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New Amateur Luthier Podcast

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TonyS80595

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Jan 14, 2012
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Hey guys! I'm currently studying for my Masters in Audio Production, and I had to create a podcast as part of my class "project". I chose to create a short 5-10 minute podcast on beginner luthier work (luthiering?!?). While I am in no way an expert, I am trying to discuss mistakes I make throughout the process of building my first bass, and simplifying things for beginners like myself. I would love some feedback and suggestions!
Low-End Luthiers

Thanks a bunch, from a bass-passionate fellow musician :)

-Tony
 
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TonyS80595 said:
Hey guys! I'm currently studying for my Masters in Audio Production, and I had to create a podcast as part of my class "project". I chose to create a short 5-10 minute podcast on beginner luthier work (luthiering?!?). While I am in no way an expert, I am trying to discuss mistakes I make throughout the process of building my first bass, and simplifying things for beginners like myself. I would love some feedback and suggestions!
Low-End Luthiers

Thanks a bunch, from a bass-passionate fellow musician :)

-Tony
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Just listened to the first few episodes. Production wise it's great. Your voice is clear and there's not a lot of background noise. Content wise it's also great, my only real complaint is that it's really short for a podcast, at least compared to the podcasts I usually listen to, and I think that it might be holding you back from getting a little more in-depth look at the different aspects of bass lutherie. I would shoot for maybe 25-30 minutes, which I realize is quite a bit of extra work.
 
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I listened to the first half and became confused by your classification. The original soapbar that I'm aware of is the P90. That's a single coil. So your definition of pup type kinda crosses over form, and function.

I think you would have a better chance of defining pup type by single coil, and multi coil.

From there, you could brake down each type by form (ie soapbar) and function (active/passive)

YMMV
 
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I agree with @Scoops that your conflating form with function. I'd break it down by single coil and humbucking ( two coils) and the different coil orientations and then go into form factor, J style (SC and humbucking), P style, MM Humbucker, Soapbar (humbucking and single coil). I'd also mention multi-coil pickups (4+) and Piezo Pickups. This topic especially would benefit from a longer format.

You also conflate active pickups, with active electronics which is a common misconception.

I also think that tone shaping should be a separate topic.
 
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