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So, I've Got a Design and a Luthier... Thanks TB

#143
stepswork4me said:
As I've stated in the other thread, I'm comfortable with and confident in Mike. I knew this would be a slow build from the beginning.
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Ofcause,..I found a pic in one off mickey's photobucket album's.

You can see he's working on it....

This will be the neck I think...

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#144
stepswork4me said:
Well, this will be my second custom and I'm VERY confident that it will be MUCH better than the first. I've been in contact with Mike (mikeyswood) for a few months now and am very impressed by his knowledge and build quality (I've actually had one of his builds in hand). I've come up with a design and will be putting some funds into his hand within a few weeks to get things started. On a side note, ModulusAcacia (J. Kennedy Guitar Repair) will be defretting my T.L. Martinson custom as it will not intonate above the 12th fret. I'm confident that this bass will actually be playable thanks to he and Mike. I'm very thankful for TB and the help I've been able to find here.

Here's a rough outline for my bass:
Body wings: Mahogany with flamed maple top
Neck: 35" scale, assymetrical, neck through, maple and wenge, 24 medium jumbo frets
Hardware: Gold Hipshot A style bridge, Hipshot modern style tuners, Gold knobs
Pups: Nordy MM5.3 in MM position, Nordy Big Split 5 in bridge position
Pre: 3 band Nordy

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Well... This is me. I never did get a bass from Mikey. Dude moved to Canada. I found him on FB and messaged. Nothing but crickets... That was a nice expensive lesson... Lol.
 
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#145
SstepsWork4me said:
Well... This is me. I never did get a bass from Mikey. Dude moved to Canada. I found him on FB and messaged. Nothing but crickets... That was a nice expensive lesson... Lol.
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I might be the only person on the globe that knows EXACTLY how you feel!

EDIT TO ADD - I ended up taking up lutherie, partly because of my experience with Mikey. End result is that I’m comfortable that the guitars I am building today are of better quality than anything Mikey would have built for me.
 
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Alex Xander said:
I might be the only person on the globe that knows EXACTLY how you feel!

EDIT TO ADD - I ended up taking up lutherie, partly because of my experience with Mikey. End result is that I’m comfortable that the guitars I am building today are of better quality than anything Mikey would have built for me.
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You definitely do understand. I gave him the benefit of the doubt because I was local. Dumb move on my part. Oh well....

Too damn cool you got into building! I'd still love to get into it.
 
#150
T_Bone_TL said:
Well, you're here at the LC. Hang out, read some threads, (there is an absolute ton of information here, if you read it) try some things, share any problems or questions you have, folks will help you through them.
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Right on. Sounds like everything's about the same here as it was 10 years ago. I'm sure I'll try my hand one day. Gotta get some tools and such first. Thanks for the warm welcome.
 

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