Canadian Companies that make Basses...

[musicmaan]

I came across a beautiful bass for sale on Vancouver Craigslist last year, made by a luthier in the lower mainland area. I even went to his website.... and for the life of me, I can't remember what his site was or the name of his company. Anyways, if any one knows who's making basses in the Vancouver area, post them up.

MM

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

Is Fury Guitars still in business? Been searching for a used Tornado bass for over 10 years and never ever seen one available, nor here nor elsewhere...

They are definitely still open, Fury and Dingwall are both in my city and do work together on stuff like pickups. Mr.Fury mentored Mr.Dingwall. Here is the Fury contact # if you want give them a call, (306) 244-4063. I see Fury pretty regularly on my local Kijiji but have not seen a Tornado, mostly their more metal offerings.

 

[kbuschmann]

I came across a beautiful bass for sale on Vancouver Craigslist last year, made by a luthier in the lower mainland area. I even went to his website.... and for the life of me, I can't remember what his site was or the name of his company. Anyways, if any one knows who's making basses in the Vancouver area, post them up.

MM

Might be Mike Kinal. He makes some lovely stuff.

 

[DanGouge]

In the Toronto area there was a guy by the name of Vadim, don't know if he's still around. Les Godfrey was another Toronto guy whose current status is unknown to me. I found out about another luthier on Vancouver Island last time I was out there. I can't recall the name but he's based in East Sooke about 40 minutes outside of Victoria.

 

[Feral Feline]

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Though I find the name of the bass quite odd, "Arco". Yeah, I play bass arco, but it doesn't sound or look like that!

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Anybody got a pic of a Sparrow Bass? Sparrow is now defunct and I can't remember the model name/# of bass they had though I've seen a few posted on TB... looks kind of like Prince's "Cloud" bass and they came in both 4 and 5 courses.

 

[Slidlow]

Acero Instruments. No website but there is a Facebook page. Based in Ontario. Original designs and one off customs.

 

[Feral Feline]

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Anybody got a pic of a Sparrow Bass? Sparrow is now defunct and I can't remember the model name/# of bass they had though I've seen a few posted on TB... looks kind of like Prince's "Cloud" bass and they came in both 4 and 5 courses.

Recently came across the bass I was thinking of, but it wasn't a Sparrow...

Prestige is still going, but the Wylde Thing can only be found in the wilds now.

More about the Prestige Wylde Thing in this thread.
There's a few more posts/threads about them on TB, if you dig.

 

[JeroB666]

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Geoff is based in the east coast and makes killer basses!