specific dimensions, and instead look for something that has a sound you like and is easy to play. For $7,000, I don't think you can commission a new instrument that's going to sound any good. Go to a real store and try some basses out in your price range. You might get lucky.

mcnaire2004 · #15 04-27-2006, 11:08 AM

Thats what I hate about chattanooga. There isn't any real music stores. And the ones we do have mainly sell violins and wind instraments. They usualy have a catolog but it only has like 1 bass in it. There isn't alot of places around here that I know of. I went to Atlanta one day but most of the shops I looked at were for strings but no basses. Just a catalog that you can order one brand of 1 or 2 basses. Is there a list some were of bass shopps in my general area or does anyone know where I can find one?

Steve Killingsworth · #16 04-27-2006, 02:05 PM

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Is there a list some were of bass shopps in my general area or does anyone know where I can find one?

In Nashville Dustin Williams is an excellent place to start. Gruhn's also has several nice instruments available.

Sometimes Nashville Violins and the Violin Shop have a few basses on consignment but you will need to contact them to find out.

Ike Harris · #17 04-27-2006, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Killingsworth

In Nashville Dustin Williams is an excellent place to start. Gruhn's also has several nice instruments available.

Sometimes Nashville Violins and the Violin Shop have a few basses on consignment but you will need to contact them to find out.

Last time I was at Jim Ferguson's he had a couple of nice older ones there for sale - he carries the Christophers too.

Ike