I had the opportunity to demo several basses made by Anthony Valenti. This guy is not only a great up and coming bass maker but, a kind and excellent host. I'm aware that he is known on this site. His basses are excellent players and sound great. Being a player himself, gives him the insight as to what determines a great instrument. I was impressed by the workmanship of his instruments. I just had to comment on his instruments. I plan on working with Anthony on an instrument. I suggest you guys do the same.
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Bass Maker
- Thread starter Jaze Bass
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I've seen his website. Probably not a true "builder" in the classic sense as he assembles basses with mostly Warmoth parts. But at least he doesn't try to hide that fact and Warmoth makes parts for other top end manufacturers, so no shame in that. There's a sweet koa topped bass on his site.
Looks like he does nice work. Prices aren't bad either.
Looks like he does nice work. Prices aren't bad either.
Nino Brown, as he is on these boards, is a GREAT fellow and, according to several TB'ers, makes some spectacular instruments. I can't wait for the coming years when he busts out the exotic woods and tools himself and goes to town.
Been hearing from a few people that his basses are kick ass. In fact, I have exchanged a couple of emails with him in the past couple weeks about getting one myself. 
Hambone said:
I know they made parts for the Yamaha, PensaSuhr, Valley Arts and Sadowsky.
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cybersnyder said:
While Roger did(in the past) buy a replacement neck from Sadowsky from time to time, his basses and guitars are not built from Warmoth parts. And he doesn't even source replacement necks from them any more, either.
Sorry if I got anyone's knickers in a knot. Not my intention.
I guess while I'm at it .... I hear that Sadowsky just uses Aguilar OBP-1 preamps and Dimarzio UltraJazz pickups. HeHe.
I guess while I'm at it .... I hear that Sadowsky just uses Aguilar OBP-1 preamps and Dimarzio UltraJazz pickups. HeHe.
We still do Yamaha stuff fairly regularly. Not sure where the guitars end up.... maybe for the domestic Japanese market. We just did a bunch of BB5 bass necks a while back.
Also for one of the two biggest, and it's not Fender. The unnamed company has asked to remain unnamed, though.Hambone said:
