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09-20-2006, 06:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ferndale, WA | |  Good luthiers in Bellingham, WA area?
Can anyone out there recommend a good luthier in Bellingham, WA area? May need some setup and tweaking done on a Christopher hybrid. Thanks!
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09-20-2006, 06:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Mill Creek, WA | | | You might want to considering heading across the border...
I bought my bass from a player in Vancouver and he highly recommends Gerard Samija (604-253-2503). Either that or a little trip down to Seattle.
John |
09-20-2006, 08:11 PM
|  | Proprietor, Upton Bass String Instrument Co. | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Boston, MA 617-236-7706 | | | Looks like you went with that bass afterall....hmm quick descision....... gosh I didn't even get a chance to find you a local contact
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09-20-2006, 08:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ferndale, WA | | | It wasn't the same Christopher from the store in question in my earlier post. This one is a hybrid (303) and got a great price on it. We've been shopping around for a bit so yeah, it was kind of quick, but not an overly quick decision! I still would like to see and hear an Upton live, if you do know of one in western WA. Thanks! |
09-20-2006, 11:31 PM
|  | 'Woodworker - Witch Doctor - Luthier'
Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | | You should call Dave Nerad at (360) 734-6362.
Good repairman,nice guy, bow rehairer and builder of award-winning violas. Plays a mean old-time banjo too!
I got a '39 Kay from David a long time ago and his shop is where I saw my first aluminium bass.
Say 'Hi' to Dave for me.
Jake |
09-21-2006, 12:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | There is Ken Larson in Everett. Not Bellingham, but not as far as Seattle. He's at (425)530-1809. He does set-ups for the Bass Church in Seattle, among others, myself included.
RD
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09-21-2006, 03:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the end of the section | | | edited.
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09-21-2006, 04:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | | Do a TB search for our fifth tuning jazz bassist Larry Holloway...Larry lives in Bellingham.
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Oh, no.....have we gone OT yet again?
"The opportunity was there...but it never presented itself." Phil Urso, 1980. :atoz: |
09-21-2006, 04:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Paul Warburton Do a TB search for our fifth tuning jazz bassist Larry Holloway...Larry lives in Bellingham. | Yeah! Do that. Larry is one of my favorite guys in the bass biz. |
09-21-2006, 06:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson Yeah! Do that. Larry is one of my favorite guys in the bass biz. | Yeah, but what about me?
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Oh, no.....have we gone OT yet again?
"The opportunity was there...but it never presented itself." Phil Urso, 1980. :atoz: |
09-21-2006, 10:08 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ferndale, WA | | | Great! Thanks for all the suggestions (and cautions) - will start making some calls - is the "search" function working yet on TB? |
09-21-2006, 10:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Paul Warburton Yeah, but what about me? | Good question!
Ahh, you know I love you, ya old fart.  |
09-21-2006, 12:37 PM
| | 'Woodworker - Witch Doctor - Luthier'
Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | | I forgot!
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09-21-2006, 03:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the end of the section | | Jake, you're right. I had removed my post before I even read yours. I was out of line, and I appologize. Perhaps you can edit your post, and we'll forget the whole thing...  |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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