Recent content by alexbassguy

And Fish, thanks, I love the design too, did it up in Serif DrawPlus. I can put you in contact with Marty if you're interested, I'm sure he'd be down to build two of 'em! It's going to be a 5-piece neck, 2-piece alder body with something gorgeous on top, active with 3-band EQ and blend. Going...

Thanks for everyone's input, and I should say, a decision has been made, I think a very wise one. I found a guy here in Fort Collins, CO by the name of Marty Miller - Miller Signature Basses - who does absolutely great work, his basses usually go for a bare minimum of $3k and he always goes...

Update - just received a reply from Kevin Siebold of Krappy. He was at the top of my list, simply because his work seems the most honest and reputable. He says he can do the bass for $500 if I ship him all the hardware. Thoughts? Has anyone worked with this guy before?

Yes, that's been a prominent thought in my mind - having Steve build basically a rough, the neck/headstock and body, unfinished, and then buying all my own hardware and having another builder route the pups/control cav and fret it. I'd imagine Steve could do the blank for around $500 and the...

Yea, Kinetic, that's a good point - that's essentially what I'm trying to do. OP has been edited to reflect this. Again, not trying to undercut anyone or insult or anything like that, I'm just asking. I know it can be done, the WishBass Club has many stunning basses that were put together for...

Thank you, sir. I appreciate the civility. :cool: I don't want to bar you from the conversation or anything, just was a little taken aback by your entrance into the thread...do you have thoughts on any of these specific builders?

Thanks for the nice replies, guys, I wasn't sure what the response would be. Didn't know I had to go through the sticky, thanks for the heads-up. As far as flaming and such, let me PLEASE re-itorate, I am not trying to insult anyone at all! I've seen a lot of the work here and it's all...

Who would bother? A luthier, such as anyone I've listed, who advertises that they will do a completely custom bass for btw $400 and $900. That's why I've posted this in the first place - there are several luthiers who do this. I'm trying to figure out who's the best one. Of course it's not...

From my understanding, Maturanesa, it's a bit more difficult, as it usually has to be neck-thru and involves a different carving/finising process - just what I've been told. And btw, put up a thread to see if any of the wonderful TB luth-heads would be interested, it's got my design rough there...

Thanks, Bolophonic. Appreciate the usefulness of your comment. Stop embarrasing yourself with your attitude. Yes, steps, I read your thread, sounded like quite a painful experience. I'm sorry lol. It sent Tom to the bottom of my list last night. Glad you've posted in here tho, thanks...

Hey guys, been a longtime lurker and finally getting ready for my first big bass splurge in a long time. :hyper: I posted in the Basses section looking for advise on builders for a custom 5 fretted, and was told I should ask around over here and see if anyone could help me out. Basically I'm...

Well, I've emailed all five of these builders and they can all do it exactly to my specs for under a grand. I'm just trying to find the best and least expensive combo of luthier and possibly refinisher to get me a pretty cool, unique bass at a great price. It seems, looking over some Wishbass...

Hey everyone, thanks for the replies. @allexcosta, definitely not referring to the work as 'cheap', just the price, sorry. Maybe I didn't make myself too clear on this lol but I'm looking much more in the $400 - $900 range. Emailed Tom and got a very fast, friendly quote of $1750 for a pretty...

Hey TB, been a lurker for years, and had an account years ago but who knows what my login was lol. So I've had an obsession with single-cut models for a long time, they've always been the coolest design in my mind - however, as you all know, 99% of the time they go for $2k or more, period. I'm...