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Have you played a Michael Dolan instrument

#21
I'd like to see more pictures of his basses too. I used to buy strings through him when he ran "Big Bottom Bass Strings" many years ago. He's a really cool guy. He quoted me a price on a 'dream bass' a couple of years ago that was very reasonable. I never went through with the project, but I hope to in the future.


- Art
 
#22
Arthur U. Poon said:
I'd like to see more pictures of his basses too. I used to buy strings through him when he ran "Big Bottom Bass Strings" many years ago. He's a really cool guy. He quoted me a price on a 'dream bass' a couple of years ago that was very reasonable. I never went through with the project, but I hope to in the future.


- Art
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Heres his gallery from his website of some instruments he has built http://www.dolanguitars.com/gallery.htm
 
#25
My, you have more questions than my son! :help:

Seriously, I do have another 32" P project in the works, and I've just put a deposit on a used 30" P of Michael's, bringing my Dolan total up to 3, soon to be 4. I don't know how much more of an endorsement I can make, since I'm hardly rich and can't really afford it.
 
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Matteran said:
yeah, i've been in his shop, i'm friends with one of his apprentices (he does some of the inlay work). Some great looking work. His shop is only about a mile away from mine, so if you ever want me to go snooping around to see if i can get a picture of your bass or not, just PM me.
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Cool, when things start rolling i will get in touch. Thanks You. :)
 
#33
I'm glad you revived this thread- Michael is currently making a custom neck for my P-bass. The bass body is a MIA Fender P; the neck will be maple with graphite stringers and an ebony fretless board, with a black headstock to match the body. Michael has been super nice to work with so far.
 
#34
Michael has a bass of mine right now, it's an ebay geddy lee complete body with a new warmoth fretless neck with a hgthor epoxy coating. The body was kind of beat and I couldn't get the setup just right so I sent it all to him and he's refinishing it vintage white w/matching headstock and doing a shield/setup.

He also did my 'modulowksy' a few months ago. I had a modulus Q5 that I used for literally thousands of gigs since I bought it new in 92, so it was pretty cosmetically beat. He did a refin, dress, setup, ramp, and routed/installed sadowsky soaps (it already had a sadowsky onboard pre). This thing is amazing now, I've been on a trading/buying spree for the last few years but lately I'm using this for most of my gigs again. Anyway, I think he does great work and can't wait to get my fretless back.
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#36
Glad to find this thread. I just wrote to Dolan to ask about having a 31" scale neck made for my Ibanez "Garage-Star" ([Invalid or Expired Link Removed]). Hope to hear back, I dig the bass but would like to bring it to where it's really finally "my bass". This'd do it, I think. Okay maybe a Darkstar p'up, but let's take it easy!...
 
#37
Go ahead with Dolan, he's solid. That neck I mentioned a few posts above and a few years ago, turned out beautiful, excellent quality, and very reasonably priced. Right now he has another bass of mine in for some modifications and a refin, and I have absolute confidence he will deliver professional and excellent results.
 
#40
Another triple-A rating for Michael.

Although I've never had him build a bass for me, he's done quite a bit of work for me over the past couple years. I wouldn't hesitate to use him, everything he's touched came back much better than when it left me. He did a couple wood touch-ups for free that were so good I hadn't realized they had been repaired until much, much later.

Great guy to work with. If I ever had a clue what I really wanted in a custom, he'd be the guy who would build it. Friendly and helpful to boot!
 

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