It was small enough, and skewed, to make any bass produced from that very inaccurate. I put renderings up to share my design, the only way to get feedback at that stage. I don't like to be called naive. I think it is naive to think letting away those renderings will prevent such behavior; you could easily get the same result from photographs. Next to that, one could even steal an idea by recreating without having anything to trace. I remember you also put some detailed renderings on TB in the design process. I think we all should be able to do so; if someone wants to share, it's okay, if not, let's respect that from each other.
All renderings are removed, which is a shame because they contributed to the storytelling of my building adventure.
After having the bass in my hand for the first time, I have some findings regarding the design; mostly positive, one or two things I'd like to improve. I will, however, not share these thoughts, nor will I share the improved design. I think that allows me to improve, while others only have a very shallow copy of the original but out dated design.
I always found it cool to share my beginning hobby luthier adventure in such detail. Some post about five shots and a paragraph of text of their build; I shared all thoughts, mistakes and repairs. This made my thread immensely useful for myself, getting great feedback and involvement, learning a lot, but also enabling others to learn from that, to see what one can do with a few simple power tools and to show how a design could evolve.
It's sad, but also realistic, that this attracts people who like to call you names, who like to shout what rubbish you produce, and also people that shamelessly copy your work.
But let's not forget the vast majority contributes to this thread with a positive attitude, great input and heaps of enthusiasm. Over 10 people asked me via a PM if they could use my design in a very nice way and kindly responded after I said no, wished me all the best and respected my answer. Even a few people asked for a quote! How great is that!?
Nowhere in life you can get a 100% friends rate.. But the positive energy on TB is far above average. I make myself no illusions, there are people that are mean and people that steal.
To conclude this single post, but actually also this complete thread: what I have learned during the journey of building my Paradox bass is so great, both in outcome as in experience, I am very, very happy and proud. No one can ever take that away or make me feel bad about that. I now dare to say I am able to build a real (bass) guitar, which is something I always dreamt of. As a bonus, I have a new dream bass to play on!
